How to Uncover a Recruitment Agencies Client

Posted by Jonathan Kidder on December 10, 2017January 28, 2023

To remain competitive in the staffing industry, third-party agencies can use the following tactics to discover a client from a job post online:

The first step will be to search for a job opening on Google.

To make sure job aggregator sites don’t come up I recommend including the (-).

For example: -indeed -linkedin -glassdoor -dice

To Search for recently posted jobs make sure to select (recently posted) on the Google Search bar.

Discover who is posting the job

This will help uncover hiring managers, third party agency recruiters, and inhouse recruiter information. Try using these phrases in your search string:

“send an updated resume to”

“send a resume to”

“email your resume”

“forward a resume”

“email your cv”

“send your cv”

“your resume to me at”

For example: Searching for an Accountant job positing in Minneapolis. You can see which agencies are potentially working on the opening.

Another way to see who is posting the job is to search on LinkedIn. You can see which person published the opening. You can see if it’s posted by human resources, hiring managers, or the assigned recruiter.

Searching for postings without third party agencies

Consider removing unwanted results: -roberthalf -manpower -adecco -aerotek

Remove phrases: (“no agencies” OR “no third parties”)

How to uncover a staffing agencies client

Take the main requirements of the position and copy them into the Google search bar. I recommend only copying a few sentences at a time. Chances are HR probably has a similar position-summary already posted online.

For example:

Overall, I hope this information helps you uncover hidden intel.

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With more than 12 years of recruitment experience, Jonathan has helped startups and small businesses find the talent they need. He runs the blog WizardSourcer, which explores the latest trends in talent sourcing, provides reviews of recruitment tools, and features interviews with prominent figures in the industry.