Just in case Jerry makes it sound appealing, you'll also have to deal with programmers [like me] who view recruiters as the scum. You can brush up on your recruiter skills by:
1) Learning how to do mass adds on LinkedIn 2) Making a list of every programming language known to man so you can put it in job descriptions. Unless you're sick of programming, I recommend learning a new language ( Flex, .NET, Java, Ruby, whatever) that seems to be in demand in your area. Jerry Johnson wrote: > Sell your wife, mother, and youngest child. > > Then have a heart reduction surgery (placing is in a secure storage > facility) > > Rob a whole troop of girlscouts out of their cookie money. > > Dig a 20 foot hole in a sand trap with a sand wedge. > > And tell a bar full of Yankee fans that the Red Sox are a better team. > > Now, add the above items to your resume, and you should be all set. > > > More seriously, know that recruiting is a _hard_ job, and requires a true > salesman's ability to pursue leads with dogged determination and boundless > energy. And you will need very thick skin, a golden tongue, and the ability > to sell your technical knowledge even when out on thin ice experience-wise. > > Many of my friends and colleagues that have switched from technical track to > recruiting and placement did so while pursuing a job. They gradually moved > from looking for a job to harassing their recruiters for jobs, to being > asked "can you do it better", to working for their recruiter. > > So my advice, from the cheap seats, would be to think about the recruiters > YOU liked working with, and contacting them to see if they need help. And > don't take the first 5 "no"s for an answer. > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Scott Stewart > <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > >> Hey all, >> >> >> >> Since there's a large number of recruiters on this list, I've been >> wondering. >> >> How does one break into technical recruiting? >> >> >> >> I've got years of experience as a ColdFusion developer, but it appears that >> the CF market in NC has dried up. So I'm entertaining the idea of moving >> into recruiting, but have no idea where to start. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any replies >> >> >> >> sas >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott Stewart >> ColdFusion Developer >> 4405 Oakshyre Way >> Raleigh, NC 27616 >> (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4187 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
