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if you can ever spare the money in the future and once you have more experience, get a professional
resume writer to write your resume. Again, there is always an exception to the rule…so as a by-product
of recruiting for a long time, recruiters can point out some good tips OR there are recruiters who enjoy
this and who do write very well or may have plenty of spare time to write or revise resumes. If a Recruiter
is writing your resume, they are doing a favor to you. This is not an expected task for a Recruiter.
Does the Recruiter come up with that job?
A Recruiter doesn’t usually create the requirements for a
position. It is up to that Program Manager or Dept. Head or Business Owner to define their workforce.
We support that hiring authority by providing the people to work within it. I will caveat this and say that
a business might not have an official Recruiter to do their recruiting. This often depends upon the size of
the company. Smaller companies, startups, and the like, will have employees who wear a lot of different
hats and be “unofficial” recruiters until they are at a certain growth level. As an additional note, if a
company has become large enough that that company decides to hire a Recruiter then this might be an
indicator that they are becoming more successful
Isn’t a Recruiter my Career Counselor OR Adviser?
A Recruiter is not a Career Counselor. I believe this
is a position that even requires a specialized degree. A Career Counselor is trained and fully prepared to
assist someone as they develop their career or provide support as someone decides to change careers.
(Students, I’ve seen so many people ask recruiters for advice that a Career Counselor would be better
able to answer. Take advantage of any Career Counseling services offered by your University…especially
while it is easily accessible to you at this time). There are also quite a bit of solid Career Coaches out
there that you may want to consider speaking with as well. That said, the longer a Recruiter has been
involved in recruiting, especially within a specific industry…that Recruiter could certainly offer a solid
opinion that might help candidates as they search for jobs. I could probably offer some helpful tips for
candidates who are looking for IT jobs because I am a Technical Recruiter but if you ask me for tips for
getting a position in Nursing then I am probably not the most helpful person.
How does a Recruiter recruit?
While they may exist, there are few jobs where a candidate may be hired
based upon really wanting or needing a position or being exceptionally nice…Even if I really like you, I,
as a Recruiter, cannot select someone based on these factors alone. Relevant Education and Experience
are important too. (But I certainly try not to bring in mean people to the company I am recruiting for!)
Doesn’t the Recruiter Hire me?
This can be a little confusing as the words “recruiting” and the word
“hiring” are used so interchangeably. The Recruiter recruits and the Hiring Manager hires. The Recruiter
does not usually make the final hiring decision. This means that the Hiring Authority or Hiring Manager
(the Manager of a program or project or a division) is the one that usually makes the candidate selection.
However, it is the Recruiter that oftentimes has themost communicationwith the candidate and therefore
the recruiter often does provide input and can influence that decision making process.
If a Recruiter says I’m good, does that mean I’m in for sure?
While a Recruiter is expected to have
general knowledge of the company he/she recruits for, a recruiter (on the same recruiting team) is not
going to know another Recruiter’s openings as well as the recruiter who “owns” those positions. We
can pass the resume on to our recruiting colleagues. We can mention that you applied to a particular