How do you connect with recruiters on LinkedIn?

10 Comments

1. AnonymousJanuary 30,2023 at 6:23PM UTC

   Yes that's the way. Or you could check their contacts if any in their profile.

2. AnonymousJanuary 30,2023 at 6:50PM UTC

   Don't just send a connection. If they are advertising a role then its appropriate to do so. Let them know of your interest in that specific position and why you want to be considered. Most of them get many reachouts especiall now in this saturated market. Make your reachout specific and make it count. Good luck.

3. Lesa Edwards, Career Coach & Master Resume WriterJanuary 30,2023 at 6:51PM UTC

   Yes - a connection invite first. However, why are you connecting with recruiters - do you know they have an opportunity for you and/or regularly have opportunities in your wheelhouse?

   Rather than trying to find recruiters who may be looking for you at the same time you are looking for them, I would encourage you to have a top-notch, optimized LI profile that acts like "recruiter flypaper" in attracting the right recruiters to you.

4. AnonymousJanuary 30,2023 at 7:29PM UTC

   Linkedin has an article on how to do this on it. Search for it on Google.

5. Bonnie CoventryJanuary 30,2023 at 10:46PM UTC

   Love that term 'recruiter flypaper'. !!!

6. Bonnie CoventryJanuary 30,2023 at 10:45PM UTC

   Example, find the company your interested in. Follow them. Then go onto their 'people' tab and look through those and find recruiter titles. Depending on the size of the company there could be 1-50 recruiters. Send a connect request to them all, don't worry about what dept they recruit for. I get connections all the time and redirect to the recruiter for the position they're interested in.

7. Kendall SmithJanuary 31,2023 at 9:52AM UTC

   I would suggest you to optimize your LinkedIn profile first. Add keywords related to the job you are looking for to your bio. The recruiters will find you themselves via your bio. That's how I got a chance to get onboard with one of my favorite logo patches maker https://www.bespokepatches.co.uk/logo-patches I wanted to apply for their creative team. I followed their page, read their job post, dropped a comment and they reached me out.

8. Peggie Arvidson * Career Consultant | Adoptee Advocate | RecruiterJanuary 31,2023 at 9:45PM UTC

   yes, connection invites are the way to go! (I'm a recruiter, and if I notice someone recently started following me and they have a background that makes sense for the types of roles I work on, I'll often reach out to connect.)

   If someone sends me a connection request w/a quick intro - Hi, I'm X and I do Y and I would love to understand better what YOUR COMPANY does. Can we connect? - I'm very l likely to connect.

   If instead someone sends a note like

   Hi, I'm X and I need a new job, do you know of anything that would be good for me?

   I'm not connecting - because as much as I want to help people, I'm paid to fill the openings my company wants me to fill - not to find someone a job, nor to look up that person and see what they do and then try to find them a job.

   Most recruiters who still have jobs are overworked right now - and ALL of us get paid to fill the jobs on our dockets.

9. AnonymousFebruary 2,2023 at 1:47PM UTC

   Agree 100%!! A decade in the recruiting field and this could not have been more well explained!!!

10. CathrineFebruary 2,2023 at 5:28PM UTC

    I've been a thrid party recruiter for 22 years and what that means is I don't work for a specific company. Companies pay us a fee to find people for their open jobs.

    On LinkedIn there are a few things you can do. Put on your profile "actively looking" or there is a green banner you can add to your LI profile. Make sure your profile has a picture and some of your work history.

    Those who are looking for a job do not need LinkedIn Premium. That is for recruiters. You are able to join 50 groups. Join those that reflect your experience or interests. Also if you are in a specific industry, you can google recruiters in that space.