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> This model is still alive and (trying to) thrive in the tech space adjacent to finance/hft Any ones you can recommend? I seem to have exhausted the potential

> This model is still alive and (trying to) thrive in the tech space adjacent to finance/hft Any ones you can recommend? I seem to have exhausted the potential of my current network of recruiters.

noitpmeder 1y ago
Heh I think we'd all looking for the mythical diamond in the haystack. I'm not sure any of them are worth recommending, really. Full disclosure, I haven't switched jobs in a while, but I got the impression I could "get to the interview" for any of these companies even just reaching out directly to the in-house recruiters listed on LinkedIn. At that point I'm not sure what a head hunter provides in terms of value-add (for me) -- maybe they know more secrets about salary negotiations or conducting bidding wars? But on the whole it seems my application would be less attractive coming through a head hunter since now the company is shelling out an extra 30% to the HH just for forwarding on my resume. I'd be interested to know what you mean by "exhausted the potential" -- have you applied and not found a fit with any of the gamut your current LinkedIn recruiter spam would recommend? I get the impression that 95% of external agency recruiters are all shopping some slice of the same openings from the same ~10-15~ firms.
- Nextgrid 1y ago
  > I got the impression I could "get to the interview" for any of these companies In my case I feel like most big name companies I can find wouldn't be that great of a fit. Also, due to spam and fraud epidemic currently happening (on both sides of the process) I feel like even if the job ad wasn't fraudulent, it's unlikely a human would even see/consider my resume under all the spam. Ideally I'm looking for headhunters who would bridge the gap towards an unknown, smaller company (that I wouldn't have heard of myself - and ideally also one that isn't spammed to death by fraudulent applicant), where I could have a lot more impact than at a big name. > I'd be interested to know what you mean by "exhausted the potential" My current network is mostly tech recruitment agencies operating around EU/UK slinging your average "staff augmentation" roles - often no different to an FTE software developer. While they've been paying the bills fine, I feel like I'm stagnating and no longer learning anything, so looking to go upmarket, with either a bit of management or a deeper technical role, and those recruiters just don't have anything in that area.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
    > Ideally a headhunter would bridge the gap towards an unknown, smaller company (that I wouldn't have heard of myself - and ideally also one that isn't spammed to death by fraudulent applicant), where I could have a lot more impact than at a big name. That's exactly what happened with me. In my case, the name was quite big, but the company was very small, and quite exclusive. It was a good fit.
joshuanapoli 1y ago
On the hiring side, Motion Recruitment had good communication and good results for me. The agent tremendously improves the signal/noise ratio in the beginning of the hiring funnel.

> This model is still alive and (trying to) thrive in the tech space adjacent to finance/hft Any ones you can recommend? I seem to have exhausted the potential of my current network of recruiters.

noitpmeder 1y ago

Heh I think we'd all looking for the mythical diamond in the haystack. I'm not sure any of them are worth recommending, really. Full disclosure, I haven't switched jobs in a while, but I got the impression I could "get to the interview" for any of these companies even just reaching out directly to the in-house recruiters listed on LinkedIn. At that point I'm not sure what a head hunter provides in terms of value-add (for me) -- maybe they know more secrets about salary negotiations or conducting bidding wars? But on the whole it seems my application would be less attractive coming through a head hunter since now the company is shelling out an extra 30% to the HH just for forwarding on my resume. I'd be interested to know what you mean by "exhausted the potential" -- have you applied and not found a fit with any of the gamut your current LinkedIn recruiter spam would recommend? I get the impression that 95% of external agency recruiters are all shopping some slice of the same openings from the same ~10-15~ firms.

Nextgrid 1y ago
> I got the impression I could "get to the interview" for any of these companies In my case I feel like most big name companies I can find wouldn't be that great of a fit. Also, due to spam and fraud epidemic currently happening (on both sides of the process) I feel like even if the job ad wasn't fraudulent, it's unlikely a human would even see/consider my resume under all the spam. Ideally I'm looking for headhunters who would bridge the gap towards an unknown, smaller company (that I wouldn't have heard of myself - and ideally also one that isn't spammed to death by fraudulent applicant), where I could have a lot more impact than at a big name. > I'd be interested to know what you mean by "exhausted the potential" My current network is mostly tech recruitment agencies operating around EU/UK slinging your average "staff augmentation" roles - often no different to an FTE software developer. While they've been paying the bills fine, I feel like I'm stagnating and no longer learning anything, so looking to go upmarket, with either a bit of management or a deeper technical role, and those recruiters just don't have anything in that area.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
  > Ideally a headhunter would bridge the gap towards an unknown, smaller company (that I wouldn't have heard of myself - and ideally also one that isn't spammed to death by fraudulent applicant), where I could have a lot more impact than at a big name. That's exactly what happened with me. In my case, the name was quite big, but the company was very small, and quite exclusive. It was a good fit.

joshuanapoli 1y ago

On the hiring side, Motion Recruitment had good communication and good results for me. The agent tremendously improves the signal/noise ratio in the beginning of the hiring funnel.