Recruiters: what holds up the hiring process for the most part? Want to hear your side of things

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While I’m not a recruiter, I am a hiring manager and oversee most hires at my agency. I don’t know how all agencies handle it, but from my experience the answer is probably less interesting than you think. The first problem is that the decision makers are busy. Second problem is that approval process is more layered than you want it to be (to make sure everyone has a voice and make sure that Finance gives final approval). Third is when you have too many people that want to “see what’s out there” for comparison and between the scheduling and the available candidates you get a long process. That’s why a lot of savvy candidates say they have a competing offer. They don’t, but that shit works.

Lastly —in my opinion— recruiters and HR don’t have the urgency that the teams have. They don’t feel the pain of being down a role and they treat new hires the same as they do anything else on their plate. Which it’s kind of fair. They can’t have everything they do be a fire drill (unlike the rest of the biz)

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