u/Mrzioperoni

I recently started working as a freelance recruiter and plan to set up my own LLC, brand, website, and business email shortly.

In the meantime, I have been trying to generate business rather than waiting until everything is fully set up. I have been contacting prospective clients from my personal Gmail account.

I have two questions:

1. Does using a personal Gmail address make recruiters look less credible or cause companies to assume the message is spam?
2. Are companies generally willing to work with an independent freelance recruiter who has not yet formally established an LLC or agency brand?

I plan to have the business set up within the next one to two months, but I do not want to lose momentum or sit on the sidelines while that is happening.

Has anyone started this way? Did the lack of a company email or formal entity make business development more difficult?

I recently started working as a freelance recruiter and plan to set up my own LLC, brand, website, and business email shortly.

In the meantime, I have been trying to generate business rather than waiting until everything is fully set up. I have been contacting prospective clients from my personal Gmail account.

I have two questions:

1. Does using a personal Gmail address make recruiters look less credible or cause companies to assume the message is spam?
2. Are companies generally willing to work with an independent freelance recruiter who has not yet formally established an LLC or agency brand?

I plan to have the business set up within the next one to two months, but I do not want to lose momentum or sit on the sidelines while that is happening.

Has anyone started this way? Did the lack of a company email or formal entity make business development more difficult?