Creative Thinking The Recruiting Tool You Can Use Today

Creative Thinking The Recruiting Tool You Can Use Today Creative Thinking The Recruiting Tool You Can Use Today Recruiting can be a wonderful thing. As anindependentrecruiter you make your own hours, work from wherever you want and choose whom you want to work with. Its notalwaysmangoesand sunshine, but its a wonderful feeling when you make that connection. A candidate gets a great job, your client gets a great new employee, and you get a nice sum of money. Thats a win win-win situation.I recently received an email from a former candidate whos on my Hot Opportunities email list. He welches asking if I ever worked with college students. His son, Kevin, was about to graduate fromVillanova.I wrote back Sure, send him over. I had a good conversation with Kevin. He seemed like a bright and passionate kid. He was very marketable but, unfortunately, not to my clients.Companies that are paying recruiters fees usually want the position filled yesterday and with a candidates that has at l east a few years experience. Kevin did a summer internship at Google and wasnt graduating for another couple of months. This was going to be a tough sell.It took a creative pitch to the client You and I have been searching for senior devs for a while now at 120-160K. And we cant find any. Think of Kevin as a diamond in the rough. At 80K hes going to work really hard and hes very talented. In a few months hell be up to speed and I think youll get greater value in the long run from him than from the more experienced senior developers.Withina week I had Kevin interviewing with 3 of my clients. By the end of the following week he had 2 offers. He accepted one and was ecstatic. A week later, I received a wonderful thank you letter from his father.It feltgreat to make a family happy. Kevin can finish up his college graduation with theknowledgethat a great job is waiting for him.Lessons Learned1. An email list (like The Hire Syndicate E-Blastkeeps candidate relationships from dying out.2. College recruiting can work in some situations recruiting and shopping soon-to-be-grads can pay off.3. Create a win for both sides through creative thinking. Look at what both client and candidate want and then find a way to meet those needs.