p1- The Rising Clout of the Recruiter

0:00The rising cloud of the recruiter. I remember when being a recruiter was not a big deal. If he told someone that was your job, they just thought it was okay and moved on. Back then, it was almost an afterthought. Early in my career, I was in a tough 90-day IT program. My classmates and I became very close because the work was so hard. Years later, I checked in on one of the girls from that class. She told me she had become a recruiter for her company. I thought that was amazing because I realized she was now the person who could help people get their foot in the door. Nowadays, things have changed. It feels like no job is safe. When people get laid off, it is very hard to find a new role. Because of this, everyone wants to be friends with recruiters. It doesn't matter if the recruiter works in finance, medicine, or for a big tech company. People see them as the entry point. If you put recruiter in your LinkedIn bio today, you will probably get 10 new friend requests a week without doing anything.

1:03You have become a power player. I've noticed that recruiters usually don't show off at parties. I think it's because they don't want to be bombarded. As soon as people find out what they do, they start asking to send over a resume. I wonder what their job is actually like behind the scenes. Do they just send a resume over to a boss or do they have to do a lot of talking to HR? It seems more complicated than people think. Recruiters went from being a role no one thought about to being one of the most important people in the professional world. In a time when jobs are hard to find, they are viewed as the ones with the connections. Our money talks.