Advice on reaching out to recruiters??

I’m looking to get a position with a specific company, and a I know recruiters are usually one the best avenues to help you land a role. After some quick LinkedIn research I found recruiter associated with the company. I’m looking for professional advice on how to best reach out to them and not sound amateur or desperate. TIA

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Keep it short. Like painfully short. I reached out to a recruiter on LinkedIn last year with basically "Hi, I saw you recruit for [company]. I'm interested in [role type] and think my background in X is a strong fit. Would you be open to a quick chat?" Got a response within 2 days. They get hundreds of messages. Don't make yours a pain to read and it might stand out.

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Write them a professional email expressing your interest. Be concise, it's not time yet to tell your life story. Try to set up a meeting or phone call or at least a deeper correspondence. If you can tell them one or two reasons why you think you're a good fit for the company, that should be sufficient to break the ice.

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Third party recruiters normally only work with requisitions sent by companies to find candidates although there are some that can be on the client's site.
The best thing I can suggest would be to set up a profile on the company's career page as well as keep your eyes out for job postings on the company's page and also on job boards as well as if you are able to network to see if you can find out if the company has a specific placement agency that does their candidate searching.

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It doesn’t hurt to try —don’t be surprised if they ghost you. Recruiters these days are worse than HR they are only there to help the company, not the individual (especially if there isn’t anything in it for them).

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