Managers Control Timing of Hiring: Get in Their Pipeline
By Gdutch at jobjoy
Nov 6, 2014
This is one of the key principles that I use when helping my clients find permanent positions. Every hiring manager has a pipeline that they fill with prospective employees because (1) they are always looking for good people, and (2) they know they must hire them at some point. It's not a question of IF but when.
A year ago, one of my clients got laid off after 25+ years with the same employer, a large defense contractor. My client was devastated but keen to get a similar job ASAP. He did what most people do, and sent out dozens of resumes to online postings with no positive results. He got extremely discouraged, even angry. He'd never needed to look for a job before, and it was a very negative experience for him.
I'm not saying he or anybody else shouldn't look online but the U.S. Department of Labor …show more content…
The key here is I coached my client on how to reconnect with former clients and brief them on his new employment priorities and preferences and ask, "Do you know anyone I can talk to?" One such approach resulted in a referral from a contact in Halifax to a hiring manager at a naval engineering firm in Montreal.
My client arranged a coffee meeting during one of the manager's routine visits to Ottawa last November. That manager indicated there may be some job opportunities opening up in the near future. My client came to count on this vague verbal hint at a job. He followed up by email and phone for several months and heard nothing back...and got very discouraged again.
I reminded him that getting another job was his top priority but the hiring manager had other pressing concerns, another crisis to deal with, another fire to put out. And, he may be waiting for the conclusion to a very large deal that could take more time to come to fruition than he or anybody
By Gdutch at jobjoy
Nov 6, 2014
This is one of the key principles that I use when helping my clients find permanent positions. Every hiring manager has a pipeline that they fill with prospective employees because (1) they are always looking for good people, and (2) they know they must hire them at some point. It's not a question of IF but when.
A year ago, one of my clients got laid off after 25+ years with the same employer, a large defense contractor. My client was devastated but keen to get a similar job ASAP. He did what most people do, and sent out dozens of resumes to online postings with no positive results. He got extremely discouraged, even angry. He'd never needed to look for a job before, and it was a very negative experience for him.
I'm not saying he or anybody else shouldn't look online but the U.S. Department of Labor …show more content…
The key here is I coached my client on how to reconnect with former clients and brief them on his new employment priorities and preferences and ask, "Do you know anyone I can talk to?" One such approach resulted in a referral from a contact in Halifax to a hiring manager at a naval engineering firm in Montreal.
My client arranged a coffee meeting during one of the manager's routine visits to Ottawa last November. That manager indicated there may be some job opportunities opening up in the near future. My client came to count on this vague verbal hint at a job. He followed up by email and phone for several months and heard nothing back...and got very discouraged again.
I reminded him that getting another job was his top priority but the hiring manager had other pressing concerns, another crisis to deal with, another fire to put out. And, he may be waiting for the conclusion to a very large deal that could take more time to come to fruition than he or anybody