Natural Born Recruiters
Where do Recruiters come from? Are some people just born to be Recruiters?
When you were young you did not say :“ I want to grow up and be a Recruiter”.
It is not usually the first idea when you are thinking about your career path.
So, what really Happens ? What motivates you ?
I defintely believe that good Recruiters are both born and made. They are predisposed with certain innate personality traits combined with social intelligence, and those traits need to be honed and nurtured.
Surely you have to be very passionate about this job.
You love recruiting because on the one hand you enjoy solving hiring manager’s business needs and on the other hand you enjoy helping job applicants to find their career path.
The satisfaction of a good match keeps you going.
There’s nothing more rewarding than that and this is the key of your profession.
Therefore, if your love is true and If you are really thinking to start a career in recruiting and to be successful, ask yourself if you have these essential traits :
Be Creative: Recruiting is not a process is an experience so create a hiring journey that convinces candidates to become employees.
Be a Storyteller: Appeal to the imagination. As you develop your stories, keep in mind your end goal, which is helping candidates imagine themselves as employees of their future organization. What information is really important to the candidate you’re talking to at the moment? What stories could you tell that would appeal to that individual?
Be Curious like a Detective: You have to love being a detective and to love mistery. You do not have to be afraid to work outside your comfort zone and be open to exploring new ways and unchartered territories. You don’t know often exactly what you are looking for. You receive a job description and then you identify the match when you see it.
Be a Strong Communicator: Are you persuasive? Do you know how to say the right thing at the right time? do you know how to listen? A recruiter must possess an excellent communication skill which includes good listening as well. You will never assess candidates by only talking, you only understand their motivation, attitude and who they are when you listen a lot and ask good questions. You need to listen more to recruit more and to find the best candidate for your job vacancy.
Be Meticolous: You have a lot things to do. Managing job postings and descriptions, reviewing resumes, sourcing and interviewing candidates, creating a positive candidate experience, partnering with hiring managers. So you have to be always tidy and you never lost anything.
Be Sales-Driven : Recruiting is Selling, infact Recruiters have to sell twice; once to sell the candidate to the hiring manager and again to sell the company and the position to the candidate.
Be Social: Start to make social recruitment part of your hiring strategy. But be aware that using social media for recruitment requires much more than posting job announcements on Monster, Indeed or any other Job Boards. You have to create a continuous rapport with your future candidates in any situations and giving them what they really want.
And remember to create ever an incredible candidate experience. So in this way even if a person couldn’t be the perfect match to fill a vacancy, he or she will be able to become a great match for the future and in the meantime being your best ambassador to create a strong employer brand for your company.
