How do I request a Live Recruiter?

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Open Live recruiters and choose Add live recruiter. You can find a recruiter or agency already on LiveRec and send a request, or invite someone by email. Nothing starts until they accept, you approve their request under Live recruiter requests, and you both sign the agreement. Nobody posts or submits candidates for you before then.

Steps

  1. Open Live recruiters from the employer menu and choose Add live recruiter. You need the Recruiters permission, which an owner can grant.
  2. Pick how: Find a recruiter (search by name, specialty or location, filter by kind and verification, then View profile) or Invite by email (their email, and optionally their name).
  3. Optionally choose jobs for them to work on and add a message about what you are hiring for. Choose Review request, then Send request or Send invitation.
  4. They answer from their own LiveRec account and can say no. Track it under the Invitations tab, where each invitation shows as Sent, Viewed, Accepted, Declined, Cancelled or Expired. You can Resend or Cancel one that is still open.
  5. When they accept, open Live recruiter requests and review their terms. Choose the tick to approve, which opens the agreement. Read it, tick the box that says you have read it and sign on behalf of your company, then choose Approve and sign.
  6. Choose the cross to reject, with an optional reason. The recruiter is told. A rejected request can still be approved later.

If a recruiter asks you

Recruiters can also ask to work with you. Their request waits under Live recruiter requests as Pending until you decide. Their contact email appears only after you approve and sign.

What the agreement shows

The key terms include the fee (a percentage of first-year pay, a flat fee, an hourly rate or a retainer), payment terms, notice period, whether it is exclusive, contract type and start and end dates. LiveRec records the agreement; fees are agreed with the recruiter and paid outside LiveRec.

Good to know

  • To stop working together, open the recruiter and choose End working relationship. If the contract has a notice period, you end it by giving notice with an end date.
  • You can message a recruiter once they are approved and their contract is running.
  • A request the recruiter withdrew is read-only.