Fragment 4 - Getting registered in candidate databases

Most recruiting firms have candidate databases with profiles of people in the job market. Recruiting firms will normally check their profile databases first when they work on a recruiting project. In order to be a part of this first round I was registered in a number of candidate databases.

First I identified relevant recruiting firms, and again I had good experiences googeling my need with relevant search stings like "recruiting telecommunications". This way a number of recruiting firms were identified. I also identified recruiting firms via the jobs I was applying for via the job sites. The process was that I looked up the recruiting firms involved in the jobs I was applying for. Then I registered my profile with the most relevant of these.

Then I found out which ones were the most relevant and efficient ones for me. This was a more time consuming task: Over time I made a note of which recruiting firms had the most relevant job postings which ones were the most responsive.

These are the recruiting firms that have been most relevant and efficient for me
Eutopia is a global recruiting firm with telecommunications as one of their specialties.
RP International is a global recruiting firm with telecommunications as one of their specialties.
tangent International is an international recruiting firm with telecommunications as a specialty
Excellent Match is an based in Denmark and has recruiting of IT/telecommunications personnel as one of their specialties.

I found Iprofile an interesting shortcut to getting registered in many candidate databases with only little effort. I just set up my CV with Iprofile and selected the recruiting firms relevant for me. Then they automatically got access to my profile. However the response from these recruiting firms has been poor.