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I totally agree with you that digital is not disintermediating recruiting firms such as Michael Paige. One thing to add is that this is a two way market and the preferences, culture and temperament of the individual potential recruits matter just as much as the requirements of the hiring firm. Over periods of time, recruiters come to serve as trusted career advisers to the candidates and place them in roles that are they are likely to succeed in. For example, would you accept a salary offer based of numbers from Glassdoor?!

Questions like what is market compensation for a given role? What other perks, incentives and non-cash remuneration should I be expecting? How about non-competes and severance? Even basic yet critical information like what kind of job market is this can be easily answered with the help of a recruiter. Just imagine quitting your job in a market such as the job market in which hedge funds and private equity funds were hardly hiring?

A good recruiter can save you from such mistakes. Interesting stuff, thanks for the great post. I always had a different perspective on professional networks and headhunters, but this really adds some more flavor to the picture. I have my profile page there and I can do some networking. The whole headhunting thing, for me was a different story. I will use headhunters in a later stage of the career.

In addition, I considered professional networks such as linkedin sort of the 1st level of headhunting. The 2nd level are the headhunters. Quite frankly, the headhunters do use the professional networks and they are probably the best source for talent they ever had.

It would be interesting to really get some numbers on the implications of digital and professional networks on headhunters. Your post suggests that they are in trouble and cannot reposition as the 2nd level of job search. We will see how it develops further…. I hear your point. I think it spells opportunity for the talented headhunters, but many of the basic services offered by headhunters will become increasingly obsolete.

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