Top recruiter sees herself as gatekeeper
Laurie Mitchell is the go-to recruiter in the marketing, public-relations and advertising business. As owner of Laurie Mitchell & Company Inc., this Beachwood, Ohio, woman has the estimation of being a straight shooter — and someone who verily knows the kind of she’s talking about.
Her record is proof: She has placed 1,120 professionals in those fields since 1984, at midlevel management and higher. Corporations and agencies hire her to send them piece of work candidates.
Here, she discusses what it takes for job-seekers to succeed.
Q: Recruiters often have a reputation for being tough. Why is that?
A: Part of it is that you have to manage your time, and there are lots of people who poverty manumit counsel. I’ve heard from three rabble today already who desire to me to rewrite their résumés. (She doesn’t conclude that, but she offers résumé samples on her Web site, www.lauriemitchellcompany.com.)
But I also have to be the toughest interview that job candidates face, because I’mingle-mangle the gatekeeper. My clients don’t want me to send them idiots. They’re not remunerative large recruiting or quest fees to have their time wasted.
Q: What’sitting one of the dumbest things people can say to you?
A: That they’re underpaid. Somebody might say they’re making $40,000, “but I in fact should be making $70,000.” An 8 percent to 15 percent salary increase while you’re changing jobs is normal. Your next boss is not responsible since what your course boss got away by.
Q: Are most people realistic end for end how good they are at what they do?
A: Most vulgar herd think their skills are better than they are. There’s a assign of self-delusion at all levels. I’ve had CEOs tell me, “I’m cheerful and funny, and my people charity me!” And I know their people hate them!
Q: What’s one of the most of importance things you convey to young people here and there the workplace?
A: Often they don’t understand the most significant part of the job description, which isn’t in literary production. That is, “Make your boss look good.” If you do that, you’re home free.
