What does each letter in the JEWEL system stand for?

Michelle PerchukTrusted Career Architect for Distinguished Professionals

Use the JEWELS system with recruiters if you are looking for a job

9 May 2024 · 3 min

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A short YouTube advice video (May 2024) teaching job seekers to use the JEWEL system when recruiters call. The speaker—formerly a recruiter—spells JEWEL and explains the five things to ask: J — request the job description; E — ask about exclusivity; W — confirm relationship with the hiring manager (vs. public posting/HR); E — evaluate how long the job has been open; L — request a list of client companies the recruiter works with. The goal is to help candidates prioritize credible recruiters and avoid time-wasters.

Questions this video answers

J: Job description; E: Exclusivity; W: Working relationship with the hiring manager; E: Evaluate how long the job has been open; L: List of client companies

Hi job seekers. Today I'm going to be giving you a formula, a system that has worked for thousands of my clients. If you're still working with recruiters and you feel that recruiters are an important part of your job search strategy, please refer to my system. The system is called Jewel. J, E W E L Please save that system and refer to it every time a recruiter calls you. So when a recruiter calls you, think of J. Ask for the job description. Then your follow up question is E Find out more about exclusivity on the job. Are they working exclusively with the company or. Or the company is working with a bunch of recruiters and you don't have a shot of getting this job. W Do they have a working relationship with the hiring manager or did they just pick up the job on one of the boards or they just working with hr? So it's important to ask if they have a working relationship with the hiring manager. E Evaluate how long the job has been open. If the job has been open for months, there's something wrong with the job and you don't need it. So E in Jewel is evaluate how long the job has been open. And the final one. L Get a list of companies that they work with. So if they are a solid recruiting company and they have great clients, they're going to tell you, oh, if it doesn't work out for you. At this client abc, we also work with Citibank, Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Find out a list of companies that they can present you to and if they say we can share that information, then guess what? You do not need to work with that recruiter. Recruiters waste a lot of time. You know how I know? Because I used to be one. So I invented this amazing system that's going to make you be more efficient when you talk to recruiters and you're going to be able to form relationships with really good recruiters because they really are out there and is up to you to find out who they are by asking the right questions and by being more knowledgeable in your job search process. Good luck.