Fine, fine, so making job postings, evaluating them, and getting them out is kind of hard and challenging. So a recruiter can rely on networking, correct?
It’s easy to assume that. We hear all the time that networking is the solution to us finding jobs – and in many cases it’s right (well, partially). So it has to be the solution for recruiters as well.
Not exactly.
Networking relies on you connecting with other people who connect you with other people and so on to finding the right recruits. Sounds simple enough, right?
The problem breaks down in that whole “other people thing.” Networking only works if the people in your network do it as well, and do it well enough. As is noted endlessly in job searches, seminars, books, and my own writing, a majority of people aren’t too hot at networking.