I Have Met the Enemy and He is Us!

Rick Gillis
Job Search Expert/Author/Speaker

When it comes to employment and job search I am almost continuously in a ‘rage’—-at job search coaches. (Bear in mind that in order to become a coach all you need is a pencil and the nerve to claim your ‘coachness.’)

I want to throw rocks at the TV when I hear so-called “job search experts” tell us, once again, to watch out for typos, yada, yada. This helps no one. The true job seeker is waaaay past such ‘pertinent’ advice.

I regularly speak on panels with other JSE’s (job search experts); pay attention and listen to HR professionals and professional staffing folks to see if I can latch onto something new. It ain’t happening. So if anyone reading this considers my statements akin to throwing down the gauntlet–so be it.

In my view HR professionals provide you with the information THEY want you to have. And let me be clear: I love HR professionals. They work their backsides off for not near enough money or respect.

Staffing professionals, on the other hand, will provide the job seeker with about 70-80% of the information they need. Why? Because the information they withhold is that knowledge they would rather a job seeker NOT KNOW. Why? Because that is where they make their bucks. And this is not a bad thing. I am also a big fan of staffing companies–and of capitalism.

But in the scope of what I do which is to provide individuals with the very best and most up to the minute information I possibly can–I can’t hold anything back if they will benefit from some little bit no matter how insignificant. If I know something that can add value to an individual’s job search it is my ‘duty’ to inform them.

I would like to ask those JSE’s who do more harm than good to just get out of the way. You are the Enemy!

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BTW–while I’m at it–if you are in job search you may want to subscribe to ERE.net. This site is THE final (and often first) word on electronic recruiting. Some of the thought providers on this site are so far out there that it makes you wonder but….and a very important ‘but’…they bring astounding information to the masses and eventually most of what they have to preach actually becomes gospel. Check them out.