Do You Need a Headhunter

Do you need a Headhunter?Do you need a Headhunter?Brian Johnston

Johnston Search, INC.

Principal/Founder

619.861.8653

[email protected]

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STORY?STORY?

Topics of DiscussionTopics of Discussion

Why work with headhunter

What is a typical candidate/recruiter relationship

How to locate recruiter in your field

Who is the headhunter’s client

What motivates a recruiter to work for you

How to screen qualities of great recruiter

Questions/Answers

If you don’t remember anything about If you don’t remember anything about this talk this talk remember this!remember this!

Doing a job search sucks!Finding a job "is a job!"Working with a good, reliable, honest (3rd

party/recruiter) headhunter can drastically help your job search!

Why the heck would you listen to me?Why the heck would you listen to me?

225+ hires in nearly 12yrs (Individual Contributor to VP) Own my own staffing firm (niche based) Blogger/Microblogger/Social

Media/Networking/SEO/Analytics/You tube/Video, etc (Web 2.0)

19.5k resume in DB Just under 2k 1st level connections in Linkedin Over 3.5k followers on Twitter Nearly 2k director connections/friends on Facebook Active with ERE.net, Recruiting Blogs, Recruiter Earth,

Future of Talent , etc.

Why the heck do I work?Why the heck do I work?

Why you should cooperate with Headhunter?Why you should cooperate with Headhunter? Recruiter’s get the inside scoop You widen your job search net You gain edge over your competition (other job seekers) Headhunters have personal relations with Hiring Managers! (Golf,

Lunches, Events, etc) Good recruiter’s have latest tools/strategies to WIN an offer All conversation verbal/written (email) are confidential We LOVE to Sell/Hustle for the next deal (RUSH/CHASE) F*R*E*E career advice We represent you/your professional interests Relationship builders Intelligence on Corp./Team/why job open, etc Personal Coaching BECAUSE I CARE (so do others)

How does a search flow?How does a search flow? Recruiter reaches out to you or vice versa. Recruiter emails or calls to set up introductory call Recruiter/Headhunter evaluates your

skills/accomplishment (evidence) in person or by phone. (Is this person a top performer/voids/gaps/will person travel/relocate in resume)

Recruiter discusses job match to client needs Resume is presented to client/corp. (with verbal approval) Headhunter follow up with client for feedback/next steps. Set’s up phone screen’s/Interviews Close/Negotiate offers with candidate/client corp. Repeat process

How to locate Headhunter in your field?How to locate Headhunter in your field? Career Fairs/Trade Shows/Overall

online/offline networkingLinkedin, Facebook, Twitter (2.0-see stats)ReferralsReferralsReferrals

Who is headhunter’s CLIENT?Who is headhunter’s CLIENT?

51% Customer/Corporation 49% Candidate Who pays recruitment fees? (Corp

+ Fees = Loyalty)

What Motivates Headhunter to What Motivates Headhunter to work for YOU?work for YOU?

I prefer to find you! Passive candidate (low key job search) Highly accomplished (Patents, Awards, Honors, Author) Likes Corporate America High level education (BA/BS or above) Well connected (Referrals) Good Communication skills (verbal/written) NOT A JOB HOPPER Live within reasonable commute to office Don’t require relocation (unless easy)

How you can quickly QUALIFY How you can quickly QUALIFY RecruitersRecruiters

How long in recruiting field? What is average placement fee? What do you specialize in? How many placement last year/this year? What % do you charge client? Who are you client companies? What class/type/level of person do you recruit? What geographic location? Certifications/Degrees, etc? Do you Love you job? Are you fulfilled?

ASK ABOUT BILLINGS: ASK ABOUT BILLINGS: (perm/direct placement)(perm/direct placement)

Up to 150k ROOKIE150k-300k AVERAGE300k-500k GOOD500k-1Million GREAT1Million+ BIG BILLER!

SOCIAL SITES I USE: (20+ others)SOCIAL SITES I USE: (20+ others)

www.youtube.com www.linkedin.com www.twitter.com www.ere.net www.facebook.com www.jigsaw.com www.zoominfo.com www.hoovers.com www.plaxo.com www.google.com

URL ShorteningURL Shortening

BUDURLTR.IMBIT.LYPing.fm (talk about leverage)

SOCIAL NETWORKING STATSSOCIAL NETWORKING STATS

1. By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers….96% of them have joined a social network 2. Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web 3. 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media 4. Years to Reach 50 millions Users:  Radio (38 Years), TV (13 Years), Internet (4 Years), iPod (3 Years)…Facebook added 100 million users in less than 9 months…iPhone applications hit 1

billion in 9 months. 5. If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia 6. Yet, some sources say China’s QZone is larger with over 300 million using their services (Facebook’s ban in China plays into this) 7. comScore indicates that Russia has the most engage social media audience with visitors spending 6.6 hours and viewing 1,307 pages per visitor per month – Vkontakte.ru is the #1

social network 8. 2009 US Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction 9. 1 in 6 higher education students are enrolled in online curriculum 10. % of companies using LinkedIn as a primary tool to find employees….80% 11. The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year-old females 12. Ashton Kutcher and Ellen Degeneres have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Ireland, Norway and Panama 13. 80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences? 14. Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé…In 2009 Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to incoming freshmen 15. What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook… 16. The #2 largest search engine in the world is YouTube 17. Wikipedia has over 13 million articles…some studies show it’s more accurate than Encyclopedia Britannica…78% of these articles are non-English 18. There are over 200,000,000 Blogs 19. 54% = Number of bloggers who post content or tweet daily 20. Because of the speed in which social media enables communication, word of mouth now becomes world of mouth 21. If you were paid a $1 for every time an article was posted on Wikipedia you would earn $156.23 per hour 22. Facebook USERS translated the site from English to Spanish via a Wiki in less than 4 weeks and cost Facebook $0 23. 25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content 24. 34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands 25. People care more about how their social graph ranks products and services  than how Google ranks them 26. 78% of consumers trust peer recommendations 27. Only 14% trust advertisements 28. Only 18% of traditional TV campaigns generate a positive ROI 29. 90% of people that can TiVo ads do 30. Hulu has grown from 63 million total streams in April 2008 to 373 million in April 2009 31. 25% of Americans in the past month said they watched a short video…on their phone 32. According to Jeff Bezos 35% of book sales on Amazon are for the Kindle when available 33. 24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation because we no longer search for the news, the news finds us. 34. In the near future we will no longer search for  products and services they will find us via social media 35. More than 1.5 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared on Facebook…daily. 36. Successful companies in social media act more like Dale Carnegie and less like David Ogilvy Listening first, selling second

37. Successful companies in social media act more like party planners, aggregators, and content providers than traditional advertiser

QA?QA?

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Brian/Johnston Search INC.