Agency recruiters will find a way in. Give them a structured pitch: desk, specialism, and whether you even use agencies—rather than 40 CVs in a zip file to a founder. A /recruiters page works for US retained/contingent shops and UK high-street and specialist agencies.
Keep it out of the candidate application export.
No unsolicited CVs, no terms until MSA, response SLA.
Under those rules so they cannot claim they were not told.
Silence guarantees they will InMail the CEO.
A recruiter contact form is how an external agency (or a freelance sourcer) asks to work with you. It is a vendor-style inquiry, not a job application. You want the consultancy name, the markets they cover (US states, UK regions), and a short pitch. You do not want a bulk dump of candidate resumes on a public endpoint.
In-house recruiters at other companies sometimes use the same form to propose talent swaps or pipeline shares. The inquiry-type select can include Agency introduction, In-house collaboration, and Media.
If they cannot name a live requisition or a market, it is a cold brochure. Make the message required.
Unsolicited candidate data can create GDPR and US privacy headaches. Your page copy should forbid sending CVs until you ask.
LinkedIn InMail, reception phone, and the careers@ alias. A form is how you log them.
Sets terms: we reply if we need you. Notifications to talent-partnerships@.
Use it when legal has MSAs. This form is the front door.
Delete or bounce. Point them here.
Type the interesting ones into this form after the event.
A single static page is enough. State whether you are open to US contingency, UK perm, both, or neither.
If you pay in USD or GBP, say so. Do not collect bank details on this inquiry form.
No. Candidate PII waits for a contracted, consented process.
They can, but a shared Slack with hiring managers is usually better. This page is for externals.
Fee agreements differ. Do not put legal terms only in a checkbox without counsel. Use the message for the intro, contracts later.
Career inquiry is candidates asking about jobs. Recruiter contact is firms asking to supply people. Split the Form IDs.