What does a Headhunter’s Day Look Like
I have worked as a headhunter for many years
And I mean really many years
And for a lot of those years, I spent my time on LinkedIn
I’ve lost count of how many hours that adds up to
But it’s a LOT
In my work on LinkedIn, I made lists
And more lists
And even more lists
After finding the candidate on LinkedIn—
the EXACT right candidate, mind you
The kind of candidate who is absolutely top-class
The one who can walk straight into the client’s company and perform from day one
Those were the candidates I found
Once I had found the candidate,
I googled him (sorry)
I checked Facebook (sorry)
I checked Krak (sorry)
I studied the candidate’s LinkedIn profile in details
Again
And again
And again
In short,
My research uncovered everything
And I mean EVERYTHING
That was worth knowing about that specific candidate
Before I finally contacted that one person
Using the most valuable information
I could possibly find
And yes, you guessed right
Krak’s contact information
There I could see BOTH
The distance the candidate would have to commute to my client’s company
AND
The phone number
What’s not to like?
And honestly,
With our increasingly digital world
It has become a lot harder to stay hidden
I never wrote meaningless LinkedIn messages
If I had,
I would never have closed as many assignments as I did
As in NEVER
No, I always reached the candidate by phone
ALWAYS
Because then I could SELL
I would try to convince the candidate
That I had the golden opportunity right here
In my hand
And it was only meant
For that specific person
But they had to act now
The offer was valid RIGHT NOW
Not tomorrow
Not the day after tomorrow
No, it was now—and only now
So on the phone,
I could deliver my sales pitch
And it was also harder for the candidate to say NO
When I was being SO nice,
SO smiling,
SO laughing,
SO persuasive
But I still got plenty of them
The NOs, that is
Some right away
Others after we had gone through the entire recruitment process
And once I got a NO,
The whole thing started all over again
Research
Phone calls
NO
Research
Phone calls
NO
Over and over again
And the worst part of all
I worked 100% on a no cure, no pay basis
No task completed
No payment
So when I finally received that YES
That I was desperately longing for
I felt relieved
Luckily, I was good at my job
Otherwise, it would never have worked
With persistence, drive, and a healthy dose of optimism
You can go a long way
But honestly,
It was hard work
That’s when I started thinking:
There has to be a better way
Smarter
Easier
More affordable
A way to save both myself and countless others from all that hard work
That was when
LITOU was born
No late nights on LinkedIn
No stalking
No phone calls and far too many NOs
With LITOU,
The candidates come to you
And your network is built directly within the app
The information that matters most to you
When assessing a potential match
Has already been prepared for you
Ready for you to make your choices
With just one click of a buttong
What’s not to like?
So all that’s left is to get started
All the hard work has already been done for you
Now you just have to wait
For the candidates
To find you
In the app