External Recruiters
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Sam Blond: External Sales Recruiters Take Far More Time Than Network Sourcing
“So I think ultimately you are spending far more time leveraging external recruiters because of the process that I just described than if you're able to leverage your personal network and find some people that you know were top performers at a prior company.”
Blond: Top Sales Candidates Rely on Reputation, Not External Recruiters
“The best candidates don't really use external recruiters. The best candidates oftentimes want to go somewhere where their reputation precedes them.”
Noel: Companies prioritizing culture should rely on internal over external recruiters
“I would strongly recommend doing internal recruiting if you have a big emphasis on culture. Because at the end of the day, an external recruiter will probably have multiple clients. So the same type of attention an internal recruiter will be able to give to ju…”
Lieberman: External recruiters offer deeper specialized talent pipelines than internal teams
“Oftentimes, external recruiters may also have, like, more specialized talent pools that they can pull from. So right, if you're hiring executive talent, or say you're focusing on, like, development or engineering talent, external recruiters may just have a mor…”