Reaching out to agency recruiters may be an important part of your overall job search strategy. Agency recruiters may have access to opportunities that are not otherwise advertised on job boards or even on the company website. Knowing how to best work with agency recruiters can help them do their job effectively and help you to get intelligence about the job market and information about opportunities now and in the future.

Wouldn’t it just be so easy to call up a headhunter, otherwise known as a recruiter or executive search consultant, and give him or her your resume and say, “find me a job.” Well, generally it doesn’t work that way.