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Might be wrong on this, but the hiring managers who take longest to give a brief are the quickest to decide. They've done the thinking before you rang. The 'just send me a few' ones haven't started yet.

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Last week of October starts Monday. Most hiring managers are writing next year's headcount plan right now. One question on every call: what's in the plan for Q1? January's briefs get decided now, while the budget's still a draft.

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Everyone's selling leads. Most are a name and a guess.

The better list is the one you already have. Dots, now inside Floats Pro. https://t.co/FisMUJhIiR

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Me: 'Java developer, Sydney'.
Database: 412 results.
Me: ...
Database: 3 developers, 1 barista with 'Java' under interests, 408 people who moved to Sydney in 2014.

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Recruiter bingo, Friday: full card by 11am. The prize is the same every week: 'let's regroup Monday', sent at 4:55pm.

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Three agencies on the same role: before you search, ask the hiring manager which CVs they've already seen. One question. Saves a week of 'we've already seen them'.

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Might be wrong on this, but when I hear 'the market's quiet' it's often the briefs that went quiet. A sharp brief still fills in a fortnight in a slow market. A vague one doesn't fill in a busy one.

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Contracts ending 18 December: ask about the extension before the budget holder's leave starts, not after. 'We'll sort it in January' is three weeks without an invoice, and a contractor who takes the next call.

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Candidate: what's it paying?
Recruiter: what are you on?
Candidate: what's the budget?
Recruiter: what are you after?
Eleven minutes in. Nobody has said a number.

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Recruiter horoscope, Thursday. The hiring manager who's been unreachable since Monday will ring at the one moment you can't pick up. Mercury's in retrograde, or in a debrief.

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One question after the offer's accepted: 'what nearly got number two over the line?'

Write the answer in the client record. That's their next brief, in their words, before they know they have one.

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Might be wrong on this, but the hard part of a shortlist isn't the candidates, it's getting a reply. So we put the reply on the page: one tap for 'interested', one for 'ask me about this one'. Fewer 'just checking in' emails. https://t.co/scXgsclhB2

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Melbourne Cup is a fortnight off. Melbourne's a public holiday, Sydney's a long lunch from 12, everyone else is running the office sweep. Anything that needs a yes that week: book it for Monday or Wednesday. Takes a minute now.

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Six candidates on Monday. By Friday: one who's 'open to a chat' and one who wants the salary before they'll say if they're interested. The job didn't change. The week did.

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Recruiter search history, Friday 4:55pm.
'how long is too long to chase'
'is circling back still fine'
'counter offer statistics'
None of it is about finding people. All of it is about waiting for them.

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Day one, 12:30pm: ring the candidate you placed. By 5pm they've already decided how it went. At lunch they'll still tell you the bit that's wrong, while there's time to fix it.

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Might be wrong on this, but I reckon most placements are made in the ten minutes after the interview, on the phone with the candidate. Not in the room. That call is where you find out what they actually heard.

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UK half term next week. Anything that needs a decision: in front of the hiring manager by Thursday, or pencil it for 2 November. Friday is already gone.

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Pipeline update, translated.
'Healthy': two people.
'Strong': one of them replied.
'Imminent': I've told the client it's imminent.

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Interview panel: three people. Debrief: four opinions.

The candidate only had the one. They accepted somewhere else on Thursday.