At least back in the few years ago day, you definitely have people who basically said you just contact some recruiters and you'll have a new job in a week or two. My personal experience (perhaps because of a wider range of roles and experience) is that every single job I've had after the one I got out of grad school has been through personal contacts and I've never once been in contact with a recruiter (aside from a few who worked for the hiring company).
1. Recruiters are part of a professional's professional network. If not a resource for finding work, a resource for finding employees and keeping up with the state of the industry.
2. "back in the few years ago day" the economy was different.
3. We can effect our professional network in positive ways. We cannot have any meaningful effect on the economy.
I understand the viewpoint but I don't really consider recruiters part of your professional network. I have a pretty broad network and I haven't spoken to an external recruiter in decades.
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At least back in the few years ago day, you definitely have people who basically said you just contact some recruiters and you'll have a new job in a week or two. My personal experience (perhaps because of a wider range of roles and experience) is that every single job I've had after the one I got out of grad school has been through personal contacts and I've never once been in contact with a recruiter (aside from a few who worked for the hiring company).
1. Recruiters are part of a professional's professional network. If not a resource for finding work, a resource for finding employees and keeping up with the state of the industry.
2. "back in the few years ago day" the economy was different.
3. We can effect our professional network in positive ways. We cannot have any meaningful effect on the economy.
I understand the viewpoint but I don't really consider recruiters part of your professional network. I have a pretty broad network and I haven't spoken to an external recruiter in decades.
Recruiters were part of my professional network irrespective of whether they are part of yours.
We all have different types of luck.