3 Tips to Stay in Touch with Recruiters

26 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this short instructional video, the speaker outlines three core strategies for maintaining productive relationships with recruiters and adds two bonus tips. The first strategy is to refer other talent to recruiters, which helps build goodwill and may lead to reciprocal opportunities. The second strategy emphasizes regular follow‑up, including asking recruiters their preferred communication channel, to keep oneself top‑of‑mind amid recruiters’ busy inboxes. The third strategy is to validate the partnership by confirming whether the recruiter’s client base aligns with the job seeker’s target roles, allowing both parties to decide if continued effort is worthwhile. Bonus tips include proactively asking for the status of an application after it’s been submitted to a hiring team and watching a dedicated playlist on how to attract recruiter attention. The overall tone is instructional and encouraging, aimed at job seekers looking to generate more job opportunities through sustained recruiter engagement.

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How do we keep in touch with recruiters so that they keep bringing us job opportunities? Here are 3 things to do to stay in touch, plus a couple bonus tips that you've been asking me about. Number 1, refer talent to them. They may bring you an opportunity that's not quite right for you, but if you have anyone else in your network who you can refer to them, that helps to build that relationship. Number 2, follow up. Their inbox is flooded and they wanna fill roles as quickly as possible. So you actually reminding them who you are is helpful. So you can regularly, every week or two, follow up with the status of your search, what you're looking for, and see if they have any new openings. Bonus tip on top of this one: ask them what is their favorite way to be contacted. Some are all about text, email, DM, whatever. Third, validate the partnership. See if it's worth yours or their time. As you're following up, you're telling them the types of roles you're interested in, and you can ask them, what are the odds that you will have a role like the one I'm looking for over the next few months. Sometimes it's just not their specialty, or they're looking at their client's headcount and saying, "I'm not seeing that role pop up anytime soon. It's probably not me who's going to help you." And then we all move on. One bonus tip is it's totally okay to follow up and ask them, "What is the status of your application?" If they passed along to the hiring team. They have so many candidates, they get so many emails, so if they haven't followed up with you, that's okay. You can just follow up with them. That's fine. I have a full playlist on how to get the attention of recruiters and get them to bring you job opportunities. Make sure you watch that. Keep those relationships going with recruiters. You've got this. Wi-Fi high five.