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employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:22:18 PM

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My stepbrother who only spent two years in junior college moved to California. He now makes a six figure income matching skilled workers with companies seeking skilled workers. It's not a temporary staffing service. My stepbrother and I never got along and haven't spoken in years so I can't ask him how he did it. Our roommate thinks getting into something like that would be impossible without knowing people in high places. How hard is it to get into that or is our roommate right about having to know the right people? Unemployment is so high in this economy and what he does just sounds so fun and easy.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:24:18 PM

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My question as I'm reading your post is, why don't you two speak?? Hi-hjack over.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:26:35 PM

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I suspect he has talents that are unrelated to his education, that helped him make it big.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:26:59 PM

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It sounds like he was in the right place at the right time. And yah, I'd guess you'd have to know the right people. You already do, but you're not speaking to him.
Also, although it sounds fun and easy, there's probably a lot more to what he does than you explained here. I would imagine you'd have to have a lot of great contacts, and have an extensive knowledge of what most jobs entail.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:28:15 PM

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Sounds like he is a headhunter. Pretty much these are employment recruiters but more so for career people rather than staff so to speak. They make their money on their successful connection and word of mouth a lot of times.

You would have to enjoy and be good at matching, networking, getting out and selling yourself but more so OTHER people. And networking would be with Corporate CEOs and top HR people etc of many many many different companies. You want THEM to think of you when they need to hire someone. You also would have to network with career people looking for a job which means that you would have to interact with elite college kids, in other words college kids with great pedigrees, career people with great resumes and references etc. Yes, you would make your money based on the type of companies you are working with and people you are working with. They are paying you to do what they don't want to deal with and you would need to be able to do the due diligence they don't want to take the time to do -- you are narrowing their search for them.

You make your money in this type of job based on results. If you fail too many times, you won't be as popular.

But also, California has a higher standard of living than most places in the U.S., it could be what his salary is for where he is living is the equivalent to 3/4 of that in another place, if that makes sense.

If you are curious about the career, call a headhunting service in a bigger city in your area, explain you are interested in perhaps exploring this as a career, see what they said.

Also, sounds like a great way to reconnect with your brother -- send him an email.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:36:02 PM

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What angel said.

It is likely commission-based.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 12:53:58 PM

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Yep. He's a headhunter. My sister used one when she moved from CA to TN and then another two more times when she left her job at the credit to go to a bank and again when she was laid off from the bank. She now works for the CofC at a fraction of what she earned as a bank vice-president.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 2:46:45 PM

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A headhunter is simply a salesperson that knows a field cold. As in, knows the people hiring, knows the general places to find people who could get hired, and knows the terminology. He must know dozens of employers and spend time with them finding out what their specific needs are, and then make darn sure that the people he then comes up with meet those needs. Assuming he does so, he can earn a commission approximately 30% of the first year's salary.

I had one recruit me in 1990. He sold me on the job and on the state (Colorado), then he sold the employer on me.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 2:56:03 PM

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Your roommate could start in a search firm, work his way up, perhaps eventually start his own company.

A friend of the family owns her own executive search firm. She compares it to being a matchmaker. She also has to sell herself to the client, and the candidate and client to each other.

So it's basically sales - if he's good at that he doesn't have to limit himself to being a head hunter.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 2:56:06 PM

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Some places only give the commission after the employee makes it to their first year... making you persona na grata if you bail out sooner!

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 3:51:12 PM

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Being a recruiter like everything else has also gotten much more competitive. Some companies now want people with degrees.

Don't assume that because things were one way when your brother entered the field they are still that way today.

Given that you have both grown up a bit since whenever you have had your falling out, at some point it might be nice to reach out to him when you don't actually want anything.

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RE: employer/employee matching - 12/30/2011 7:08:01 PM

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When you say the job sounds fun and easy, it is probably neither. Everyone I know that makes a six figure salary put in an average of 60 to 70 hours per week.

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