If you ask most successful recruiting professionals how they ended up in industry, most would say it was by chance, luck, or fate. So where do recruiters come from? How are they made? Are some people just born to be recruiters? Marie Larsen, wrote a great blog below to answer the question “Should You Start A Career In Recruiting?” http://www.recruiter.com/i/should-you-start-a-career-in-recruiting/
There’s no doubt that recruiters are passionate about what they do. They love tracking down great talent and making placements. The satisfaction of a good match keeps them going. You have to be in tune with the industry in order to survive in it. And maybe that’s not something you can learn or be taught. It’s possible that some people are just innately predisposed to be recruiters in the same way that some individuals are born to be natural leaders.
So if you’re thinking about starting a career in recruiting, ask yourself if you already have the following traits… or if a friend of yours is thinking about getting into the industry, ask them if they have these traits that maybe you take for granted in yourself:
Invested in Success
To be successful in recruiting, you don’t have to be some kind of megalomaniac or be hell-bent on “success,” whatever that means. However, you do have to care very deeply about professional advancement and peoples’ careers. You have to be invested in candidates and companies, which means caring about job satisfaction, personal issues, and career advancement. This translates into your own work as well – recruiters have to always be expanding their knowledge-base and connections. Recruiters have to believe that jobs, work, and professional success matter deeply to people’s lives and they must believe in the possibility of improvement.
Self-starter
In recruiting, no-one’s going to stand over your shoulder or hold your hand while you make phone calls. Only the independent will prosper. It’s up to you to research the right candidates, make the calls, set up appointments, push the interview, etc. If you have anxiety over talking to strangers or thinking on your feet, recruiting might not be the industry for you.
Detective
Love a good mystery? Recruiters need to love detective work. The issue in recruiting is that it’s really not like fitting together puzzle pieces. You don’t know exactly what you are looking for. You have to be able to take a rough idea and then hunt it down – recruiters receive the position, and then identify the match when they see it. It’s an odd skill set, really – you have to be comfortable with using inexact and changing clues to find people, that are also unpredictable and unreliable. You have to be comfortable with this imprecision, but more importantly, enjoy the hunt for something as elusive and changing as human talent.
Strong Communicator
Are you persuasive? Do you know how to say the right thing at the right time? Better yet – do you know how to listen? Recruiting isn’t about finding any old candidate of the street and getting them to sign on the dotted line, it’s about finding the right candidate for the right job. Your decision making process will be largely guided by the questions you ask and the answers you receive.
Driven by results
Sales makes the world go ’round – or at least it needs to make your would go round if you want to stay motivated. If you get excited about the quality and quantity of your work, then recruiting might be a great career choice for you.
While you can certainly teach someone to make sales or drive customer behavior, you can’t force them to love it – that’s a passion you need to have inside of you. Recruitment, whether corporate or agency, is largly self-directed: you will get out of recruiting only what you put into it.
Free-Wheelin’
It is always said that over analysis has killed many placements. Recruiters have to be able to “get out of their own way” to make connections. Could you look at a resume and in twenty seconds be comfortable with whether or not that person might be a right fit? Recruiters are essentially brokers: this means finding the right fit and bringing two parties together. Highly analytical people tend not to do well in recruiting, as there is a high volume of input (screening resumes) and output (talking to managers, setting up interviews.) If you spend a lot of time over-thinking everything, this high input/output scenario is a difficult proposition.
You Get to Improve Lives
When it comes to recruiting, everyone benefits when a candidate is placed. Yes, you are compensated. When you succeed in your job, however, you improve the lives of the people you work with.
Candidates must earn money to support themselves and their families. You assist job searchers in locating positions that match their skills and interests.
Employers, on the other hand, require workers. You find qualified staff for them so they can concentrate on their company. As a recruiter, you have a significant impact on everyone you meet, which can be extremely satisfying.
While you can train a good recruiter to become a great recruiter, the initial building blocks need to be there for that person to cut it in recruiting for the long term. Without passion and an ambitious attitude, most people get frustrated with the job and give up. If you’re in recruiting and love your job, be thankful that you found the profession or that the profession found you.
You Experience Variety
If you appreciate taking on new challenges every day, a career in recruiting might be right for you. There are no two days alike in the recruiting industry. And there’s never a dull moment.
For example, one day you can be talking with candidates and the following day you might be pondering how to get clients for your recruiting firm. You’ll come across a variety of fields and businesses. Every day, the people you work with will change. Those who are problem solvers and lifelong learners are frequently the best recruiters.
There’s Job Security
Recruiting is not going away anytime soon, even if the job market changes. HR professionals and recruiter positions will rise at a pace of 5% (as fast as average) through 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Clients will continue to send you job orders if you work hard and deliver outstanding service.
What is the average salary for a recruiter? According to the Department of Labor, the average yearly compensation of a recruiter is $58,350. Because your income is based on performance, you will often earn more. The more jobs you fill, the more money you make. If you want to work as a recruiter, you have complete control over your earnings. Top producers in our industry make $200,000 to $300,000.
Competitive in Nature
There are clear winners in the realm of recruiting. Recruiters despise losing. Starting a recruiting business and keeping it afloat demands a competitive mindset. That determination will aid you in making excellent placements for your candidates.
Being competitive means going the extra mile to hire the greatest people. You conduct research on your clients’ needs and prepare for interviews. You follow up with applicants with tenacity, and you don’t give up the first time you’re told “no.” Your desire to develop as a recruiter is fueled by your competitive nature.
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