French verb “recruter” was very relevant in the 17th century in terms of recruiting soldiers, so the modern concept of “recruitment” is retaining its original connotation and today means the search and attraction of new personnel.
In turn, an HR specialist (Human Resources) is an employee who manages human resources in a company, which always goes beyond attracting personnel and has wider functionality than a recruiter.
In this way:
- Every recruiter is an HR specialist, but not every HR specialist is a recruiter, since recruitment is only one of the functions of HR.
- In many companies today, the boundaries between the functions of a recruiter and an HR specialist are so blurred that often these functions are performed by several employees of the HR department at once.
So different but so similar
What special skills of an HR specialist will be useful in recruiting:
- Developed communication skills;
- Teamwork skills;
- Ability to listen to the interlocutor;
- Marketing skills;
- Time management skills;
- Attention to details;
- Multitasking.
Team Working & communication
A recruiter can be both part of a team and an invited professional, however, in the first and in the other case, he or she needs to make the most accurate description of the vacancy, as well as a portrait of the desired employee, and therefore close cooperation with team leaders, managers, and with each member of the company. This is an obligatory part of the work of a recruiter and this communication should be established as soon as possible with the maximum effect for the common cause.
Marketing component
Any worthwhile business will work and develop exclusively in conditions of mutual love, and therefore the task of a recruiter is not just to find the right person with the right set of competencies, the right age and gender, taking into account all the nuances of the company, but “to sell” the dream job to a high-level professional who can reveal all the potential in this particular place, and, accordingly, tune all parties to this mode of mutually agreeable cooperation.
Time Management & multitasking
Recruitment is not for the weak, but for very active, collected, self-organized and positive, because the number of tasks and communication within one day can literally blow the roof, because it is so important to be able to correctly plan your time up to a minute, and it is important to do it wisely not to the detriment of your health. Good recruiter:
- Resolves most issues immediately without delay
- Responds to messages and calls immediately
- Does not avoid personal meetings
- Always keeps notes of his interviews, noting key points
- Takes the contact details of everyone with whom it contacts during the day
- Constantly working on the growth and development of his communication network, as active networking is the main source of effective recruitment
- Not afraid of free consulting and participation in various projects
- Constantly improves and upgrades his skills literally in everything: from mastery of software and the latest gadgets to mountain biking
Monitors his well-being and appearance, as he or she is a potential representative of the corporate style of a particular company, or even several companies at the same time
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