Typically when you are on a hiring freeze, you don’t need recruiters. Likewise when you are trying to be more efficient as a company, things that aren’t either

Typically when you are on a hiring freeze, you don’t need recruiters. Likewise when you are trying to be more efficient as a company, things that aren’t either bringing in new revenue, keeping revenue or creating new revenue sources aren’t critical to weathering economic turbulence. It can be argued that if those programs are effective, they should be able to stand on their own or be absorbed into other roles for 6 months to several years.