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Ewa Karwacka
Student (University), United Kingdom
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The Role of the Recruiter in an Effective Recruitment and Selection Process
When we talk about the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection process, most of us think about assessing the candidate's competences.
In my opinion, the result or success of the selection process does not depend on the candidate's skills and experience only.
 We need to also consider these procedures from the point of view of the candidate:
- Does the recruiter's behavior make any difference?
- What is the impact of stereotypes?
- How can incorrect HR practices influence the decision of the candidate?
So my question is: in what ways does the recruiter affect the recruitment and selection process?
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Shruti Misra
Coach, India
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How Recruiters (have to) Work During a recruitment process, it is important for any recruiter to have in-depth knowledge of the job description that he/she is going to do interviews for. If he/she takes some time to learn and research the job description in question, then he will be well-equipped for head hunting.
In the present scenario, there is often not enough time for recruiters to go through the research aspect of the job description in depth, as there are several recruitment processes happening in parallel and there's too much competition to get the best guy for the job.
I believe this is the biggest issue we face as quite often we end up with employees who are either culturally or technically not fitting in and hence there is a high rate of attrition and dissatisfaction amongst employees.
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wallace
Consultant, Canada
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Gaff in the Recruitment Process @Shruti Misra: from a candidate's perspective I've had great experiences with recruiters and frustrating ones a well:
- The great experience was the one when the recruiter took the time to get to know me, helped me promote my strengths and vet out my weaknesses to position and prep me perfectly for the role that "I" was very interested in. That was my experience in NYC.
- In Canada, I'm dealing with an altogether different situation. The recruiters submit me along with 2 other candidates to the client. There is no transparency in the process and the candidate is made to feel that he/she is not presented as a unique and valued individual. I am vetted primarily by qualifications-- not personality or cultural fit or any other considerations. If you look good on paper, there's a good chance you'll get the interview. I think it's an unfavorable approach that certainly doesn't create the necessary trust between a candidate and the recruiter.
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Mahmoud, Saudi Arabia
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The Role of the Recruiter in an Effective Recruitment and Selection Process I can tell from my point of view as a candidate not as a recruiter, the process can be proactive between a candidate and a recruiter. A clear, informative, transparent and cultured candidate will affect or influence the recruitment and the selection process, and on the other hand an experienced recruiter will fully impact and influence the process and affect the decision of selection process.
So finally, it is a 2-way articulation process between recruiter and candidate.
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Choosing your Third Party Recruiter From reading the comments, it seems to me that it is of vital importance for candidates to choose their (external) recruiter very carefully.
Choosing a recruiter/headhunter should cover at least the following points:
1. Will they present me to potential employers in the best possible light?
2. How do they guide me in the job selection process? Were they positive and supportive or was it a case of there is the job are you interested?
3. Do they give you the impression that they are really interested in you, or is it simply a job?
Selection is such an important aspect of becoming employed that each and every potential candidate needs to consider carefully before acting. Poor selection of recruiter at this phase of employment could well have seriously negative effects on the candidates subsequent job satisfaction and even their potential "employability". Think before you choose and canvass different agencies before choosing.
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Claudiu Barna, Romania
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Person Character - Must Evaluate Interesting topic. The most important element for the company I work for is a person's character. So, the recruiter must evaluate also the whole of mental and moral characteristics of a person.
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debahooti basu
Teacher, India
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Recruitment is a Difficult Job Recruitment is one of the most difficult jobs in HR. Students are educated to give the desired answers and if the recruiter is not conscious enough then s/he can easily make a mistake and that will in future lead to turnover.
So the main focus of the recruiter needs to be to assess the core competency and also the interest of the candidate. Because a dissatisfied employee will never put in a 100% effort and the organization lose. Selection should be done with full dedication and analyzing of competence is a tiring job.
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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The Role of the Recruiter I was once interviewed for a position with Tesco. "What is it that makes you want to work for Marks and Spencer?" asked the recruiter. :-)
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julie steel, United Kingdom
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In what Ways Does the Recruiter Affect the Recruitment and Selection Process? Recruiter complacency (Editor ~ self-satisfaction) and cognitive bias can affect the process.
Unconscious biases can affect any recruiter because 'we like what we like' and this can affect our thinking, behavior and decisions about candidates.
