Agency Recruiters who own the vacancy they want to talk to you about

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These recruiters are rare, but they do exist and they tend to be pretty good at their job - given that they’re capable of convincing the hiring company to only use them to fill the job.

They’re nearly always niche specialists and are able to tell you the name of their client – if not straight away then definitely on the 2nd contact and/or on receipt of your CV via an email.

Before engaging in any conversation, ask them if they are working on the venezuela phone number resource vacancy exclusively. If they say they are, check them out by asking questions about the hiring company – ideally questions on things they’re unable to get from the hiring company's website.

If they sound fluent, commit to the conversation.

Agency Recruiters who don’t own the vacancy
These are the vast majority. Spotting these can get a little tricky as some of them will be quite good, but the majority will just be number-crunchers.

The better ones will sound credible when you ask them about the hiring company - mostly by regurgitating text from the company's website. You may also want to ask them how long they’ve been recruiting and what they specialise in.

Many will try to bluff you.

Here’s a phone conversation I once had with a recruiter who had seen my profile on a job board a few years back:

Agency Recruiter: “Hi Mitch, I’m calling from ABC and I’m recruiting for a role that I think you’d be suitable for and I’d just like to find out a little more about your situation?”

Me: “OK. First can I ask if you’ve been retained on this vacancy?”

Agency Recruiter: “What do you mean?” (I think they were buying time here)

Me: “What I’m trying to find out is if you’re the only recruiter working on this vacancy or are there others?”

Agency Recruiter: “What difference does that make?”

Me: “It makes a lot of difference. If you’re the only one, you’re likely to have done more research before calling me and know a lot about the company, which means I won’t have to waste my time talking to a recruiter who has minimal commitment from the hiring company.”