What To Say When a Recruiter Calls

Are you prepared for a call from a recruiter? Liz Ryan, the CEO/founder of Human Workplace and author of Reinvention Roadmap gives her thoughts on how best to prepare. Not getting calls from a legal recruiter? Find one in our legal recruiter directory.

“Before you get on the phone with [the recruiter], think through your call, [the recruiter] may have specific job openings she’s trying to fill, or she may be adding to her candidate database right now in anticipation of new assignments she’s hoping to get. Think about what it would take for you to leave your current job. What do you need more of than you’re getting now? Maybe it’s a bigger assignment. Maybe you need more money. Maybe you want to work in a faster-paced firm or work more closely with clients. Think about everything you care about in a job, not just the title and the pay package. Think about how far you’re willing to commute to work, and how important flexibility and the ability to work from home are to you.”

Read: Here’s What To Say When The Recruiter Calls at Forbes