Often recruiters get basic training and forget that they are recruiting practitioners who should seek to remain up to date and keep on increasing their own technical skills, knowledge and self awareness about their own biases and how that can affect process.
I wonder how many recruiters debrief after each recruitment process, have peer recruitment supervision/observation, a recruitment mentor etc.
It is a shame that recruiters are not more like coaches - I think they could take a lot from the way that professional coaches operate.
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K R Sethuraman
Professor, Malaysia
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Recruitment is a 2-way Street I have recruited more than 250 teaching staff for my university. We believe that indeed "recruitment is a 2-way street" and therefore the interview is more of idea sharing session. We find out the career goals of the interviewee and see if they can align with the varsity's needs. If there is a good match, the interview results in a win-win outcome.
However staff retention is another matter; their goals and aspirations change, and if HR can not meet them, they hop to the next job.
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kvssiyer
Consultant, India
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Recruiter Must Focus on Future Market and Future Job Needs Recruitment is the most vital aspect of a typical HR function. I believe recruiters should focus on and study the changing needs of the market place and of the job rather than the present level of mas...
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Kay Hempsall
Management Consultant, Australia
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Recruiter Capabilities: Self-Awareness, Long-term View I am aware of a number of recruitment processes where the recruitment team was unaware of their personal biases and where they were victim to concepts such as groupthink - I believe one of the most cr...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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The Impact of the Recruiter in Successful Job Interviews Mapping the value of a candidate with what the company requires (now and in the future) is complex and means the role of the recruiter is pivotal.
Stereotypes may influence the processes, because int...
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Grainne Pulver
Consultant, Ireland
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How Recruiters Influence the Hiring Process It is really important that the recruiter role models behaviours that align with the company culture.
In one interview I had, one of the recruiters behaved in a way that was adverse to what I believe...
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Lijsen
HR Consultant, Netherlands
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The Recruiter as a Guide and Coach Throughout the Project of Recruiting In popular management theories and new HR models, the recruiters is assigned to the task of not only selecting participants for the interview, but also finishing the whole process when finding the per...
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Rajesh Sharma, Nepal
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Roles of Recruiter in Selection Processes The recruiter must be free from all prejudice and personal biases, and see that the candidates fits the organization culture and system....
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Natarajan Ramanathan, India
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Role of Recruiter in Effective Recruitment Excellent topic! It is not just a successful interview that is needed, but it should be a good qualitative one as well. This is where the skill of the interviewer comes to the fore. It is knowledge of...
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Philip Dietschi
Student (MBA), Greece
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Recruiter and Candidate Should Both Try for Their Own Interest The interview is a negotiation meeting. The recruiter has to find the best person for the company and the candidate has to find the best company for his/her needs.
If the recruiter tries to find a j...
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Ahmed Khator
Manager, Kenya
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Role of Tribe of the Recruiter In my country, selection decisions are purely made on tribal lines before other qualifications are considered. You are the right candidate because you are from a certain tribe and that is why you can ...
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Grace Tuimaka Henry, Solomon Islands
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Nepotism in Recruitment @Ahmed Khator : Indeed, too much of silent nepotism (Editor ~ favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit) happens in recruitment even within the top management level. Recruiting one ethnic gr...
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juan camilo caballero
Entrepreneur, Colombia
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The Recruiter in the Recruiting Process The role of a company recruiter should be that of an expert and he should be knowledgeable of all internal processes. Often recruitment is done based on psychological tests, and that is a mistake beca...
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Vishal Acharya
Consultant, India
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Unclear or Missing Job Descriptions Many a times, the job description and job specification are not clearly demarcated to neither the candidate nor the recruiter.
Understanding the job requirements is very important for both to underst...
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Maree, South Africa
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Recruiters Taking Qualifications Above Experience In South Africa we have a situation where recruiters take qualifications only, and not experience into account when filtering candidates. This is dangerous as we are losing valuable skills gained thro...
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Jean Claude Perrault
Manager, South Africa
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Supporting the Recruiter to have a Professional Recruiting Process The job of recruiting starts long before the recruiting process:
1. The company must first establish the actual requirements for the position. What they think they want, and what they actually need, ...
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oyedeji
Student (Other), Nigeria
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Poor Understanding of Company Philosophy, Mission and Vision Under normal situation the recruiter should be aware of the philosophy, missions and vision of the organisation. This enables him to understand the job descriptions and specifications.
