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Should you pay a recruiter In Israel a fee to find you a job?
Posted by: | CommentsI just saw the following posts on an email list. Take a read and then I’ll post my comments and I would love to hear yours.
Someone told me about a company that’s charging people looking for work 100 NIS per month to help them find a job.
Where I come from, it’s the hiring companies that pay the headhunters, not the potential employees.
Otherwise, what’s the motivation for them to find someone a job, as long as they’re being paid by the month?!
Am I crazy? Am I missing something, or is this a ripoff scheme? Are things *so* different in this country? Is this another example of right-to-left?
Mike
Not only that but once they find you a job, you need to pay them something every month out of your salary.
Sara
Now my first feeling after reading this was to jump on the guy trying to ripoff people in their time of need, but before I do lets first see if there is some way it would make some sense.
When you are in need of a job, I’m sure you would be willing to pay 100 NIS or even 1000 NIS if someone could find you a job that you would be happy with. So if I said I will give you a job that includes a salary and benefits and all you have to do is give me a few hundred NIS is there anyone outhere that would not pay that fee?
So the question is not really on the service, but it then becomes a question of the person offering you the service. We are assuming that the guy is just looking to make some money off people to “find them a job” and not really putting any effort into actually finding you a job.
Now lets say this guy has found 10 jobs for all 10 people that came to him in April. Let’s also say he gave you the names of those 10 people and you called each of them and they call confirmed that this guy helped them successfully get a job. Would you then still feel he is ripping you off?
So you need to put things in perspective and look into the person offering the service and do proper due diligience. Then you can come to a conclusion.
The “normal” way of doing recruiting and this is how all the big firms do it is to charge the employer a monthly fee to help find the best candidates for an open position and then they also take between 1-3 months of the persons salary as a commission. In todays current market most of these firms will drop the retainer fee and work just on commission.
Guy Kawasaki on 10 ways to use LinkedIN to find a job
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More and more people are using Social Media to help find a job and this is a great idea. I am unsure of the stats, but I once read that the vast majority of job openings don’t get listed, but get filled from current employees.
Besides the fact that this makes a lot of sense, it does tell you that if you are looking for a job, you have a better chance to use your network to find a job then by answering a classified ad.
The most obvious Social Network website to use is LinkedIN since this network focuses on being a business network.
Guy Kawasaki wrote a great post called “10 Ways to use LinkedIn to Find a Job“. As always Guy is right on and it is a must read.
Another great list by Mashable. This one is a great source of links for freelancers and web programmers and designers can use to find new business. And yes this is perfect for Israelis looking for a new or additional source of income.
Now not only does this list include places to find freelance jobs, but also many different tools that can help you organize and manage your outsource products as well.
This list includes time management tools so you can time exactly how long a project takes you as well as resources that will allow you to send professional looking invoices so that you can get paid once your work is complete.
If you ever thought about getting into freelancing from Israel, I strongly suggest you use this list as your first resource.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE THE FULL LIST FROM MASHABLE
Elsewhere I’ve offered advice for executives and business owners who want to attract top talent on how to write a help-wanted ad that attracts talent and drives everyone else away.
In the next series of posts, I’ll share the converse: How to be the last man (or woman) standing so they point and say “You. Can you really do that for us if we hire you?”
“Why yes, of course. But you better act fast…”
There are three aspects to landing a job in tough times when jobs are scarce:
1. Articulate what you do as results, not as activities.
2. Find a company where they need someone who can create the results you can create.
3. Locate, meet and listen to the boss whose life you can brighten.
Step 1: Articulate what you do as results, not as activities.
This exercise should be your very first step in your hunt for a job. Be able to articulate clearly and with confidence the results you can produce for the right, deserving company.
This sounds easy, but people get stuck here all the time. They talk about their qualifications rather than about the results they can achieve.
If you are a programmer, don’t talk about your credentials and years of experience. Talk about how you can write code that the end user perceives as nothing short of software poetry.
If you are a receptionist, your value might be your ability to make every caller, on the phone or in person, feel welcome and valued.
If you are a marketer, your value might be your ability to get prospects talking so they share information they normally keep to themselves. Any company lucky enough to hire you will have information and understanding of details the competition just guesses about. Of course this provides measurable advantages when it comes to decisions about product design and marketing.
