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Frequently Asked Questions
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1) Q:
What are the
advantages R.L. Stevens offers to those currently active in the market?
A: Several, but the principal advantages are three: a search exclusively
targeting positions focused on where you want your career to go, greater
exposure to the highest quality opportunities available or creatable, and
a full-time partner that navigates the many nuances of this difficult
market successfully every day.
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2) Q: I notice you don't have an office in my immediate vicinity. Can
you still help me?
A: Yes, absolutely. Several years ago we pioneered the concept of
long-distance career management. By using the latest telecommunications
technology to its fullest advantage we serve the career needs of clients
locally, regionally, nationally and around the globe. The majority of companies today
conduct interviews by phone, video teleconference, and even email. As a
result of using these methods with us during their search, our clients not
only enjoy searches conducted from the comfort of their own homes and
scheduled around their busy lives, they receive the added benefit of being
more comfortable and competitive in the instances those methods are used
for interviewing.
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3) Q: How does R.L. Stevens differ from placement firms?
A: Placement firms (recruiters, search firms and agencies) are not equipped to help you
advance within your career, change industries, functional title or
identify new career paths. You are stereotyped into what you have been
doing- not what you could or should do for your career. When you are
unemployed, your chances of success with such placement firms are
diminished.
Especially in this economy,
except in the case of critical hirings, placement assignments are slow
because hiring firms are reluctant to pay agency fees. In many cases, the
fee is a real detriment to using a placement firm. Many companies offer
less money to new employees to offset these fees. Naturally, companies
will exhaust all other no-cost options first, before paying employment
agency fees.
In comparison,
at R.L. Stevens, we pinpoint where you are most marketable and why, and
then develop the marketing, leads, openings and research in your chosen
target markets. With this method, our clients manage their careers
to where they want to be. As your agent, your long term career
satisfaction becomes our mission. Once your marketing is developed
perfectly for where you're headed, placement firms are leveraged in our
searches as they represent a small percentage of the opportunities in the
current economy.
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4) Q:
What type of
people do you work with?
A: The short answer is that we work only with professionals
who both a) want to execute their career move more successfully, and b)
are determined by our evaluation to have marketable functional skills.
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5) Q: Are you selective?
A: We are. Like every employer in
the marketplace, we are only looking for the best candidates to work with.
Not everyone is at an appropriate career juncture to capitalize on the
benefits we offer. There is a right position for everyone in the
professional marketplace, but if we deem your goals to be unrealistic or
unattainable, we will opt to not participate in a venture in which we can not
be successful.
One of the keys to our success is the
premium we place on working with those wanting to optimize their career. If we can not help you, we will tell
you at the conclusion of our evaluation. Where a different form
of assistance is more appropriate, we will point you in that direction.
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Outplacement |
RLS Senior Executive
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RLS Career Research
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Associates, Inc.
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