本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛I believe many recruiters are essentially one-man operations. Most of them work for the one and only client they deal with either on the technical side (programming, architect, database, etc) or on the business side (analyst). As a result, they have a great relationship with the client. Once they send you to the client, unless you're really bad, you're hired.

I believe the girls in the Toronto bank I mentioned fall into this category. Very likely they didn't advertise. And they probably got all the people through referrals.

The guy I worked for in the states probably never advertised either. He got candidates through referrals. How did he find me? Through another one-man-operation recruiter. This guy is a programmer but he also worked as an agent. He advertised in internet newsgroups (probably tor.jobs) - not sure anyone is still using them now. That's how I found him. Since we had similar background - working in the states but living in Toronto - we had lunch together a couple of times. And he referred me to that guy who eventually hired me.

IMO, these small recruiters are gold mines. It's not easy to find them, though.

Seems to me that recruiting is a relationship business. You never know which recruiter is a good friend of which manager. I went through quite a few contracts in the states - each through a different recruiter. Each time I felt the recruiter was very close to the project manager. This is why I believe one should work with as many of them as possible.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net