If you are looking for a management position, reflect on your ability to reduce time and energy wasted by your subordinates. Reflect on how you infect others with your passion and average people find themselves producing extraordinary results.
If you are a chef, looking for a job at a restaurant, it isn’t just about cooking good food. It’s about running an efficient kitchen. What is important to the restaurant owner or hotel manager about how a chef runs the kitchen?
In short: be able to able to articulate what will be objectively and observably different once you are in the picture.
Exercise:
- What results have I created in previous positions? What results can I create in my next position?
- List everything that comes to mind. What you do is multi-faceted so be sure to identify your value from several directions.
- Check you answers: Have you written about results, OUTCOMES, or activities?
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In Part 2, we’ll look at ways to find companies who can use and will appreciate your value and how to make your initial approach.
Finally, in Part 3, you’ll get fresh ideas for making people want you on their payroll.
Almost 20,000 people laid off in Israel in the month of January
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Not good news being reported by Arutz7. Seems that almost 20,000 People have been laid off in Israel in the month of January. That's 20,000 of our brothers and sisters that now have to look for a new job in the worst hiring freeze in a decade. We need more innovation and perhaps the government should take more of a proactive stance in creating jobs much like President Obama is trying to do in the USA. I belive that Israel can do it in 1/4th the time that it will take the USA if they put their minds to it and cut any red tape. Truthfully this is what Bibi should be spending his time doing.
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com)
The financial crisis around the world has hit Israel in record numbers:
Nearly 20,000 people were laid off in January, higher than any month in
history.
Before the financial crisis that began several months
ago, the average number of layoffs in Israel stood around 10,000, with
more people finding work per month than were laid off. The trend now
is the opposite.
The January high was reached after the previous month also registered a national record – 17,499 layoffs.
The
National Employment Service reports that the number of those seeking
work – 218,500 – climbed 3.8% from December to January, and is 15% more
than the previous January.
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A lot of times finding a job is about who you know, especially in Israel! That being said it would seem that the more people you know (or the more people who know you), the easier it will be to find a job. So go ahead, make yourself known! Start a blog, get involved in social networking, attend networking events! Do whatever it takes to get yourself known. Even better, become an expert in the field you represent! Write an ebook about the topic you love most in your industry, write articles to magazines, websites, and newspapers. Keep writing and keep posting until you are known as an expert in your field. Look out for events and offer to speak at them.
Yeah I know, public speaking is one of mans greatest fears:
The
fear of public speaking is always listed as one of the top three
American phobias (way above the fear of death, which is usually rated
as the seventh most common phobia). The comedian Jerry Seinfeld
observed, “Most of us would rather be in the casket than giving the
eulogy.”
That being said there are many ways to get yourself out there. In this Mashable post called "How to build the Ultimate Social Media Resume", Mashable looks at 6 different ways to build a social media resume and get yourself out there.
So don't just sit back and wait for it to happen, you need to be proactive and go out and make it happen! I believe I have mentioned before, but it is worth mentioning again. Be different! Don't send out the same boring CV that everyone else is snding in. Make it different! Use video! Send it in a Gold Plated envelope with a signature required. Even if they ask you to send in your CV dont! Give them what they really want, but don't know how to ask for! Give them a winning person, someone who shows creativity, someone that will make their company proud! Don't be like everyone else since 99.9% of everyone else also won't be getting the job!
More ways to get a job using Social Media. This time from Mashable!
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It seems that using Social Media is the way to go to help find a job in today's job market. The old adage "it's not about what you know, but who you know" seems to be ringing true more than ever.
A few days ago we posted a guide by Chris Brogan on using Social Media to help get a job, today are a few more suggestions from Mashable.
Chris Brogans FREE eBook: Using the Social Web to find work
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Chris Brogan is one of those guys that you can't help but fall in love with. And I mean that in the nice way. He is sincerely one of the nicest guys in business that you will ever meet that is constantly looking to help people and often gives free and valuable advice. I first met Chris back at the Video On The Net Show in San Jose back in February 2007 and he immediately made an impact on me. In this post Chris shares his wealth of knowledge on using the social web to help find a job The post contains a link to download this free eBook. What's great is that most of what's written can be used even for looking for a job in Israel. Enjoy!
