COMSYS St Louis is the December sponsor for StlRecruiting, and today we publish an interview with Stephanie Grimshaw, a COMSYS recruiter.
What is your specialty at Comsys? What is your strongest area of expertise?
No specialty; but, being able to match personalities, skills, and candidate requirements to open positions. Being able to find a win win for everyone. A candidate might not be the perfect match for one particular opening but through networking and building relationships I can then market that person to another company and hopefully find that perfect match.
Using no marketing speak, why should a candidate choose you and Comsys over another recruiter?
A comprehensive benefits package, opportunity to work for top clients such as Anheuser Busch, Emerson, Express Scripts, Monsanto, Edward Jones, MasterCard just to name a few. Having a huge support system, attention to detail, along with a great team at the branch office. We have been here in St. Louis close to 20 years and placing people with some of the largest companies in the St. Louis marketplace.
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What is the single biggest mistake that candidates make when they interview with clients?
<p>Not researching the opportunity that is being presented in front of them, being able to listen to the interviewer’s hot points and answering accordingly not giving to much information but knowing when they have sufficiently answered the question. </p>
What changes have you noticed in the last year with jobs, candidates, and the employment market overall? What trends do you see coming up?
A lot of changes in the financial industry and lots of fantastic jobs in the market; but, clients are very selective and have a much more structured technical/behavioral screening process in place with the hiring managers. Trends would be more toward building relationships and both hiring company and candidate being more selective on whom they work with.
What are some good ways for candidates to get noticed by a recruiter (or what is the best way for a candidate to work with a recruiter to get hired?)
Being able to build solid relationships with recruiters, understanding how important it is to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with that recruiter(s) so they can then be marketed or remarketed to the different company.
Stephanie Grimshaw can be contacted at COMSYS at 636-532-6241
