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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

That makes sense.

Thanks for the Whistler Partners intel!

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Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:51 am

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.