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Why is it hard to get a job as a Recruiter in 2024❓❓ Put simply, both Recruitment Agencies and Corporate Businesses have adopted a low-risk hiring strategy this year, still reeling from the reckless hiring of 2022 We all know what happened following this excess of hiring, bloated TA functions downsized, the market dipped for Agencies, all leading to mass redundancies As we enter Q4 2024, the market still hasn't fully recovered, but it has stabilized So, why is it still hard to get a job as a Recruiter❓❓ 👉 Agencies are really only hiring niche experts with local networks 👉 Full 360 agency experience is essential 👉 It's very difficult for an Agency Recruiter to change sector as the value is in their sector / niche expertise 👉 It's also difficult for Agency Recruiters to move In-House 👉 Most Corporates are hiring TAs through their internal referral network rather than sifting through 100's of job applications 👉 It can often be about 'who you know' rather than 'what you've done' 👉 If you've moved jobs several times over the last 4 years you are seen as high-risk Is the above rationale unfair? Possibly. But most Hiring Managers / Business Owners will say it's justified to avoid what happened in 2023 You may see our posts across Linkedin advertising multiple Recruiter roles all over the country and internationally Yes we are busy, yes the market has picked up, but our Clients are still only making strategic, low-risk hires As always, available for a chat with any / all Recruiters in my network. Drop me a note on this #careersinrecruitment #rec2rec #rectorec

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