Hi all, This may be a stupid question, but I feel as though I may be missing something regarding leveraging recruiters/headhunters for my job search. In the past, and even as recently as last year, I never in my entire career actually paid for a recruiting service, nor did I actually reach out as a first move to a recruiting/staffing agency. A staffing agency or recruiter would always make the first move and reach out to me after seeing my resume online on some job board (LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, Glassdoor, etc.). Other than directly applying to companies on the careers section of their websites, this has been the common paradigm that I leveraged to secure all of my past jobs for the past twenty years. In hot hiring times, such as during the pandemic, recruiting/staffing agencies would contact me by the dozens via email or on my phone. However, this year, I am seeing a serious dearth of communication from these agencies. I hardly receive any emails, calls, or LinkedIn messages since the beginning of the year compared to years before. I realize the job market is stale now, but I keep hearing people ask me whether or not I am working with a recruiter. I am a bit confused by this because it has been my experience that recruiters will make the first move and reach out to me, not the other way around...or am I not doing something that I am supposed to be doing? Should I be actively contacting "executive search" firms or consultancies and "signing up" with them? If so, then I would greatly appreciate a list of the top agencies that I should be contacting for tech-related roles in both hardware and software. Also, I am targeting director or senior manager-level roles in product management/marketing. Thank you. #productmanager #recruiting #jobhunt