All the World is a Job Search - CareerAlley

All the World is a Job Search - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it. Carlos Castaneda At my last company, we had an unspoken rule that you were expected to move within the organization every 3 or 4 years in order to round out your knowledge of the company, experience new challenges and meet new people. So, about 3 1/2 years in, I started looking for other opportunities (no pressure, as I still had my position while I looked). What surprised me about the experience was the different perceptions that people across the organization had about me. One individual in particular thought that I had the perfect skill set for his area. Now Im a confident guy, but I definitely did not think I could do that job. So whats the point? You never know where the next opportunity will come from, more often than not it is unexpected and you really do need to consider your entire world in your job search. Todays post continues our deep dive into revisiting the world of recruiters and where to find them. Recruiters: The Maxwell Group This search firm specializes in finance, accounting, banking and capital markets (with the exception of Accounting, tough industries these days). Their site is fairly simple, with company overview and links on the left hand side of the page for Candidate Information, Current Positions and Contacting Us. The Candidate Information link provides an overview of the process and a link to register. From the Current Positions Page, you can select from three categories (Finance/Accounting, Operations and Capital Markets). Clicking on any of these lists the current positions, along with salary and location. Click on Detail to see more about the position(s). The Contact Us link provides information (name, address, telephone and email) for contacting this search firm. Trandon Associates Inc. Trandon specializes in Accounting/Finance, Banking/Brokerage, Health-care and Support Services. Additionally, the have a consulting division that does both temporary placement as well as temp-to-perm. Their main page has three links About Us, Career Opportunities and Contact Us. The Career Opportunities link leads to a page with links to their open and advertised positoins. Click on Contact Us for their address, telephone number and email address. The Wimberly Group This firm specializes in Forest Products and Manufacturing. Their main page provides a comprehensive overview of their services. There is a Contact Us tab on the left hand side of the page, use this to forward your resume. Advantage Talent This recruiting firm specializes in financial services and accounting. Their main page gives an overview of the firm with some links to their principal recruiters. Down the left hand side of the page is a list of links (too long to list here) that provides a wealth of resources. Two of the links, Candidates and Job Openings are worth a look. Candidates provides access to an online application while Job Openings allows registration and a view to all job openings. The Management Tab provides bios of key staff as well as contact information. Where to Find them: Association of Executive Search Consultants AESC, as you may have guessed, is a professional organization for recruiters. The AESC site includes a list of executive search firms which you can also use as a resource for contacting search firms. It is difficult to find the list on their site, so click here List of Recruiters SearchFirm.com This site provides a very large list of recruiters. Just click Find, enter your criteria and off you go. Left side of the main page has additional related links, including HR articles and links to resources. Once youve done this, the search returns a list that matches your criteria. There are columns showing what each recruiter returned in the search has on their site (Bio, if they have a website, contacts and testimonials). Click on any individual recruiter to see a detailed page, including their website url (if they have one) and contact information. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Joey Trebif