Cutting out the middle man can save time and money. So it should come as no surprise that it's the same in the world of recruitment.
If you see a job advert online through an agency or on a jobs board, the details are often vague on purpose to stop you going to the company directly which would mean them losing their commission.
Sometimes, though, a job advert will make it clear who the job is with. Or there are specific details that you can insert into Google and search on - which can bring up the company's own advert on their website or on job sites such as Guardian Jobs.
In these instances, talk direct.
Apply directly to the company in question. Even if you find the job on a site like Guardain Jobs, if you find the company name on the advert, check out the vacancy details on their own website.
This direct contact with the company means the recruitment company can't decide not to put you forward. It also means your details arrive with an immediacy that posting and faxing don't offer.
It's an extreme example, but 28-year-old Tiffany Block from Burns harbor, Indiana, got her CV seen by emailing the head of recruitment directly.
(Although I'm personally concerned that she was hired as an administrator for a trucking firm on the strength of a baseball question.)
