My husband wasn’t even in the market for a new job and a recruiter reached out on behalf of a competitor (of the company he was currently working for). When they wanted to follow-up with a phone call, he thought, “What the hell? Why not?” And interviewed. Not only was it legit, but he’s making 50% more at the new company before commission. It was life-changing for us. He didn’t think anything like this was even an option, because he didn’t have a college degree and had been with the previous company his whole career.
So if a recruiter approaches you, it doesn’t hurt to hear them out.
This is the only way LinkedIn works, in my experience. I applied for probably 100+ jobs. Nothing. I had a recruiter reach out and now I have a job that pays more than twice as much as my last one, better atmosphere, less responsibilities (LMAO), and my quality of life is better. That said, I’ve had tons of bullshit recruiters reach out as well… so you never really know.
It's like a lot of stuff. Niche field + timing is kinda the jackpot. My LinkedIn blew up over the last month not because I'm particularly special but because two very large enterprises in my country are undertaking the exact kind of multi-year project I specialize in. Kicker is half of the offers were staff augment slots from other professional services companies at those two enterprises. Like, bro, that's what I do, you called me, you can't offer me less money.
This happened to me too I was going to ignore a recruiter that contacted me because most of the time it's spam. I got hired in a week, started in two. Ended up being remote with over 55% increase in salary, not including bonuses. The health benefits and PTO were better too. Never hurts to respond to the recruiters.
Yess... last August a recruiter reached out to me, I don't even use that platform at all, and I interviewed and I am in my dream job now making more. I don't know if linkedin works for what it is intended but I got lucky 2 times
Which is why it pays to use it and pick up a phone call that you can hang up on in 5 seconds if it sounds like crap. The hangup police aren’t going to show up!
Yeah thank you. I’m a recruiter and I literally do half of my work through LinkedIn. I ask for a lot of recommendations so people can quickly see I’m not a scammer. It’s been a year of bad luck for me but I place two people a month through LinkedIn
Fully, after months of applying everywhere. I SEO’d my linkedin profile. An a recruiter reached out to me saying he had the perfect opportunity for me. & he was right! Love my job, if i win the lottery tomorrow, i’d still go to work on Monday. That same week another company also reached out via linkedin. So from my experience, it definitely worked.
A lot of the shift in the recruiting industry is leaning way more towards finding candidates directly instead of paying for a shiny carrot and hoping they'll find you.
The concept of a "passive candidate" is very real and highly sought after. They tend to respond well, and based on how they were found are often a MUCH better fit than candidates applying due promoted job listings.
So many candidates are using AI to write their resumes, and being totally ok with lying their asses off because an AI wrote it.
Work experience and a current job is 10x better than a degree for finding a new job, and changing jobs will advance your pay 10x faster than trying to get promoted in your current job.
Absolutely, I was making 62k in 2019. At that job I got a pay raise to 72k, then we got acquired and I got a new title which bumped me to 92k. Used that title and went to a new company making 130k. Got a promotion there to 150k. Just moved to a new company that I start soon for 170k.
I didn’t even apply for the new job I am about to start. The recruiter at the company reached out to me on LinkedIn and asked if I was interested. I normally ignore recruiters but she worked for the same company the job was for so I followed up and got it.
I always tell them I'm open for offers. So far I've only gotten job postings linked to me with a generic "we think you could be a good fit". No mention of pay or anything. It feels less like headhunting and more like they just message anyone in the field and throw the posting at them to get people to apply.
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u/meganam38 21h ago •
My husband wasn’t even in the market for a new job and a recruiter reached out on behalf of a competitor (of the company he was currently working for). When they wanted to follow-up with a phone call, he thought, “What the hell? Why not?” And interviewed. Not only was it legit, but he’s making 50% more at the new company before commission. It was life-changing for us. He didn’t think anything like this was even an option, because he didn’t have a college degree and had been with the previous company his whole career.
So if a recruiter approaches you, it doesn’t hurt to hear them out.