Executive Recruiter
topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
5 statements about Executive Recruiter, every show
Trusted peer networks outperform executive recruiters for sourcing talent
“Using an exec recruiter, you spend three months, you get all this cold leads, but going through a network of high bar people is super efficient.”
Conrad: Best startup executive hires come from investor networks, not recruiters
“Often like the best candidates are not ones that that you find through exec recruiters. They come in, you know, through personal networks or through through sort of like, you know, GPs and investors and things like that.”
Mathé: Individual contributor recruiters cannot effectively recruit executive leadership
“We think that someone who's a great IC recruiter is also going to be a great senior management or leadership recruiter. And the truth is, of course, vastly different.”
Mathé: Founders must pitch recruiters before recruiters will pitch candidates
“There's actually a fair amount at stake for the recruiter themselves, because they have their own folk Rolodexes with high-quality talent, and unless you're doing a good job pitching the recruiter, they might not even want to pitch you.”