A job placement consultant matches employers with employees by placing job ads, screening applications, and conducting phone interviews. They narrow down the list of candidates and may interview them in person before choosing the best one. They keep a database of qualified candidates and write job ads to attract suitable candidates.
A job placement consultant matches employers with employees. In carrying out this task, he places advertisements for candidates and then scans applications to schedule interviews with those who seem qualified. The initial interview may be over the phone. After this process, the job placement consultant further narrows the list of candidates. Job placement consultants, who typically work for a for-profit employment agency or government-funded program, may interview a small number of applicants for a given position in person to choose the best one.
The job advertisements that consultants place may be on Internet forums or in the classified sections of newspapers. Job placement consultants should write the ad to attract qualified candidates so their time is not wasted sorting through applications that are nowhere near a match for the positions. Information about the position, as well as the required education and experience of the employing client, provide consultants with the necessary details to include in the advertisement. Consultants can check incoming applications for work or an assistant can pre-screen them by reading resumes to save time.
Before contacting candidates who seem to be a good match with what a specific employer specifies for a particular position, the consultant usually prepares a list of questions. Typically, he or she asks all applicants the same questions during a telephone interview to compare their answers and weed out those who no longer seem suitable for the job. A job placement consultant may email the interview questions to save time, but eventually may do a phone interview to talk to each shortlisted candidate.
Most internship consultants will not schedule an in-person interview with candidates unless they are sure these ad responders are a good match. Sometimes a job placement consultant will find that candidates may be suitable for more than one employer request to fill a vacancy. If this is the case, the consultant may personally interview these candidates for several jobs at the same time. One of the most basic duties of a job placement consultant is to keep a database of qualified and experienced candidates on file. That way, he or she can first check the database for a possible employer-employee match before placing a job ad for the position.
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