Why Recruiters Won't Respond to Your Messages

I hear often about frustrations that job seekers do not get any response from recruiters. It is not a nice feeling to be ignored, but let me explain what might be the reason for this, so you understand the logic behind it and take it less personally or stop taking it personally at all.

And the explanation is in the daily life of the agency or solo recruiter. Maybe it is time to get to know the recruiter's life a little better.

There are no bad intentions behind not responding, there is just simply no time.

There are big recruitment agencies that have a separation into different functional roles and there are small ones where recruiters do it all.

Big agencies have people who would focus on sales only and getting new mandates by working with potential clients/employers and they will have recruitment team people who will focus on recruitment only.

Small recruitment agencies or solo recruiters and head hunters are the ones that likely do it all, they look for new prospects in terms of clients and mandates and they are the ones who will be sourcing candidates as well.

They are very busy people as you can imagine. In this region especially.

They also need to be very focused on their target activities as competition in the industry is high. There are newly launched recruitment agencies opening up every day as we speak.

You have to be super fast as some clients assign the same role to several agencies at the same time without any exclusivity, so it truly becomes the episode of the "Hunger Games".

For both big agencies and small ones, the client is the God, not a potential candidate.

So if you understand that activity number one for most of the recruiters is to look for new paying clients, somebody to do business with, and somebody who will pay for their service then you will also understand why you are not always the priority and so is that e-mail of yours. It is just the simple truth.

The priority is a client that wants to avail and pay for recruitment services.

Second of all finding candidates in the UAE’s highly saturated market is not a difficult task, so that comes as priority number two after landing recruitment assignments. The point of clarity is that the UAE market has plenty of available talent, as mentioned earlier we are talking about thousands of candidates for each posted job in comparison with a couple of hundreds in other countries. This is for regular roles, not niche roles.

If the recruiter would be replying to every message that potential candidates did send then this is pretty much everything they will be doing day in and day out. As you can imagine they can’t, so don’t be offended if responding to your message is not a recruiter’s priority.

This does not mean that you should not connect to recruiters and tell them about your availability and show interest in landing a job or proposing yourself as a great fit for existing roles, just understand why they might have no physical capacity to respond to everyone. Do not take it personally.

If your message did stand out of the crowd and your profile matches with any of the job postings that the recruiter currently has you will get a response, so keep on being strategic and persistent about it.

Keep on polishing your recruiter’s message approach and keep on reaching out, but only when they do have available roles that match your expertise, and do not spam recruiters weekly, this will likely take your messages to the junk folder or have your profile blocked.

Sending a general AI-generated message that you are looking for a job will likely get you nowhere as well.

In all honesty, thousands of people do, but sending a structured message that is sort of like a sales pitch telling a recruiter a story of a great candidate that you are in a few short sentences is a winner.

This is a message from a candidate that might be relevant for them right now and when they have a role that matches your profile could and would get you to the next level – the interview invite hopefully.

Connecting to a Recruiter for an Existing Opportunity Templates

Example 1 (You Are Not Connected To A Recruiter Message Is 300 Characters)

Subject: [Job Title] Opportunity

Dear [Recruiter's Name],

I recently came across the [Job Title] position at [Company Name] that you're currently recruiting for, and I'm very interested in learning more about this opportunity that I believe I might be a good fit for.

With [X] years of experience in [relevant field/industry]? in a [role] and [Brief sentence highlighting a key achievement or qualification relevant to the position].

I'd love to learn more about what you are looking for in an ideal candidate and share my CV with you.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to potentially connecting.

Best regards, [Your Name]

[Name]

email

+971xxxxxxxxx

?

Example 2 (You Are Connected To A Recruiter But Never Spoke Or Reached Out)

Subject: [Job Title] Opportunity

Dear [Recruiter's Name],

We are connected and I recently came across the [Job Title] position at [Company Name] that you're currently recruiting for, and I'm very interested in learning more about this opportunity that I believe I might be a good fit for.

With [X] years of experience in [relevant field/industry]? in a [role] and [Brief sentence highlighting a key achievement or qualification relevant to the position].

I'd love to learn more about what you are looking for in an ideal candidate and I sharing my CV with you for your consideration.

Thank you for your time in advance. I look forward to potentially connecting on a call.

Best regards, [Your Name]

[Name]

email

+971xxxxxxxxx

Example 3 (You Are Connected To A Recruiter, Reached Out But Never Heard Back)

Subject: [Job Title] Opportunity

Dear [Recruiter's Name],

I hope you are well. I noticed you're recruiting for the [Job Title] position at [Company Name], and I'm very interested in this opportunity.

As you may recall, I've previously applied for roles at [Company Name], including [mention 1-2 specific positions if you remember them], and got in touch. While those applications didn't lead to a match, I remain enthusiastic about this new opportunity you are working with.

My [X] years of experience in [relevant field/industry] and expertise as [role] align well with this new role. [Brief sentence highlighting a relevant achievement] is why I believe I might be a good fit for it.

Thank you for your time and consideration in advance. I look forward to potentially connecting on a call.

Best regards, [Your Name]

[Name]

email

+971xxxxxxxxx

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