The quiet problem in every recruiter's network
You have spent years building a network: candidates you placed, candidates you almost placed, hiring managers, HR partners, the founder who sent you two roles and then disappeared. That network is the most valuable thing you own, and it changes every week without telling you.
The candidate you placed in 2023 is now running a team and hiring. A client who loved working with you moved to a company that has never heard of you. A silver medalist from last year is open to talk again. LinkedIn shows each of these changes to someone, usually buried in a feed you scroll past at 7am. By the time you notice, a competitor already sent the message.
What wait who? does for recruiters
- Reads your whole LinkedIn network in one sync and keeps company, title and the date you connected for everyone in it.
- Refreshes weekly and shows you who changed company or title, with the reason attached: a past placement who is now a hiring manager, a client who moved, a candidate who started somewhere new.
- Ranks your network for the "Hiring" goal, so recruiters, HR leaders and the people who hire float to the top.
- Shows who keeps engaging with your posts. Someone who liked three of your job posts is not a cold lead.
- Drafts a short first message that references something real ("congrats on the new role at..."), so reconnecting takes a minute instead of an evening.
- Works inside Claude too: ask "who in my network moved into a Head of Talent role this year?" and get names from your own data.
A realistic Monday
8:30: the list
You open wait who? and see the people whose situation changed this week. Three past placements got promoted. One former client started at a scale-up in your niche. Two candidates you spoke to last spring changed titles.
8:45: five messages
You send five short notes, each drafted for you and edited by you. Congratulations to the new hiring manager, with a soft "happy to help when you start building the team." A hello to the client at the new company. No pitch deck, no mass message.
Later that week
Two reply. One has a role. You did not find it on a job board, you found it because you were the first recruiter to say congratulations.
How it fits next to the tools you already use
| Tool | Best at | Where wait who? helps |
|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn Recruiter / Sales Navigator | Finding and searching people you have not met yet | Watching the people you already know and telling you when one of them changes |
| Your ATS or CRM | Pipelines, submissions, compliance | Surfacing which past candidates and clients deserve a message this week |
| Scrolling the feed | Free | Doing the checking for you, so you don't miss the moves that matter |
| wait who? | Your own network, ranked and refreshed weekly | 27 euros a month, 7 days free, no card |
Read more
The method behind the weekly list, including how to do it by hand: How to see who changed jobs in your LinkedIn network. And if you mostly source from your own connections: sourcing candidates from your LinkedIn network.
Questions people ask
Does wait who? replace LinkedIn Recruiter or Sales Navigator?
No. Those tools are for finding people you have not met yet, and they are good at it. wait who? works on the people you already know: your own connections and followers. Most recruiters who use both use Recruiter or Sales Navigator to source new candidates and wait who? to keep the network they already built warm.
How does wait who? know someone changed jobs?
It reads your LinkedIn network once, keeps each person's company, title and the date you connected, and refreshes weekly. When a company or title changes, that person shows up with a one-line reason, for example that they started a new role last month and you connected the week they joined their old company.
Will it message candidates or clients for me?
No. wait who? drafts a first message and you decide whether to send it. Nothing goes to LinkedIn unless you press send, and it stays within LinkedIn's daily limits.
Does it work for a whole agency?
Today each recruiter connects their own LinkedIn and sees their own network. Team plans are on request: email hello@waitwho.ai if you want it for a desk or an agency.
What does it cost?
Seven days free with no card. After that, one plan at 27 euros a month with 150 credits for AI questions, drafted messages and LinkedIn actions. Syncing your network and the weekly refresh are free.
See who in your network moved, in about 5 minutes
Free for 7 days, no card. Connect LinkedIn, pick "Hiring" as your goal, and your first list is ready after the sync.
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