RecruitingChallenges #JobMarket #TechRecruiting
Are you feeling the weight of being a recruiter recently? You’re not alone. Many recruiters are finding the current market conditions challenging to navigate. Let’s dive into what’s making recruiting so tough right now and offer some insights that might help ease the burden.
The "Impossible" Job Descriptions
💼 Unrealistic Expectations
One of the primary frustrations we’re hearing from tech recruiters is the mismatch between job requirements and available talent. Imagine this scenario: you have a manager who opens an associate-level dev role, requiring less than a year of experience, but insists on only seeing candidates with at least five years in tech. 🤯 Unrealistic much?
Why is This Happening?
🧩 Market Conditions
Hiring managers are capitalizing on the current job market, filled with experienced candidates looking for new opportunities. This gives them the upper hand to set higher demands, often overlooking entry-level job seekers.
💬 Pressure on Recruiters
This dynamic creates tension for recruiters. It places us in a spotlight where we have to justify compensation and experience levels that are unreasonable. Managing these conversations becomes a daily struggle. The market is flooded, but the roles are mismatched.
Tactical Approaches to Navigate the Issues
⚙️ Align with Hiring Managers
- Regular Meetings: Keep constant communication to recalibrate expectations.
- Market Data: Present ongoing labor market data to justify realistic requirements.
💡 Set Clear Parameters
- Job Description Clarity: Ensure job descriptions are precise and attainable.
- Experience Ranges: Advocate for variable experience levels to cast a wider net.
Should You Consider a Career Change?
🤔 Reevaluate Your Position
It’s only natural to question your career path in times of heightened stress. Here are some questions to help you decide:
- Passion: Do you still love recruiting despite the challenges?
- Growth: Is there room for growth and learning in your current role?
- Burnout: Are you feeling more exhausted than motivated at the end of each day?
👥 Community Support
Join forums, seek support groups, and discuss with peers. Often, just knowing you’re not alone can make a significant difference.
Conclusion: It’s Not All Doom and Gloom
Yes, being a recruiter sucks right now, but it’s also a phase. Market conditions will balance out eventually. Use this time to strengthen your skills, build robust connections, and advocate for realistic job expectations. This resilience will make you a more formidable recruiter in the long run.
🤗 Have Hope, Stay Strong
Your role is crucial, and while it’s tough now, better days are ahead. Until then, find small victories in your day-to-day activities and remember—you’re making a difference, no matter how tough it seems.
The prevailing philosophy in my company is that if you try and take advantage of people they’re not going to stick around and a revolving door is a great way to be inefficient. So that doesn’t happen where I’m at, curious how common it is tho, especially in this environment.
Im new into recruting but why not lie? Like if its entry level position and the person know something why not just lie somebody soent few years here and there? I mean as long as the person does his job nobody will ask questions
Yep, I’m in the EU & all our new roles require native speakers. I had 3 calls this week with internationals trying to pretend they could speak fluently. It’s heartbreaking & also frustrating to interview folks lying about their skills.
No fluent speakers available, so roles remain empty.
See what H1b’s are being paid as it is a good indicator of market rate.
[https://h1bdata.info](https://h1bdata.info)
Also good resource for comp data:
[https://www.levels.fyi/](https://www.levels.fyi/)
is this in house?
tell your HM that’s not feasible.
don’t feel comfortable with that convo?
go talk to your HRBP, seems a simple solve.
I just got in honestly. Coming up on a year anniversary as a tech recruiter. Doing pretty well at the moment so I’m not considering a switch right now. Just eager to see the markets in a more favorable state.
If this is in-house, like others said talk to your HRBP. Where I am, Recruiters have to act as a layer of governance to the hiring process ensuring hiring managers are abiding by hiring accordingly to their reqs. Some hiring managers think recruiters work at their pleasure and it’s not the case. If there aren’t clear boundaries set, you should have a discussion with your direct line and set them. Recruiting and hiring are a team effort, and hiring managers should know that you both share ownership of that partnership. Just because that person is a manager in software development or whatever, doesn’t mean he or she has the slightest idea of what goes on in the recruiting world, including the competition for talent, salary insights, etc, etc. If the hiring manager wants to set the rules let the hiring manager do all the sourcing, recruiting, screening, interviewing and offering themselves. I bet they give up after 4 days.
Definitely thinking about making a move but ultimately feel stuck. Not sure if I want a sales job but ultimately need to make more $$. Inflation isn’t slowing down.
Yep. Change career asap. Become a podiatrist
After 8 years you should know the answer here. Tell your hiring manager NO and get your HRBP involved.