| If you are looking to start a career why not look at | | | | when finding a successful recruit. They do not have |
| recruiting? What does a career in recruitment entail? | | | | any exclusive deals or territory with the hiring |
| In fact, what exactly is an recruiter? Let's find out. | | | | companies. |
| Recruiting also known as head hunting is a profession | | | | What does this job entail? |
| that is often misunderstood or misrepresented. In | | | | Recruiters must start to establish themselves within |
| fact, even a lot of people within similar industries | | | | their territory. Some recruiters specialize in a certain |
| know very little about the world of recruitment. One | | | | kind of job (IT Recruiters for example) while as |
| of the main reason for this is that there are many | | | | others deal in a broader spectrum of jobs (Customer |
| different types of recruiters. There are corporate | | | | Service, Executives, etc). You should start to |
| recruiters, contingency recruiters, etc. Let's dive into | | | | network with different companies as well as |
| the different kind of recruiters and their job | | | | employees that might fit your criteria. To start |
| descriptions. | | | | establishing contacts you can cold call different |
| Corporate recruiters are basically employees of a | | | | companies to get a recruiting contract with them. |
| company whose main job is to seek out and qualify | | | | After successfully landing a recruitment deal you now |
| potential new employees for their company. | | | | must start looking for suitable employee to fill |
| Sometimes, a company will hire a sub contractor to | | | | position. You can cold call employees at different |
| do the same job. They are usually known as third | | | | companies, post ads online, use various other |
| party corporate recruiters. There are several types | | | | marketing methods to land that deal. |
| of them and most are paid on some sort of | | | | How are you compensated and how much? |
| commission or performance based incentives. | | | | Recruiters are usually given between 20 to 30 |
| Recruiters are almost always paid by the company | | | | percent of the new employees first year salary. So, |
| that they were hired by. There is a type of recruiter | | | | for example if you land a candidate with a first year |
| known as the retained recruiter and they usually | | | | salary of $80,000 you might be able to get |
| have some sort of exclusive deal with the company | | | | anywhere between $8,000 to $12,000 or even more |
| they are recruiting for. They usually have some sort | | | | depending on the position. |
| of compensation before the hiring and recruiting | | | | Recruitment is a lucrative field for someone working |
| session. The rest of their fee is paid after hiring a | | | | hard and with the proper knowledge of their field. If |
| qualified candidate. Most retained recruiter searches | | | | you work hard and start making the right contacts |
| for high level and executive level jobs. | | | | you will enjoy a great and successful career as a |
| Majority of recruiters belong in the category known | | | | recruiter. |
| as contingency recruiter. They are only compensated | | | | |