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Many job seekers mistakenly believe that their placement in a new job concludes the relationship they formed with the recruiter who placed them. However, professionals who have built long-term partnerships with a recruiter know that it is the secret to having your dream career.

If you have never worked with a recruiter before, you probably have questions about what the relationship entails and how it could be more beneficial to you than searching on your own. Essentially, recruiters are professional matchmakers who find job seekers the right position for them.

Recruiters are professional matchmakers whose primary focus is placing their candidates the best role for them. There are many benefits of working with a recruiter, especially while looking for your first job, as they can become a career-long partner.

If you’ve never worked with a recruiter before, you probably have a lot of questions about how to prepare or what to expect for your first meeting. Although it will be similar to a job interview, there are a lot of key differences that are important for you to understand.

According to findings made by CB Insights, 23% of startups fail based on recruitment shortcomings. Unsurprisingly, 42% of startups fail due to the lack of market demand for the product and 29% fail due to running out of money. What is concerning, however, is the preventability of closure due to recruitment issues.

Summer certainly isn’t the easiest time to find a job but it’s best to look at the season as an opportunity to kick your search into gear, perhaps even take a different approach.

If a hiring manager wants to identify the best available candidate for an open requisition, with how many recruiters should he or she partner? Your gut might answer, “I should work with as many recruitment firms as possible to quickly receive the best available selection of candidates.” This response can be very destructive, however. We encourage hiring managers to select a primary or “go-to” agency.