Job Search, Trying To Find A Headhunter...

I graduated from college back in December and have been working a security job at a local retailer since... I'm trying to find a post gradutae career (one that compensates me for my B.A. in Criminal Justice)... However I'm having some trouble finding the jobs that will interest me... been on a handful of interviews and have not found what i'm looking for yet... i've been using Monster.com, Yahoo Hotjobs, and the WashingtonPost.com classified...

I'm trying to find a Head Hunter... for those of you unfamiliar with the term... it's a agency (usually) that literally do the job searchingfor you, and sets you up with the information and helps you get interviews... typically, the company that winds up hiring you pays a small fee to the head hunter agency...

i live in the DC/Metro area in Maryland... I'm having a bit of a hard time finding head hunters via the internet... maybe my Internet Searching skills are lacking but i'm thinking there is ANOTHER TERM for "Head Hunter"... because the only hits "Headhunter Maryland" finds is for careerbuilder.com and that's not very helpful...


thanks in advance for any input you might have to contribute...

 

To the best of my knowledge, you don't go looking for headhunters, they come looking for you. As in, companies hire them to try to lure existing employees (usually executives of some sort) away from their current jobs to come work for them instead. I've never heard of someone not already in a successful position being headhunted.

What you're looking for is maybe an employment agency.

 

Good advise Halo.

When searching for head hunter companies, search for "employment agency" or agencies in Google, and limit the search to your area by using "Advanced Search" & putting in all the major city names in your area in the "Any of these words" field.

Most employment agencies play both sides of the fence. They're commonly contracted by various companies to find new employees, but they also take promising job searchers and try to plug them into jobs that they have available. They all work for fees, and reputable ones earn their fees from the companies, NOT from the job searchers, so don't sign up with one that wants you to pay.

As Halo noted, the FIRST thing to do is get your resume in shape, since that's the first thing all of them will want. Both in print and online versions. .pdf is best, since it's virtually universal, but Word format (.doc) is next best, as almost all companies today use Word. If you're doing Word, make sure you pick all standard Word fonts, as any font that their systems don't have will revert to plain old Arial.

Your cover letter to the employment agencies should define what type of jobs you're interested in, since they'll want to plug you into anything they can fit you into, and not all of those will be jobs you may want.

Good hunting!

 

I've got a good resume typed up... luckily my older sister who was very successful after college was able to help me out and give me good advice about it...

i've been on a handful of interviews already and i've learned that im' very comfortable in such situations... i usually interview very well, which is a good thing... my last interview was with Progressive Insurance for a Claims Adjuster position... in my mind i was set to take the job if they offered it to me but they didn't...

but that is solid advice you guys have given, thanks

 

thank you! it's frustrating because i know that whatever i do i'm going to excel at it and be successful, i just need to accomplish that first step of securing a position that will allow me to do so... while i can't say 100% what position i'm looking for, i know that i do not want to do something that i am uninterested in just because the money is right...

i'm very good at communicating with people and i hold myself to very high standards in everything that i do, so i know my career will take off when i find my place, where ever that may be...

 

So, now over a month almost, how did it turn out ?

Or, simply: How is life ?