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Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by ufmace »

Set up a good LinkedIn profile with up-to-date resume and set your location as where you want to work, and the recruiters will come to you. Do the resume part first, so that when you set your location, you'll show up for any recruiters searching as new in that location and with a full resume ready to view.

Go to any meetups or conferences you can find for tech stuff. You'll probably find plenty of recruiters, or at least people who can introduce you to some. I've got pile of recruiters messaging me on LinkedIn, and they almost all explicitly ask if I can point them at any other candidates who are looking. Bring business cards with your email, phone, and website, even if you have to get them made yourself.

In my experience, doing any of this even half-heatedly is plenty to get you so many recruiters that you'll start wondering how to get them to leave you alone after you take a job.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by ufmace »

eibrahim wrote: post #7

Interesting timing because I am working on a service that does exactly this. Essentially I will be your agent. Tell me the job you want and your salary and I still get it for you. Help you schedule, cleanup your resume etc... in return I get 10% of your paycheck for a year. I am currently beta testing it with a handful of people but if interested email me at eibrahim@gmail.com

Do people actually want to do this? 10% of your pay for a year is a hell of a lot of money for some glorified secretarial work. The market is saturated with experienced, well-connected recruiters who can do all of that and get paid by the employer outside of the candidate's income. What do you offer over all of the other recruiters out there who, from the candidate's perspective, are $10,000+ cheaper to work with, and why is it worth that much money to me?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by bbcbasic »

ufmace wrote: post #13
eibrahim wrote: post #7

Interesting timing because I am working on a service that does exactly this. Essentially I will be your agent. Tell me the job you want and your salary and I still get it for you. Help you schedule, cleanup your resume etc... in return I get 10% of your paycheck for a year. I am currently beta testing it with a handful of people but if interested email me at eibrahim@gmail.com

Do people actually want to do this? 10% of your pay for a year is a hell of a lot of money for some glorified secretarial work. The market is saturated with experienced, well-connected recruiters who can do all of that and get paid by the employer outside of the candidate's income. What do you offer over all of the other recruiters out there who, from the candidate's perspective, are $10,000+ cheaper to work with, an…

Yes recruiters can help you do this for free. 10% is a big hit.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by jwatte »

eibrahim wrote: post #7

Interesting timing because I am working on a service that does exactly this. Essentially I will be your agent. Tell me the job you want and your salary and I still get it for you. Help you schedule, cleanup your resume etc... in return I get 10% of your paycheck for a year. I am currently beta testing it with a handful of people but if interested email me at eibrahim@gmail.com

For that to work, you have to arbitrage the fee the business would pay to a recruiter against the lost income for the employee you place. Maybe you have secret sauce that makes it possible? Tell us more?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by einarvollset »

Genuinely surprised at the usual "muah muah, can't swat them away" chatter.

Having basically the equivalent of an agent in your corner would be a very valuable service, but crucially this agent would need to have an impeccable reputation, hence any of the usual recruiters only "doing secretarial work" wouldn't work. They would need to be genuinely well connected professionals.

I can see an ongoing relationship with salary increase negotiation support, a bi-yearly in person strategy session ("It might be time to move on") as well as genuinely going to bat for you in terms of your contract ("hey, let'a push for a 7 year exercise window instead of 90 days")

Anyways. I don't know if such a service, but it seems like it should exist.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by einarvollset »

bbcbasic wrote: post #14
ufmace wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do people actually want to do this? 10% of your pay for a year is a hell of a lot of money for some glorified secretarial work. The market is saturated with experienced, well-connected recruiters who can do all of that and get paid by the employer outside of the candidate's income. What do you offer over all of the other recruiters out there who, from the candidate's perspective, are $10,000+ cheaper to work with, an…

Yes recruiters can help you do this for free. 10% is a big hit.

Except: Recruiters usually take 17% (2 months) of your first year salary as a fee, you just don't see it. Better to have the recruiter not do that and take 10% and have that higher salary be your starting point for salary increases etc.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by codeonfire »

Why use recruiters? They just submit your resume to an employer like you could have done in 5 minutes. For that five minute action they want to collect a $10-20k fee. That comes out of your pocket. Plus they do ridiculous things like want you to drive an hour down to their POS office for a face to face like you are their employee. Their most recent accomplishment is dropping out of college and they will try to make you wait in the lobby for 20 minutes. Fuck. That.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find you a job?

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Post by [deleted] »

ufmace wrote: post #13
eibrahim wrote: post #7

Interesting timing because I am working on a service that does exactly this. Essentially I will be your agent. Tell me the job you want and your salary and I still get it for you. Help you schedule, cleanup your resume etc... in return I get 10% of your paycheck for a year. I am currently beta testing it with a handful of people but if interested email me at eibrahim@gmail.com

Do people actually want to do this? 10% of your pay for a year is a hell of a lot of money for some glorified secretarial work. The market is saturated with experienced, well-connected recruiters who can do all of that and get paid by the employer outside of the candidate's income. What do you offer over all of the other recruiters out there who, from the candidate's perspective, are $10,000+ cheaper to work with, an…

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