Recruiting (and hiring) is a core competency for every company. Especially for startups.
A founder should personally be handling recruiting until the company is big enough to have their own internal recruiting department.
Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters
by obstacle1 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @09:38PM
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Massive difference between sourcing candidates and interviewing/making hiring decisions. If a founder is doing the former it's probably that she's wasting a massive amount of time and there is a huge opportunity cost there. Recruiters have their place.
Not true. Companies hire recruiters to find employees. Not all companies (especially startups) have their own internal recruiting department.
The flip side is true, though: as a company trying to hire people, every recruiter email that says "I have a perfect candidate for you" is junk. They just invent those people or send resumes of people who aren't even on the job market.