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You Know You Are a Recruiter When…

2. …You have list of excuses why you can’t refer a
friend, family member, or other terribly unqualified
individuals for a job at your company.

3. …You only go on vacation to places that have wi-fi.

4. …You coach interviewers that asking questions such as:
“if you were to come back as an animal what would it
be and why” does not really add value to the
candidate experience.

5. …Everyone you know asks for career advice.

7. …Someone you knew a previous company, whom you
never actually interacted with, suddenly sends you an
InMail asking "how are you doing?" or " we should catch
up soon."

8. …You know all the nice ways to say “better luck next
time.”

9. …The first thing you do after meeting somebody is
connecting with them on LinkedIn.

10. …You are the “go-to”
resume proofer for your
circle of friends

11. …Your internal lie-detector is a whole lot more accurate
than the CIA’s/MI6’s.

12. …You can conduct an interview only looking
at a resume for 5 seconds.

13. …You have dreams (or nightmares)
…about Boolean Search Strings.

14. …You start every phone conversation (including
with family) with "Have I caught you at a bad
time?” or “Is this a good time?”

15. ...You are interviewing babysitters and several
times you try to close them.

16. You've called your HR Leader at home at
6:45pm on a Friday night, requesting an
outrageous exception be made for an offer…
….because the candidate has a competing offer
from another company that expires at 7:00pm that
night.

17. …You spend as much time closing candidates, as you
do coaching them on how to quit – to the point of role
playing.

18. …You prefer to do a drive-by of different company
headquarters instead of touring celebrities’ homes.

19. …You check out potential date's LinkedIn profile
before saying yes to dinner.

20. …You talk to 100+ students at a career fair and can
barely speak the next day.

21. …You pull up a friend’s profile on LinkedIn and start giving
tips. Then without realizing you’ve set a date to take a new
profile photo for them.

22. …You know what a purple squirrel is.

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Source, izahorsky. Special thanks to the LinkedIn recruiting team for the quotes in this deck.