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Not sure who would have said that, I landed my current role after responding to a Technical Recruiter who was trying to fill a difficult spot at Optum. It let me entirely skip the normal exhausting 4-5 interview process and went directly to the hiring manager and the team leader. 1 interview later I had the job.
Ditto on Optum
So that person just may have had a bad experience or had incorrect expectations.
YOU NEED THEM.
Here is why. Recruiters make money when placing you. Not like realtors when they sell homes and take a portion of your money as commission.
It’s different. Their fees are outside of what you are being compensated as they’ve already signed an agreement of their per placement commission already and a different department handles this payments. So they are motivated to just place and help anyone who is a decent fit for the role.
Now I’ve used recruiters for more than a decade. I’ve never applied to a role on a website or submitted a form and it has worked for me very well.
I see recruiters as my personal salesforce. They are there to go hunt for deals you are looking for & return with gifts 🎁. (Opportunities) that they think you are a match for.
Now we’re all human and recruiters aren’t experts nor do they know what you do at a detailed level. That’s not their profession. Don’t expect a recruiter to be 100% accurate. It’s like expecting your mom to be able to fix her own tech issues. You need to help at some point.
The recruitment firms that recruiters work for, have built relationships with 5-10 top brands as their clients. And these brands trust them to bring good candidates when they announce to the recruitment firms that they are looking to hire.
You - as a “average joe” may not have any relationships built at the hiring manager level as they do.
You need to “leverage” recruiters & their firms who have built up these relationships over YEARS and leverage these connections to open the door for you that otherwise you would not have access to.
Looking for work is like marketing.
Picture a funnel. The top you out in leads & and at the bottom are closed sales. When you have more leads, the more opportunities will land your way.
So your job is create more leads for yourself in order for you to close some deals at the bottom of this funnel & Recruiters are at the top of your own funnel here.
Now when you connect with 1000’s of recruiters you begin to open the flood gates of amazing abundant opportunities.
It’s a numbers game. The more you connect with at the top there will be like 40% that will be good opportunities to persue and you’ll close probably 5-10% depending on how well you do in the interview.
It’s like kind of like asking 10 women on a date & chances are one of them will say yes. If you did well in the conversation & were charming enough 1-2 will say yes.
Now when you connect with hundreds or thousands. You’ll have a spreadsheet (you’re CRM) to manage all your opportunities and be able to size them up against one another.
In the end you’ll have the decision making power & probably have the ability to either pin companies against one another at the offer stage to get the best deal.
Kind of like looking for car insurance through a broker and he/she presents you with multiple / best options to choose from.
Highest or best offer wins.
Hope this helps.
I agree with this guy.
I got my job through a cold message from a recruiter. If it seems legit, why not go for it.
Silly — Google has some of the higher profile recruiters on Li, see: Ebonee Bradley, she’s awesome!
I find when a recruiter reaches out to me the role is more of a lateral move but when I go look for a role on my own I try to look for a role that stretches my skills and levels me up. That being said if the role is marginally interesting why not make the connection? You never know… and interviewing is good practice
It’s an algorithm. Keep responding. The more you respond the more LI will see that you’re active and put you in front of more recruiters. I got my current role that 2x my salary through a recruiter on LI
I don't see where the disadvantage would be to respond to a recruiter. As O1 said, it could help you skip the line if the position is a good fit.
You're still going to deal with good and bad recruiters, or positions that aren't a good match, but you won't know if you don't have at least one conversation.
Thank you all.. yes i was very surprised by that comment and I asked why they said that but they never respondes so they left me wondering.
I got into my current company through responding to a recruiter on LinkedIn. It is important to remember they generally cast a wide net so it might take a while for it to work out.
I got my previous and current job through a recruiter on LinkedIn.
I might be wary of recruiters from Indeed, however. It costs little to no money for companies to use it; therefore, many scammers impersonate recruiters to collect personally identifiable information.
My career coach told me what to ask the recruiters. She said to ask if they have an exclusive to fill the position with the company. She said to find the jobs on linked in but apply on the company's website.
Got my job at Google just recently from a recruiter who contacted me on LinkedIn. YMMV
Adding to the list of people who got placed by a recruiter and found it a good, streamlined experience.
Have done it for my last 2 roles
I got my last two roles from recruiters that I had responded to on LinkedIn in the past, didn’t go through with the opportunity at the time but then years later they reached out for something else and I went through the process and was hired. I always respond to recruiters on LI even to say no and tell them what I’m actually looking for.
I got interviews through LinkedIn. Its good to speak to recruiters, even if you’re not looking, maybe someone you know would fit the role
And recruiter can show you the real salllary... also important
You should absolutely respond. My entire strategy for my last job search was to only apply to companies that reached out to me on LinkedIn. The best recruiters to speak with are the ones that work in-house.
Why not question the person who made that post? Burden of proof is on the claimant 🤣.
I try to respond to them even if not looking, in mail where they message you and are not friends costs money and is limited, but if you respond they basically get credited it back.
I got into my role by responding to a cold message from a recruiter and thats how it usually works and thats why recruiters have a job. Should not be afraid to respond to it as you never know whats in store for you
Got my job via cold msg from a LEGIT recruiter on LinkedIn