Salesboi

Director of Sales

Why are recruiters so bad at their job?

Been through the ringer back in the beginning of covid and now again trying to move into a SDR manager role. So much ghosting and poor communication. It's kind of like sales, how hard is it to follow up with your prospects???

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InQ5WeTrust

Arsonist

No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL

Experienced that pain recently as well.

For them just like prospecting it's a number game and once someones has been ruled out they just tend not to care. Especially if they're an external recruiter.

Not saying it's right but they're out there chasing that bag and it gets in the way of being decent sometimes.

You'll get there Savage, keep that headup

Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

Trust @InQ5WeTrust . He knows these things

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

100% agreed

Salesboi

Valued Contributor

Director of Sales

Thanks dude, the jump from sdr lead to sdr manager is brutalllllll rn

InQ5WeTrust

Arsonist

No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL

Sounds like you're doing the right things by trying to get feedback!

avocadobegood

Valued Contributor

MM Account Executive

lotta shitty salespeople too - gotta suffer thru the bad to appreciate the good. keep at it.

WallStreetCasino

Valued Contributor

Regional Sales Manager level 87

They’re often posting the BDR Manager role due to corporate requirements but fully intend to promote from within, therefore the outside candidates are not taken seriously.

Salesboi

Valued Contributor

Director of Sales

Had the opposite problem at my org lol

LordBusiness

Politicker

Chief Revenue Officer

I think its 80/20 and you just happen to be dealing with someone in the 10% of recruiters that really blow. Most of which sit in the middle 80% (just like sales). There are a LOT of terrible sales reps out there my friend :)

ColdCallHotCoffee

Politicker

TSR

Same question here—I'm not looking, but recruiters have reached out to me. I entertain the idea sometimes (hey if the right opp comes about..) and then THEY ghost. And I can see the positions are still open. Not sure what goes on in the recruiting world.

Are random, unsolicited, cringe LinkedIn InMails a KPI for recruiters? Gotta be.

Salesboi

Valued Contributor

Director of Sales

"You hit accelerators for every sales rep you ghost after an interview. For every email or inmail you ignore after the first call you get a $5 Starbucks gift card" - how I assume recruiter's comps are structured

ColdCallHotCoffee

Politicker

TSR

Fucking rolling

cw95

Politicker

Sales Development Lead

It's commission, also their targets. They get ya the interview n that's the job done. MY experience anyway. Similar to estate agents!

Covfefe4ClosersOnly

VP of Sales

Find a way to separate yourself from every other resume. Compliment their help after the first call and ask for their leaders email to share your awesome experience, etc. Go out of your way to start and they are more likely to reciprocate. Worst case, you will make it known that you like to publicize your experience and they won’t want that to become a negative review

Salesboi

Valued Contributor

Director of Sales

Not a bad idea!

pizzasavage

Contributor

Account Executive, Partner/Client Success

I feel they the internal rec. have a lot of power and influence as the companies often blindly trust their "advice".. so there's no accountablity .. my 2 cents.. Curious what others feel about this....

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Why are recruiters so bad at their job?

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