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201jon

How to introduce recruiter at my firm to my wife?

Background: I work at a private investment management firm on a quantitative equity team. One of the firm's private capital affiliates posted a job opening today for a (non-finance) related position that is perfectly suited for my wife, and she agrees. I know nepotism is usually frowned upon, however there are married couples working at this firm (some even on close teams).

What is the best way to introduce the recruiter to my wife? I am considering sending an email to HR and cc'ing her personal email with CV attached. Are there any drawbacks to doing this? Better ways to go about it? Thanks in advance.

Posted Mar 15, 2018, 8:20 PM UTC

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Filipino_Pleaser•

"This is the ol' slam piece..."

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Houston2NYC•

Haha I was half way through thinking of a thoughtful response to this post, then I read this comment and lost it lmao

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8958861•

Rekt

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nightswhosaynit•

Isn’t nepotism how the world works though?

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Pastes•

send her cv to the recruiter and say why you think she would be a good fit, but state your relationship and desire to be detached from the process

or get her to apply via the normal channels

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201jonOP•

This is good advice, thank you. Is there a good way to frame this? "I'd like to refer my spouse for this role, but obvious motivation aside I believe she is a great match for the opportunity regardless"

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downthecrazyriver•

Why would you do that to yourself

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201jonOP•

Different affiliate altogether, would never see her at work lol

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