General Feeling on Internal HR Recruiting

So beyond the general feelings ranging from disconnect to contempt to bewilderment felt by top buy AND sell side folks towards their firm's internal recruiters, I was wondering what, if anything, could be done by internal recruiters themselves to improve these perceptions??

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