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What is a recruiter and how do I find one?

How do you get started as an independent headhunter/recruiter in the tech field?

  • I would like to set up shop as an independent recruiter in the IT field. I already know a lot about tech I've never worked in recruiting. What's the best way to get started? Do I need a lawyer to draw up the contracts I will be using with candidates? Or can I copy one that is used by some other company? How do you find candidates? How do you find companies and hiring managers and pitch your services to them?

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    1. How to find companies: Recruiting is a sales job, especially when you start out and have no clients. You start looking at jobboards like ''monster.com'' where you find companies looking for candidates. You give the companies a call, explain them that you are willing to help them find the right candidate. If the companie wants to work with you, you start searching for the right candidate. You can also use linkd or xing to find the right person to contact. 2. How to find candidates: Best option is when you actually know someone who would be right for the position, but most of the time you have no one. Start your own Job adv. on ''monster.com'' and use linkd or xing to get in contact with possible candidates. 3. I would contact a lawyer for the contracts. If you want more infos just apply for a job as a recruiter and ask a lot of questions during your interview. You can also use youtube, search for ''recruitment consultant'' have fun ;)

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If you don't know anything about a recruiting you should consider joining a recruiting firm for a short time.  There are a number of different ways to go about finding candidates, finding companies, etc.  You'll also get the benefit of seeing what good recruiters (i.e. people who bill) do vs. bad recruiters (people don't bill).  You could also take the advice from about interviewing if you don't want to commit to a job.  At the end of the day I think the best way to "get started" is to do a trial run with a recruiting firm specializing in technology professionals.  Typically it's a draw-against-commission model so the barriers to entry are pretty low.

Andrew Johnson

I initially worked inhouse at a couple of agencies. Most of our clients would send out their job orders to a bunch of other firms and it was a mad scramble to outreach to as many candidates as possible. Then I worked inhouse at Google and the WebEx division of Cisco. When that ended in 2008, I was not able to get a job but I was able to get a few positions that if I filled, I could get a fee. Since then I have partnered with a number of different firms.

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