Careers in Recruitment

If you are looking to start a career why not look atwhen 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 professionWhat does this job entail?
that is often misunderstood or misrepresented. InRecruiters must start to establish themselves within
fact, even a lot of people within similar industriestheir territory. Some recruiters specialize in a certain
know very little about the world of recruitment. Onekind of job (IT Recruiters for example) while as
of the main reason for this is that there are manyothers deal in a broader spectrum of jobs (Customer
different types of recruiters. There are corporateService, Executives, etc). You should start to
recruiters, contingency recruiters, etc. Let's dive intonetwork with different companies as well as
the different kind of recruiters and their jobemployees that might fit your criteria. To start
descriptions.establishing contacts you can cold call different
Corporate recruiters are basically employees of acompanies to get a recruiting contract with them.
company whose main job is to seek out and qualifyAfter 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 toposition. You can cold call employees at different
do the same job. They are usually known as thirdcompanies, post ads online, use various other
party corporate recruiters. There are several typesmarketing methods to land that deal.
of them and most are paid on some sort ofHow 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 companypercent of the new employees first year salary. So,
that they were hired by. There is a type of recruiterfor example if you land a candidate with a first year
known as the retained recruiter and they usuallysalary of $80,000 you might be able to get
have some sort of exclusive deal with the companyanywhere between $8,000 to $12,000 or even more
they are recruiting for. They usually have some sortdepending on the position.
of compensation before the hiring and recruitingRecruitment is a lucrative field for someone working
session. The rest of their fee is paid after hiring ahard and with the proper knowledge of their field. If
qualified candidate. Most retained recruiter searchesyou 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 knownrecruiter.
as contingency recruiter. They are only compensated