I did a search on LinkedIn.com of over 6700 people in the US. They had the key words “Technical Recruiter” or “IT Recruiter” in their profile. See more below about titles.

I have 3 months in this industry. I have to make guesses and I am trying to learn.

So to me this says IT staffing and recruitment firms provide a critical service that internal HR cannot do for whatever reason. I think this is proof that 20 years of online job boards will not replace IT staffing and recruitment firms.

Why are there not more real companies in this list? Are internal technical recruiters not motivated enough to use LinkedIn.com? I keep hearing that “HR sucks”, is this an example? (sorry HR)

OR, do these firms just do the work of many many companies, so they just employ more technical recruiters than the largest technical companies out there?

What does this data say to you?

Number
Of
People:    Company
——-    ————————–
242    TEKsystems
176    Apex Systems Inc.
147    Volt
102    Sapphire Technologies
84    Kforce
71    Spherion
71    Adecco Engineering & Technical
60    Google
45    Aerotek
39    Technisource
36    TAC Worldwide
35    SAIC
34    Kelly IT Resources
34    IBM
32    CDI Business Solutions
32    Princeton Information
32    Excell Data
31    Oxford International
29    Strategic Staffing Solutions
29    Northrop Grumman
29    Manpower Professional
29    Microsoft
29    Robert Half Technology
27    COMSYS
24    PDS Technical Services
23    Yahoo!
23    Hudson
22    Kelly Engineering Resources
21    Matrix Resources
20    Kelly Services
18    Harvey Nash
17    Analysts International
17    Veredus Corporation
16    The Judge Group
15    Eliassen Group
15    The Computer Merchant
14    Vmware
14    Raytheon
13    Starpoint Solutions
13    SolutionsIQ
12    Outsource Technical
12    Global Technical Talent
11    EdgeRock Technology Partners
10    Revolution Technologies

I searched for current job titles, but only counted the first job listed. So the words of the job title don’t always have “technical” or “IT”, but it’s very close.

Titles people used:

Total    Title
Times:    Used:
——    ————————-
3023    Technical Recruiter
721    Sr. Technical Recruiter
650    IT Recruiter
526    Senior Technical Recruiter
143    Sr Technical Recruiter
84    Sr. IT Recruiter
73    Senior IT Recruiter
52    Lead Technical Recruiter
41    Recruiter
28    Contract Technical Recruiter
23    Sr.Technical Recruiter
16    Sr IT Recruiter
14    Corporate Technical Recruiter
12    Corporate IT Recruiter
12    Executive IT Recruiter
12    IT Technical Recruiter
11    Executive Technical Recruiter
11    Technical Sourcer/Recruiter
11    Senior Recruiter

Thanks Much,
Paul Krush
www.PaulKrush.com