A recruiter contacted me for a position I love. She says I’m a good match and will put my resume and cover letter into the “portal”….-What does that mean? Is a portal the same thing as if I applied online myself? I always imagined recruiters have personal relationships with hiring managers. So I was surprised to hear about an online submission portal.

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Sometimes the recruiter will have a personal relationship, and will send resumes directly, but still have to use the mandated application system because of HR.

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Yea. It’s the same thing, but recruiters sometimes have a different portal for the company. They also have recruiting contacts (they should, at least) they ping regularly to get updates about your app.

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Recruiter here: firms with portals DEMAND recruiters use them for organizational purposes but the recruiter will still do all the usual massaging and back channel work - at least in the legal recruiting industry, where I work.

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It’s like any other application. The portal just feeds into an internal database that the recruiting team can review (rather than a bunch of emails). Whether you get a response depends on how organized the recruiting team is and how attractive you are as a candidate for any particular role but if you’re going to be rejected, it’s more likely you’ll get a response in the case of portal applications, which offer firms an easy way of batch or auto responding to people.

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Yes, the portal is essentially an avenue for self submission. Some (many?) recruiters will simply input your materials via an online portal. Other recruiters will have direct connections with the proper contacts that will get your submission to the top of the pile.

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