But in most c...
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Nana Serwaa Osei-Tutu, Ghana
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Issues of the Recruiter in the Recruiting Process The recruiter's behaviour (also) makes a lot of difference. Take this example:
A very confident candidate (a lady I know) came to an interview and was excited about the job. She smiled at the panel a...
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Kidist Yami
Accountant, Ethiopia
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Recruitment Policy? In the first place the recruiter should know the recruitment policy of the organization. The policy consists of:
- The minimum and maximum education level
- Work experience
- Department representat...
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
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Roles of a Recruiter in the Selection Process Some traditional top weighted things are:
- Honesty towards the organization and the candidate
- Accountability / responsibility assigned
- Sincerity towards organization and the candidate without ...
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Daniel Tweneboah, Ghana
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The Role of the Recruiter in Effective Recruitment and Selection Process The recruiter needs to know the key issues about the position to be filled exactly. Because by doing so ha becomes aware of the competencies that are needed for that particular role. This will then di...
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Amrita Das
HR Consultant
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The Role of the Recruiter in Recruitment and Selection Process Here are some guidance and tips for recruiters:
- The recruiter has to prepare by going through the job description and job specification to understand the requirements of the job.
- The recruiter ...
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bakker
Project Manager, Netherlands
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Poor Recruitment Expertise / Skills Recruiters often (not always) don't have a clue of what the client is really looking for. Old job descriptions are simply copied, forgetting that technology evolves.
Sometimes they really have no exp...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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WHY the Role of Recruiter is Pivotal The recruiter's role is pivotal because of:
- The combination of two powers he has: delegation power from the firm and arbitrary power which grows with the degree of freedom he has within the selecti...
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K.S.SUBRAMANIAM
Consultant, India
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WHY Often Recruiters are Ineffective It is observed that "a square peg in a circular hole" happens because the domain head - under whom the candidate has to work - does not provide a sufficient/ effective role definition to HR/recruiter....
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
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Role and Responsibilities of Recruiter Yes, a round peg fits into a square hole better than a square peg in a round hole. There are tools for modifications. Apart from this, speaking on the R&R of a recruiter, that may include:
- Focusing...
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Joe Great
Entrepreneur, Nigeria
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A Few Things to Consider to make Recruiters Succesful It's important for the Recruiter/HR to be professionally unbiased so as not to influenced the selection process to favour a candidate of his/her choice due to personal affinity.
The recruiter should...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Poor Knowledge of Recruiter of the Position @Bakker: you have presented a very valid concern. I suppose if a recruiter has limited knowledge in some field of expertise, s/he should be accompanied by a representative who has an in-depth knowledg...
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ABBAH EDACHE ESQ
Professor, Nigeria
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Role of Recuiter - Psychological Factor The recruiter must in addition to the traditional requirements, consider the psychological personality of the candidate. This is often indicated in the hobby declared by the candidate.
For example, t...
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haguma brian
Student (University), Uganda
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Obviously the Recruiter Must not Discriminate The recruiting desk should be free of any form of bias e.g. ethnic, religion, sex or even race.
All that matters is ability to work....
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ruth owoade
HR Consultant, Nigeria
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The Recruiters Role to the Organization and the Prospective Staff Member What's important is to understand what your client wants. No biases.
Work closely with line management and understand what skills can be traded off for what quality. Some may be nurtured (by trainin...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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In What Ways the Recruiter Affects the Recruitment Processes A recruiter may affect the recruitment process in various ways:
- reduce/extend recruitment task duration
- affect the content of the recruitment tasks using discretionary power
- alter the logic o...
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wallace
Consultant, Canada
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Headhunters Get Paid to do a Job @Mahmoud: I disagree. The one major difference is that a headhunter gets paid and the candidate, 9 times out of 10, is an object, a resource.
If a headhunter is getting paid by a client, then he or s...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Relationship is Built with Recruiter A relationship is started and solidified when hired by the recruiter. This is an important relationship, and in my estimation the recruiter should keep in contact with the employee, check in, see how ...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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The Role and Responsibility of the Recruiter @Kathryn Pawley Steiner: hi there Katherine, I agree with your sentiments. As we go through life, every person we meet will influence our future, even on a minute scale. The recruiter we choose should...
