Good in-house recruiter? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Hi all. I'd appreciate it if you could share the names of any good in-house recruiters you know. Definitely aware of the benefits of directly applying. I just think it doesn't hurt to see what's in a recruiter's arsenal.

[nealric]

Nobody can make a useful recommendation without knowing market, specialty, and seniority of position. The right recruiter for a tax partner in New York is not the right recruiter for a mid-level litigation associate in Los Angeles.

[Anonymous User]

Great point. Thanks!

Market: NYC, open to relocating to somewhere less expensive or even better, remote work. Are remote positions still a thing or is just about everything hybrid these days?

Specialty: looking to leave M&A and be product counsel or something similar

Seniority: 5th year

[institutionalized]

When I was looking, positions posted by recruiters were for jobs from unsexy industries, i.e. retained by companies who really needed the boost - think like billboard advertising, or (no joke) a nationwide recruiting company.

The most attractive/prestigious job postings (FAANG and FAANG adjacent tech, late stage private companies, etc.) already get dozens to hundreds of applicants without the need for a recruiter.

[persia1921]

Whistler Partners markets themselves as being tech/start up focused and does in house placement. Haven’t worked with them, but have gotten their emails and some of the positions look decent. No more info beyond that…

I generally agree that the really good in-house positions aren’t usually obtained through recruiters at least IMO. Things might be different for big GC top brass type positions where companies sometimes use specific executive search firms, but I typically don’t think this applies to lower level positions.

[Testdynasty]

To add to the other responses, for bigger tech companies you are better off finding someone in your social or LinkedIn network and getting a referral.

Smaller companies may still use recruiters because they get less apps or they are so small they don’t have their own recruiting set-up yet (I don’t have recs there)

[Anonymous User]

That makes sense.

Thanks for the Whistler Partners intel!

[Anonymous User]

When I was looking, positions posted by recruiters were for jobs from unsexy industries, i.e. retained by companies who really needed the boost - think like billboard advertising, or (no joke) a nationwide recruiting company.

The most attractive/prestigious job postings (FAANG and FAANG adjacent tech, late stage private companies, etc.) already get dozens to hundreds of applicants without the need for a recruiter.

Worth noting that there's a difference between a position "posted" by a recruiter and one who has an exclusive engagement with a company. The latter tend to be for higher-end roles and aren't publicly advertised- they tend to contact people they think would be good candidates based on their networks. I would avoid responding to any recruiter-posted job where the same job is listed elsewhere. That just means they are fishing for candidates, and it means you've put up a barrier between yourself and the company. I know my company is very reluctant to deal with recruiter-referred candidates- you are MUCH better off applying directly.