If I am your recruiter, you can believe and trust that I would like for you to get the job in question. Period. I make no money unless you get hired. Even if I have several candidates in the running, I put an equal amount of time and energy into submitting, scheduling and preparing each one to accept an offer. I listen to tales of boyfriends and girlfriends, wives, school systems, mean bosses, etc. I’m here for you. I spend hours on the phone each day, and hours emailing, scheduling, etc. I am the liaison between you and your next potential employer. Therefore, you need to tell me the truth. If you interviewing at another agency, please tell me this. I will not hang up on you. I will not criticize you. I will only ask that you keep me in the loop as I spend hours, days, weeks, checking your references, scheduling interviews and selling you to the agency, etc. Please do not get to the point where you have interviewed 3 times at another agency and are waiting on an offer before you clue me in. This is extremely unprofessional, and yes, it wastes my time and yours if you have other opportunities on the horizon. I am very understanding of you wanting the best opportunity for yourself. I will do all I can to help you and even support you if you don’t go with my client…so long as you are honest. If we are working together, then I assume you really want the job in question and are not just playing games with me. We all know how it feels to be lied to and cheated on. Please don’t break my heart; I’m only here to help. And it really does hurt my feelings. J

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