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phyllis MUKASA N
Student (University), Uganda
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The Role of a Recruiter Human resource manager is a pivotal in the recruit process. Therefore, he or she has the responsibility to identify the special abilities of the candidate and general that the organization has set. He...
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bakker
Project Manager, Netherlands
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2 Types of Recruiters (Internal and External) Reading through all the reactions, I notice that there is some confusion with the term 'recruiter'.
1. The (internal) recruiter hired by/or part of the company looking for staff
2. The (external) re...
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kvssiyer
Consultant, India
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The Role of the Recruiter in Recruitment There are many cases of musicians who gave their life to music. Likewise, we can also find cases of sportsmen who gave their life to sports or even writers and actors.
What make these people willing ...
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Ahmed Khator
Manager, Kenya
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Role of the External Recruiter My company recently used an external recruiter to head hunt a certain vacant post. After the exercise three candidates were to be presented to the company board for interview. Two were from other comp...
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Kevin M. Adolfo
Management Consultant, Philippines
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Recruitment: Hiring the Right Person for the Right Job The recruiter plays a vital role in the recruitment process. He/she establishes the recruitment process, which should basically be aimed to hire the right person for the right job.
In order to live u...
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kvssiyer
Consultant, India
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Recruitment: Assisting in Making the Right Choices for Life @Kevin M. Adolfo: I agree recruitment must not be selling a position or job, but it should be about identifying the right person for the job or even about (assisting in) making the right choice for li...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Role of the Outsourced Recruiter - the Internal Job @Ahmed Khator: I wonder if the outsourced recruiter has not done your firm a favour by removing the preconception that suitable candidates could only be found outside the company? All your workforce ...
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Tanaya
India
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Selection Process in Recruitment My opinion about the Recruiter (R) is that he is a mediator between the company and the applicant.
- The R receives the resumes and sorts them by matching skills.
- The R sends list to the recruitin...
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ABBAH EDACHE ESQ
Professor, Nigeria
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Recruitment Psychology I think that recruiting the right person for the job should, after the preliminaries of checking credentials and personal type of questions, go further to investigate the candidate's psychological mak...
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ANUJ KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA
Manager, India
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Two Kinds of Recruiters Playing Different Roles The HR person certainly plays a very important role in the process. There are basically two types of recruiters or ways of interviewing people:
1. A first kind of HR person is interested in knowing y...
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Raghu Raman, Sultanate of Oman
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Role of Recruiters Differs in Internal and External Recruiment Process We have to distinguish the Internal and the External Recruitment Process:
- Internal within the company
- External by consultants also part of the recruitment process.
The behavior of the recruiter...
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ANUJ KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA
Manager, India
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We Need to Combine the Strategies of Test as per Requirement @Raghu Raman: Thank you Sir. I agree to an extent. But practitioners now use software which records the behavior and carry out truth tests which is unknown to the candidate. This somehow helps in the ...
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kvssiyer
Consultant, India
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Extended Role Of Recruiter to Observe Candidate in Work Environment Even if you recruit the best candidates of the lot interviewed, it still does not guarantee a good performance from the candidate recruited. The recruited persons may have demonstrated the best of th...
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
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HR Practices-Recruitment/Selection All that I can further add to this is:
To-day business is changing fast. At the same time, implementing new HR practices takes time for any organization.
There are good reasons for this taking time,...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Balance Between Bureaucracy and Implementation There should be a balance between locating a useful new HR practice, even in a large organization, and implementation. Feedback is critical, processing the idea-the pros and cons, and implementing the...
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
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HR Practices/Recruitment and Selection I 100% agree with Madame KATHRYN STEINER as far as balancing act is concerned. A detailed examination will fetch many new thoughts for consideration....
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kvssiyer
Consultant, India
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The Background of the Recruiter May Influence Recruitment Recruitments could easily be influenced by the background and interests and inclinations of the recruiter.
For example, a recruiter with a predominantly mechanical engineering background with intense...
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
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Human Resources Audit To-day every business organization will have both short and long term goals. In order that these goals are rewarding and successful, O.D. Is essential. HR Audit is a part of it. It is a comprehensive ...
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Carlos Gonzalez
Manager, Spain
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The Recruiter Role in a Job Interview One of the problems that I have observed in the recruitment process is the bias that many interviewers have in thinking that they are in the center of the interview. The most important thing in an int...
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