Jobs in the Recruitment Industry
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Within every company and organization, it is essential to retain a recruiter to take on many of the duties and responsibilities that come with recruiting employees or individuals for other positions. This has lead to a rise in the recruitment industry, and made this exciting career a fast growing opportunity. However, many are still wondering, what exactly is involved within the recruitment industry?
Recruitment jobs refer to the process of screening, sourcing, or selecting individuals for a job at any given organization or firm. It also involves filling vacant positions within volunteer based organizations or community groups. Within some companies, there are generalist managers or administrators who can conduct some of the main components in the recruitment process. However, medium and large sized companies will often hire a professional recruiter or even outsource the responsibilities to recruitment agencies. This is called external recruitment, which is the process of selecting or attracting employees from outside of the company.
There are four main types of agencies within the recruitment agencies: in-house recruitment, employment agencies, recruitment websites and job search engines, and “headhunters” for professional and executive recruitment. All of the stages involved in the recruitment process include sourcing the qualified candidates through advertising and other methods, as well as screening and selecting potential candidates using tests and interviews.
A recruitment agency, or employment agency, is traditionally located at a physical location. An interested candidate would visit a local branch to proceed with an interview or assessment before being added to the agency’s books. Recruitment consultants will then use certain criteria and guidelines, as well as experience, to match candidates from a general pool to the open position’s of their clients. Qualified candidates are then put forward to begin the interview process with the potential employer. Remuneration to the agency in exchange for the recruitment services are usually paid with contingency fees or advance payments.
In-house recruitment is typically found within large companies who choose to undertake their own recruitment through their human resources department. The in-house recruiters will typically advertise job vacancies on their own websites, as well as focusing on college graduate recruitment. Usually, an employee referral program is coordinated to assist with the in-house recruitment process.
A more modern trend of recruitment has been found within online job search engines. With the online job search engines, job seekers are allowed to search across multiple websites for available positions. This saves time for the job seeker by allowing them to find many available careers without searching through employer websites one by one. Employers are also finding the online search engines convenient, as it has become an easy way to post open positions, and spread the information to many active job seekers.
Louise G
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How do I get a job in the recruitment industry?
I am looking to get into the recruitment industry so that I can work from home, but am wondering what qualifications I need to aquire to do so.
Well…those are 2 different things really. Getting into the recruitment industry and working from home. From my experience you will likely have to actually go into an office. Unless you start your own business and have potential candidates come into your house for interviews. But then again, for tax purposes I don’t think you can officially have your business be your primary residence.
Go start looking at some temp agencies and see if you can get a job with them doing recruitment.
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You will have to start out working in a recruiting firm. You will learn the most by starting in a contingency search firm. They will train you to call on clients and recruit candidates. You can also go to work for a temp agency where they will teach you both as well. You can build a great career with a temp agency.
I am a headhunter. I worked for a contingency firm for 6 months and left because the owner was highly unethical. I applied for and got a position with a major search firm in downtown Pittsburgh where I worked for 5 years as the Research/Recruiting Manager. When I became pregnant with my daughter, I decided to be a stay at home mom, but then I registered with a firm that offers a directory of independent recruiters. I started my own biz in 1986 working from home and have been at home ever since.
You must have experience first and learn the ins and outs of the business. Then you can branch out on your own. If you have a college degree you can scour Monster and Career Builder for recruiter openings by typing in executive recruiter. You can make a list of your local employment agencies and recruiting firms and look up their websites to see if they have any positions available. Many people transition from a corporate job into recruiting as well because they will be charged with recruiting in their own specific industry. They will find the clients and then find the candidates.
Recruiting is one of the top 10 best money earning positions. It’s pretty much EOE until you get into the giant firms like the ones in NYC where there are very few women at the top. Once you develop the skills, you can hire yourself out by the hour. The average going rate right now is $100 per hour for various recruiting service
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