Recruiters are the central interface in the hiring process. They sit in HR departments, recruiting agencies or in-house talent teams and own job postings, active sourcing, candidate communication, screening calls and coordination with the hiring manager. Unlike headhunters, they are usually salaried employees handling multiple roles in parallel.
There are internal (in-house) recruiters, external recruitment agencies and specialised recruiters for fields like IT or healthcare. Their work spans posting jobs, screening CVs, conducting first phone interviews, coordinating interview rounds and supporting offer negotiations.
For candidates, a professional interaction with recruiters pays off: quick and complete responses, clear salary expectations, honest feedback after interviews. A good recruiter builds relationships over years – a candidate who declines politely today often gets a better role offered tomorrow.
In the public sector, NGOs and education, classic recruiter functions are often handled by HR generalists or managers, lengthening response times. Lunigi partially fills this gap by delivering curated job listings directly to the inbox.