Jennifer White

And I think the other thing, too, is making sure that you feel honest enough to give them that honest feedback. Sometimes, you know, a managing partner may be really difficult to work with and they have a reputation. That could be something that you find out after you've already signed the dotted line and gotten your retained deposit down.

And I think the other thing, too, is making sure that you feel honest enough to give them that honest feedback. Sometimes, you know, a managing partner may be really difficult to work with and they have a reputation. That could be something that you find out after you've already signed the dotted line and gotten your retained deposit down.

So you just want to make sure that you're always just tactfully showing them what it is that they need to say. Because look, if they know the managing partner might be difficult, they never were told that. So either way, good news, bad news, I think is also what you want to do in order to maintain that relationship with them.

So you just want to make sure that you're always just tactfully showing them what it is that they need to say. Because look, if they know the managing partner might be difficult, they never were told that. So either way, good news, bad news, I think is also what you want to do in order to maintain that relationship with them.

I think the other thing too is, is that sometimes things may not work out as well as you had hoped. So you have to remember that there might be a time for you to pivot away from that relationship in a sense. So if that's the case, just make sure you're not burning any bridges. Do your best that you can do. I think the other thing too is,

I think the other thing too is, is that sometimes things may not work out as well as you had hoped. So you have to remember that there might be a time for you to pivot away from that relationship in a sense. So if that's the case, just make sure you're not burning any bridges. Do your best that you can do. I think the other thing too is,

helping to have that communication of how often you should be communicating with them during the search. If you are doing everything that you could, if they wanted you to get them all this information and it didn't go well still, I think the thing that you can always do is just say, hey, you know what? I respect you guys. I think that I've tapped the market out.

helping to have that communication of how often you should be communicating with them during the search. If you are doing everything that you could, if they wanted you to get them all this information and it didn't go well still, I think the thing that you can always do is just say, hey, you know what? I respect you guys. I think that I've tapped the market out.

Maybe it's time for you guys to go find another recruiter that you feel like might have a fresh eye. So it's just kind of important to make sure that you also have that ability to kind of part ways and not have to always just hang on to that one particular client.

Maybe it's time for you guys to go find another recruiter that you feel like might have a fresh eye. So it's just kind of important to make sure that you also have that ability to kind of part ways and not have to always just hang on to that one particular client.

Because once you do sit at that table, you're going to be having a lot of time and effort from your own desk searching for this particular search. So you just want to make sure that you're still able to keep some things, some irons in the fire while you're busy with that.

Because once you do sit at that table, you're going to be having a lot of time and effort from your own desk searching for this particular search. So you just want to make sure that you're still able to keep some things, some irons in the fire while you're busy with that.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. To that managing partner. Don't worry about it. Email them. Say, hey, I think that there's been a couple of miscommunications or hey, this candidate seems to be at everything that you have looked for. I'm not sure why things aren't progressing the way that they should. I would love just to bend your ear five minutes at the most.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. To that managing partner. Don't worry about it. Email them. Say, hey, I think that there's been a couple of miscommunications or hey, this candidate seems to be at everything that you have looked for. I'm not sure why things aren't progressing the way that they should. I would love just to bend your ear five minutes at the most.

Can you let me know if after hours I could have a conversation with you? That's usually when they'll be a little bit more receptive. I mean, when I did have this conversation, it was at 7.30 at night. I didn't care. They didn't care. But it was kind of meeting them where they needed to be.

Can you let me know if after hours I could have a conversation with you? That's usually when they'll be a little bit more receptive. I mean, when I did have this conversation, it was at 7.30 at night. I didn't care. They didn't care. But it was kind of meeting them where they needed to be.

I think that that's the other thing, too, is give them the opportunity to kind of be outside of work hours to talk.

I think that that's the other thing, too, is give them the opportunity to kind of be outside of work hours to talk.

So I haven't actually had that with a retained search situation. So I can go to the contingency in a second. But when I'm working as a retained search, I feel like they understand that my job is to get the candidate, the right candidate. So I apologized in the sentence. I said, I'm sorry if I'm stepping on any toes.

So I haven't actually had that with a retained search situation. So I can go to the contingency in a second. But when I'm working as a retained search, I feel like they understand that my job is to get the candidate, the right candidate. So I apologized in the sentence. I said, I'm sorry if I'm stepping on any toes.