Your Personal Employment Web Site

The goal of our website is to make your resume and portfolio accessible by potential employees and recruiting agencies. AB Associates can provide you with a web presence, offering you low-cost personal web site consulting, design, development, administration, marketing and promotion.

Working With Recruiters

Though the recruiting industry was often criticized by the media, the majority of professional recruiting agencies conduct their business with honesty and integrity, working hard to overcome negative stereotypes. Working with recruiter companies can give you substantial benefits – for instance, getting you an inside track to jobs that are never posted on the Internet nor advertised in the media. The recruiting companies are interested in your placement because they are paid for this by the employer. When choosing a recruiter firm, skip those that do not assure you of confidentiality.

Before sending out your resume, make sure the recruiter will request your approval to submit your resume to their clients. Because the recruiter is normally paid by the employer, avoid firms that require you to pay money. Be courteous to a recruiter who may call you unexpectedly, you never know who their clients are. The recruiting business is people-centered; we network constantly, talking to hundreds of people weekly, and there is a good chance that we have your next job waiting for you. For more advice, you could refer to an excellent book, entitled Kennedy's Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters by James H. Kennedy.