Challenging Economic Times? More Reason to Stay in Touch with Ag 1 Source

Today more than ever Agriculture is a great place to be. Yes, when you watch the nightly news, everything seems like doom and gloom. However, we in Agriculture have been somewhat insulated from the ailing economy as a general rule. At the end of the day, people still need to eat. This means that farmers will still need to buy seed, chemical, fertilizer, and yes, equipment as well. Livestock producers that plan on being in business will still be buying feed, animal health supplies, and yes, they will still need to be making repairs to equipment and equipment purchases.


During times like these, we recommend more than ever, that you stay in touch with us. Many of you are gainfully employed, but would like to hear about “the right” opportunity that may come along. Most of the candidates we work with are not interested in relocating and will only make a switch if the opportunity and compensation is “the right match”. Ag 1 Source works with leading industry clients that during “challenging times” may be interested in top grading a position. Or, they may know about an upcoming retirement and ask Ag 1 source to keep an eye out for “the right match.” We often work on positions that aren’t publicly advertised due to one reason or another. In other words, if you need us today, we will work hard for you today. If you don’t need us today, we will work hard to keep you informed of upcoming opportunities that may be a great career enhancing opportunity.

The following are several good reasons to stay in touch with Ag 1 Source:

• Ag 1 Source communicates regularly with our leading Ag Clients and often times has access to future opportunities that aren’t fully released and advertised, yet we know they are coming available.
• There can be substantial work done on preparing a candidate’s file so that the interview process can happen timely when they do come open. It’s kind of like knowing when to be first in line for the “big event”. 
• Ag 1 Source operates under a strict policy of not releasing Information until a candidate has been briefed on the prospective employer. In other words, when you work with Ag 1 Source, you will always know where your information has been sent because you approve it first.
• It’s a lot easier to develop a solid understanding of a candidate’s skills and style when the pressure is not on rather than trying to match someone up in a short amount of time.

Last, but not least, Ag 1 Source offers a generous referral bonus program to those that are willing to share names of friends, colleagues, competitors, or contacts that may fit one of our current or future openings. Here’s how this works. If you refer a name of an individual that we don’t currently have on file, Ag 1 Source will contact this individual and log you as the referring party. If we place this person anytime in the future, you will receive a referral bonus in the mail. This has been a very successful program for us and we have several networking partners that have cashed in on this multiple times.