Perspective on job searching as someone who’s only worked for lesser known local companies…novel idea

Throughout my career I’ve noticed that some of the best recruiters don’t have the FAANG pedigree, come from top schools or know all the right people. But they’re quick, accurate, relentless and have winning personalities to get the right people excited about opportunities. These people all would love to build great tech organizations but often get filtered out because everyone knows and trusts Meta but what if someone from a little know boutique staffing agency in Iowa could recruit circles around that ex-Meta. Also what if said Meta recruiter over inflated their resume by a mile? Background check companies just verify employer and dates so it’s entirely possible for a cashier at Walmart to pass a background check for a software engineering job. Isn’t that scary? At least software engineering teams have coding tests to verify legitimacy. Could TA teams find a similar tool? One concept that got me thinking is the fact that top athletes like JJ Watt and Scottie Pippen were both walk ons. They tried out and succeeded. Companies, especially in tech, have tough to fill reqs. Perhaps recruiters who have everything it takes to succeed by never worked at Google or top companies could all give it a go and the one who fills it starts a job right with their new hire. Could this concept ever take off? I tagged this diversity and inclusion because your TA teams’ next rockstar could be hidden at a tiny boutique agency in middle America or maybe they attended community college and never got a bachelors degree. Even more mind blowing, C…

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