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Coaching for Leaders

406: How to Work With an Executive Recruiter, with Becky deSouza

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Management, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Becky deSouza: Conexus Talent Acquisition Solutions

Becky is a partner with Conexus Talent Acquisition Solutions and has dedicated her career of 20+ years to developing effective solutions for Talent Development and Recruiting. Becky spent 11 years running DreamWorks Animation’s Corporate Recruiting team. Today she leads the human resources recruiting practice with Conexus.

Key Points

  • Recruiting firms can be regional, industry-specific, or functional.
  • Look to your network for leads, but be careful when networking with your colleagues.
  • Work to fully engage with your recruiter.
  • Be honest with your recruiter, even if you aren’t totally ready to commit.
  • Always keep your LinkedIn profile updated since it can serve as a type of resume.
  • Make sure your web and social presence is consistent with the expectations of your desired job.
  • Check your privacy settings on social media.

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0:00.0

You're happy with what you're doing, but you've been thinking about what's next for your career.

0:05.0

Or a recruiter reaches out to you with an intriguing opportunity.

0:08.0

Or maybe you've just decided it is certainly time to make a transition.

0:13.6

All reasons you might want to connect with a recruiter.

0:16.7

But where do you start?

0:18.2

On this episode, how to work with an executive recruiter.

0:21.4

This is Coaching for Leaders, episode

0:23.3

406. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human

0:29.3

Potential. Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your

0:39.6

host Dave Stahovia. Leaders aren't born.

0:44.0

They're made, and this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom

0:48.0

through insightful conversations.

0:51.0

And I bet, one of the conversations you've had in your career at least once, perhaps a number of times, is working with a recruiter.

0:59.6

This is a topic that comes up often in conversations within our academy, within our

1:05.6

listening community, and certainly with clients I've worked with over the

1:08.0

years on I'm thinking about making a transition or maybe someone reached out to me

1:12.3

but I'm not really sure how to work with a recruiter and what is the right way to approach that relationship and where do I even begin.

1:20.0

Today we're going to see if we can answer a lot of those questions and get us started on the journey of how to work with a recruiter when the time is right.

1:27.0

I'm glad to welcome to the show today Becky DeSousa. Becky is with Connexis Talent Acquisition Solutions. She is a partner and

1:35.8

has dedicated over 20 years of her career to developing effective solutions for talent

1:41.4

development and recruiting. Becky spent 11 years running dream solutions for Talent Development and Recruiting.

1:43.0

Becky spent 11 years running DreamWorks Animations corporate recruiting team.

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