‘Opportunity’ For Jobseekers As Media Recruiting Pipelines Break
Joe Grimm, recruiter extraordinaire, has some good news for jobseekers.
Hiring in news media is up (at least anecdotally), while recruiters are leaving the industry. In fact, “[journalism] has lost just about everyone who recruited for a living,” he writes.
What does this mean? Grimm says: “The news industry will be hiring again, but it will do so without a recruiting apparatus and with new competitors for talent. For employers, this spells trouble. For job-seekers, it can spell opportunity.”
Essentially, the winners in this news are the stubbornly visible ones. When a newspaper wants to hire now, it won’t go back through their database of resumes on file because the person who knows how to work the database took a buyout six months ago. Instead, the person who’s putting himself out there, meeting hiring managers and editors and sending fresh applications periodically—that’s the guy who’ll get a job.
“If no one is minding the door, people…have a fresh chance to break in,” says Grimm.
Honestly, the strategy here is not that revolutionary—if you’ve been reading us for any time you know that we recommend meeting with people rather than sending your resume to the “designated” HR person or recruiter. But it sounds like this method is going to become even more crucial for jobseeking success than it already is.
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