{"id":17199,"date":"2013-02-25T14:22:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=17199"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:13:01","slug":"what-makes-a-good-recruiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-good-recruiter\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Good Recruiter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes working as a recruiter is a thankless job where the search and job requisition load never ends.\u00a0 That requisition load is growing with Fortune Magazine reporting that the 100 Best Places to work have over <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/magazines\/fortune\/bestcompanies\/2011\/index.html\">150,000<\/a> jobs to fill.\u00a0 What makes a good recruiter is important as they can anticipate needs and use their network to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/5-reasons-great-leaders-attract-top-talent\/\">top talent<\/a> making the job look easy.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/we-want-you-3.jpg\" alt=\"recruiting 101\" width=\"360\" height=\"398\" \/><\/b>Good Recruiters Ask Questions.\u00a0 <\/b>Good recruiters ask questions about the role they are looking to fill.\u00a0 Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">recruiters<\/a> realize that a job description isn\u2019t always a comprehensive list of the job responsibilities or serve as a laundry list of qualifications. Good recruiters ask questions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/interviewing-and-hr-delegate-or-collaborate\/\">hiring manager<\/a> as well as the candidate.\u00a0 They dig deeper and take pride in their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Good Recruiters Experiment and Take Risks.\u00a0 <\/b>One of the things I love about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/the-best-of-social-media-recruiting\/\">social media recruiting<\/a> is how innovative and exciting it has made the industry.\u00a0 Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">recruiters<\/a> take the time to hone their skills and try new and experimentally things.\u00a0 Equally important, a good recruiter knows when to walk away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Good Recruiters Build Relationships.\u00a0 <\/b>Whether it\u2019s with the recruiter, hiring manager or new hires, good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">recruiters<\/a> focus on leveraging connections and building new contacts that lend results in the long term.\u00a0 They are deepening their connections from online platforms such as LinkedIn by making phone and in person contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Good Recruiters Focus on Efficiency.\u00a0 <\/b>Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">recruiters<\/a> are numbers driven and look at hiring metrics like cost per hire or time to fill.\u00a0 They understand that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/hiring-economics-101\/\">economics of hiring<\/a>\u00a0demands the highest quality candidates at the least amount of cost. A good recruiter should be able to explain while this candidate is a fit and why the cost and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/what-time-is-it-time-to-hire\/\">time to hire<\/a> is a great market rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Good Recruiters Take Pride in Their Job.\u00a0 <\/b>Good recruiters take failure personally, looking to learn from their mistakes and improve their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/SmartRecruiters\/from-good-to-great-what-drives-quality-of-hire\">quality of hire<\/a> and procedures.\u00a0 Recruiting is an art as well as science that takes a combination of traits and talents in which to excel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good recruiters are thankful.\u00a0 They\u2019re humble and willing to learn. Good recruiters juggle the tasks of talent sourcing and candidate management to make great hires in a timely manner.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/why-hr-should-collaborate-with-recruiters\/\">Collaborating with good recruiter<\/a> could be the difference in your talent acquisition strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/115.png\" alt=\"Jessica Miller Merrell Blogging4Jobs\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/115.png 115w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/115-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/>Jessica\u00a0Miller-Merrell, SPHR is a workplace and technology strategist specializing in social media. \u00a0She\u2019s an author who writes at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogging4jobs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging4Jobs<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">SmartRecruiters<\/a>\u00a0is the hiring platform with everything you need to source talent (including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/weekly-update-agency-management-for-companies\/\">recruiting agency management feature<\/a>), communicate with candidates and make the right hire.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes working as a recruiter is a thankless job where the search and job requisition load never ends.\u00a0 That requisition load is growing with Fortune Magazine reporting that the 100 Best Places to work have over 150,000 jobs to fill.\u00a0 What makes a good recruiter is important as they can anticipate needs and use their [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[841],"tags":[448,78,560],"series":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/we-want-you-3.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Podcast-icon.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hiring-success-podcast\/id1472174987","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXJpbmdzdWNjZXNzcG9kY2FzdC5jYXN0b3MuY29tL2hpcmluZy1zdWNjZXNzLXBvZGNhc3Q","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"soundcloud":{"key":"soundcloud","url":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smartrecruiters\/sets\/hiring-success-podcast-1","label":"SoundCloud","class":"soundcloud","icon":"soundcloud.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3bM8YzLjM2G9qJXLBBySaB","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sV3nGxI3KZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-good-recruiter\/\">What Makes a Good Recruiter?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-good-recruiter\/embed\/#?secret=sV3nGxI3KZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;What Makes a Good Recruiter?&#8221; &#8212; SmartRecruiters Blog\" data-secret=\"sV3nGxI3KZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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