The tricky part that it's not always clear who will be the best internal advocate. Sometimes, it's the manager because they benefit the most from hiring you an

The tricky part that it's not always clear who will be the best internal advocate. Sometimes, it's the manager because they benefit the most from hiring you and the organization probably values their opinion, but some managers are pushovers with zero people skills and will be useless. Sometimes, it's the recruiter because they are the most experienced with the hiring process and know what wheels to grease; sometimes they're useless because recruiters are often viewed as interchangeable cogs.