So one part of a recruiters job is to find jobs to work in companies - companies don't just give you these you have to go and find them its a sales job. I mean

So one part of a recruiters job is to find jobs to work in companies - companies don't just give you these you have to go and find them its a sales job. I mean you can see which companies are advertising on job boards and then call in and try and get the job on but 20 other recruiters have already done that, and most jobs aren't even advertised. The easy thing to do is to call to get leads of candidates you are calling: "oh you worked for IBM, great company, I work with John Smith did you work with him?" "No i work with Jane Doe" "Where are you interviewing at the moment?" "Facebook, Google, etc" "oh I'm working the Facebook role did you meet with Jim? "no i interviewed with Sam" "was that through a recruitment agency or direct" "agency" (This last question is great news because it means that the company are open to using agencies and not just looking direct on job boards) The list goes on, most people are clued up but we do this day in day out we are tricky with our questions and most people will eventually 'bleed' as we say