You know you are a recruiter when...

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1) You know you are a recruiter when you find yourself eating lunch at your desk regularly so you can catch the candidate when they are available.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Contreras on November 29, 2012 at 7:57pm

You know you are a recruiter when your well-intentioned friends/parents/spouse drop your name and/or business card to ANYONE how mentions they are looking for "a job".

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Permalink Reply by Sunil Kumar on November 30, 2012 at 9:48am

You know you are a recruiter when you are more concerned about how target company is doing instead of your own.

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Permalink Reply by Mick Essex on November 30, 2012 at 9:49am

You know you are a recruiter when all your bill collectors, and family, know which of your monthly checks has your commission on it.

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Permalink Reply by Tiffany Branch on November 30, 2012 at 10:08am

Oh so true!

Lisa A, Doorly said:

You know you are a recruiter when people hear what you do for a living demand you find them a job.

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Permalink Reply by Sunil Kumar on November 30, 2012 at 10:13am

You know you are a recruiter when you have to skip your kids PTM because you have a walkin/urgent meeting on a Saturday.

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Permalink Reply by Megan Bell on November 30, 2012 at 10:17am

You know you are a recruiter when you find yourself working till 9 pm Eastern time so you can catch the Candidates in Mountain and Pacific time zones after they are out of work! (PS I love this discussion, thanks for posting Will...Amy, as always you crack me up "Momma's money making time" LOL)

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Permalink Reply by Malia Jorgensen on November 30, 2012 at 10:32am

You know your a recruiter when...I was trying to hire a baby sitter and during the interview I kept trying to close her.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on November 30, 2012 at 11:37am

LOL Megan is more common in my pre-cell phone days when I would actually take calls at home... :) now I usually sprint to my home office if I get those after hour calls :)

Megan Bell said:

You know you are a recruiter when you find yourself working till 9 pm Eastern time so you can catch the Candidates in Mountain and Pacific time zones after they are out of work! (PS I love this discussion, thanks for posting Will...Amy, as always you crack me up "Momma's money making time" LOL)

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Permalink Reply by Will Thomson on November 30, 2012 at 1:31pm

Dan- This is so true. I laughed pretty hard when I read your comment.

Dan Contreras said:

You know you are a recruiter when your well-intentioned friends/parents/spouse drop your name and/or business card to ANYONE how mentions they are looking for "a job".

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Permalink Reply by Bill Schultz on November 30, 2012 at 2:12pm

You know you are a recruiter when..you're a half hour into a conversation with a candidate and you realize you are pitching the wrong position! (This just happened) ;(

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Permalink Reply by Peter Ceccarelli on November 30, 2012 at 6:01pm

When your nephew who just got out of Law school, but doesn't want to actually practice law and has limited work experience expects that you can help him find a job in the $100-$150K range................and you whack him upside the head!