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Originally Posted by Nufy
Maybe a better question is do recruiters realize that there are different designations available from Apega.
From my 20+ years of experience I have been accredited with a P.L. Eng. Designation
I authenticate designs and approve documents according to Apega standards.
However most automated applications systems do not have that option.
So am I a P.Eng. No...so the system automatically rejects the application even though i know i am qualified for the position.
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The recruiter is given a check box job description by the company that's hiring. They review the resumes and rank them based upon the client's rating system.
If the client says that have to have a certain degree. Then that's a major part of the rating. If the client says, have either a P.Eng or 20 years experience, then that gives the recruiter the latitude to reach out. It also depend honestly on the type of recruiter and their experience. If they've seen roles like this before they might ask the question of the client, hey are their equivalencies or exceptions. But a general recruiter, more likely to just accept the job description on faith that its exactly what the client wants.
What might happens is that the Recruiter follows their job descriptions gathers and ranks the application marks the top 5 or 10, sends it in, the Client blames the recruiter for the poor quality of candidates even though its their job description and the Reciter follows the guideline and the Client does a re calibration.
Like I said, for the most part, Recruiters are pretty much account managers, they're not specialized. On occasion you'll find firms that hire specialized recruiters who have the knowledge and experience to ask questions around the job description. For example I did specific Life Sciences recruiting, did lots of homework on it, studied it, leaned on the experience of my colleges and I had the credibility to challenge the client on their requirements.
Don't make an assumption that a recruiter is going to be creative or understand the different between a requirement of a P.Eng and someone who isn't and has 20 years of experience. Also remember its likely that a recruiter right now is seeing 50 or 100 200 resumes for a job, so they're likely to find a top 10 with a P.Eng. A Recruiters first job is to do the filtering and vetting of the resumes based on what the client wants. Then act as a liaison, and in the end do some negotiation.
Just my 2 cents.