the.com/recruiter
a professional matchmaker paid to swipe right on your resume before a human ever does.
means someone who sources, screens, and pitches candidates to employers, acting as the gatekeeper between you and the job.
from from french recruter, rooted in latin recrescere, to grow again — originally about replenishing army ranks, now replenishing headcount instead of battalions.
origin eramilitary term since the 1600s
linkedin eramost now work through inmail, not phone calls
incentive quirkoften paid per hire, not per fit
ghosting statfamous for vanishing after the first call