Reply to: A lot of recruitment redundancies

[LondonManc]

I'm seeing more companies moving to in-house recruiters rather than going through agencies, certainly on the permie side of things.

[Eirikur]

Are you sure that limits viewing? A (good) agent once mentioned to me that LinkedIn Gold Premium bypassed all those restrictions. It has perhaps changed again, hopefully for the better.

There is no plan with that name in LI and it would be a violation of your privacy rights if that were possible with consent of the user

[edison]

why do people need recruiters anyway? Just use LinkedIn and job boards

I strongly believe there's one very good reason why you should develop a long term relationship with say, 5-10 agents.

Now that so many jobs are advertised online, it's never been easier for candidates to access large amounts of job vacancies easily. But paradoxically, it's never been so difficult to stand out or get found online when a job can get a thousand or more applications. This week, a company recruiter interviewed by the BBC complained that 60% of applications they received were 'irrelevant' making it so much more difficult to sort through the chaff to find the potential good applicants.

Recruiters now have the same problem. I've been working with a big national UK agency since March to recruit about 25 people, mostly perms but a few contractors. The quality of their shortlists seems to be worse than I've seen in the past and I think that's down to the effort to sift through large volumes of candidates.

I've seen past research showing that online/job board applicants are around 10 times less likely to be interviewed for a perm role compared to someone who has been referred to the company. I expect the figure for a contract recruiter referral is not as strong but would still be quite advantageous. Last week I got referred by a long term recruiter contact to one of his colleagues who had a new contract role and got an interview from it. Every bit helps.

It doesn't necessarily work for all roles/sectors but it's a useful addition in your job hunting armoury. It can also help reduce the energy sapping/soul destroying 'apply for anything online' approach. I've lost count of the number of people I've seen post on LinkedIn recently saying they've applied for 100-200 or more jobs and haven't even got one interview.

[rogerfederer]

Just set LinkedIn so that your contact can't see your other contacts, now they can only shared connections (but you can still see all of theirs if they haven't used the same setting) . Downside is that you have to do it for everybody you can't set it per contact.

Are you sure that limits viewing? A (good) agent once mentioned to me that LinkedIn Gold Premium bypassed all those restrictions. It has perhaps changed again, hopefully for the better.

[CheeseSlice]

Seeing both recruiter layoffs and hires at the moment on Linkedin. One of the new hires was a new contracts recruitment manager for an agency.

I guess some agencies are going to the wall or downsizing, whilst others are positioned well for recovery, anticipating expansion.

[perplexed]

Just set LinkedIn so that your contact can't see your other contacts, now they can only shared connections (but you can still see all of theirs if they haven't used the same setting) . Downside is that you have to do it for everybody you can't set it per contact.

Or as I said, two different accounts.. People I've worked with, contractors, friends can rest easy knowing pimps can't bother them on my personal account.

[Eirikur]

How are you seeing this? Are ex-agents posting of their role being made redundant?

Most contractors I know don't have agents on their LinkedIn connections, as they just used your contacts for phishing.

Just set LinkedIn so that your contact can't see your other contacts, now they can only shared connections (but you can still see all of theirs if they haven't used the same setting) . Downside is that you have to do it for everybody you can't set it per contact.

[perplexed]

How are you seeing this? Are ex-agents posting of their role being made redundant?

Most contractors I know don't have agents on their LinkedIn connections, as they just used your contacts for phishing.

This contractor has two accounts. One as an individual for contacts and friends, the other a company one for pimps. Never the twain shall meet.

[Eirikur]

On LinkedIn, I am seeing a lot of recruiters getting made redundant from their roles. Reed and Lorien who were on the PSL for RBS so not just the little guys.

Anyone know of any others starting to make redundancies?

Suddenly see a flurry of these as well, as the furlough schemes come to an end they all are being made redundant. I un-connect them immediately, what's the use of a jobless recruiter in your connections list filling up your timeline with their stories how "well" they are coping

[rogerfederer]

Can be a very lucrative business, I'm amazed that so few IT contractors don't want to become specialist recruitment agents.

Surely: "so many" or "contractors want to"?

[rogerfederer]

On LinkedIn, I am seeing a lot of recruiters getting made redundant from their roles. Reed and Lorien who were on the PSL for RBS so not just the little guys.

Anyone know of any others starting to make redundancies?

How are you seeing this? Are ex-agents posting of their role being made redundant?

Most contractors I know don't have agents on their LinkedIn connections, as they just used your contacts for phishing.

[DimPrawn]

Most of the entries on LinkedIn and job boards are posted by .... recruiters!

Can be a very lucrative business, I'm amazed that so few IT contractors don't want to become specialist recruitment agents.

[ladymuck]

why do people need recruiters anyway? Just use LinkedIn and job boards

Most of the entries on LinkedIn and job boards are posted by .... recruiters!

[AnthonyQuinn]

On LinkedIn, I am seeing a lot of recruiters getting made redundant from their roles. Reed and Lorien who were on the PSL for RBS so not just the little guys.

Anyone know of any others starting to make redundancies?

why do people need recruiters anyway? Just use LinkedIn and job boards

[heyya99]

Ah, caught him blatently lying.. I mean, who on earth would recommend you... Horrible little agent.

Still not over my success?