Thebaldingeagle

Senior BDR

Advice: Speaking to recruiters without my company knowing

Yo,

Starting my first sales job after college (SDR about 9 months in) so looking for some advice as a relative newbie.

I'm really happy in my current role but recently I've been getting quite a few messages from recruiters on LinkedIn. Interested to see if if it's worth the switch but don't want my current company finding out.

Wondering if they are any tips as to avoid my manager/company finding out that I'm taking these calls and speaking with recruiters or if I'm just worrying over nothing?

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CoorsKing

WR Officer

Retired King of the Coors Knights

Don't reply on company computer, don't use company email, and don't put any calendar invites they send on your work calendar. Just use blank calendar blocks and set them to private.

I take recruiting calls all the time if it sounds like an interesting role.

Thebaldingeagle

Contributor

Senior BDR

Hey @BigMeech thanks for that!

CoorsKing

WR Officer

Retired King of the Coors Knights

Yeah no worries. Make sure if they want you to join a zoom/webex/google meet etc you do so from your personal device as well.

Chep

WR Officer

Bitcoin Adoption Specialist

If you're WFH it's even easier, but pretty much everything BigMeech said about making sure you don't have it on company computers is the key. Good to have a back up plan, and best-case scenario if you get a gig you can leverage it for a raise

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

You're worrying over nothing. I message with recruiters in my sales nav account, take interviews on my work laptop, even slack with coworkers about offers and companies. Maybe I'm playing with fire but your company has better things to do than snoop on SDRs.

breezyboiii

Politicker

Sales Boiii

the worry is warranted, but unless they're micro-managing you, you should be fine to have initial conversations

CaneWolf

Politicker

Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract

Man, if you're really happy, that's pretty rare right out of school. I would recommend staying and advancing your career. You should always dip your toe in the water to see what's out there but it needs to be paradise minted paying in gold to leave 9 months in as a happy SDR.

But yeah, you can be cautious when interviewing. But it also doesn't matter in 99% of cases.

Salespreuner

Big Shot

Regional Sales Director

All professional devices and emails = nope
Personal stuffs = big yes
Then on plan and move
So that you ain't traceable

JJASBE

Catalyst

Director, Solutions Sales

As a leader, I quite enjoyed having people that other companies want. I invited all my directs to have conversations with me as they received recruitment solicitations. I was always honestly helpful to them as to what I felt the opportunity was. The expectation is that if I hire well, I've hired someone desirable to other companies. As part of my care for my people, I'd help them think through pros and cons of companies. All my people stayed as long as I did. It was an interesting learning...

Thebaldingeagle

Contributor

Senior BDR

Thanks for the advice here everyone, really solid stuff!

Lambda

Tycoon

Sales Consultant

just keep things private, if they find out, just be honest, your company probably wants to keep you so tell them why you are thinking about leaving

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