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Career Details :: Personnel Recruiters

Description

Seek out, interview, and screen applicants to fill existing and future job openings and promote career opportunities within an organization.

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Education

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Tasks

• Interviews applicants to obtain work history, training, education, job skills, and other background information.
• Hires or refers applicant to other hiring personnel in organization.
• Notifies applicants by mail or telephone to inform them of employment possibilities, consideration, and selection.
• Projects yearly recruitment expenditures for budgetary consideration and control.
• Corrects and scores portions of examinations used to screen and select applicants.
• Prepares and maintains employment records and authorizes paperwork assigning applicant to positions.
• Speaks to civic, social, and other groups to provide information concerning job possibilities and career opportunities.
• Assists and advises establishment management in organizing, preparing, and implementing recruiting and retention programs.
• Evaluates recruitment and selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical, and testing standards, and recommends revision as needed.
• Arranges for interviews and travel and lodging for selected applicants at company expense.
• Provides potential applicants with information regarding facilities, operations, benefits, and job or career opportunities in organization.
• Conducts reference and background checks on applicants.
• Contacts college representatives to arrange for and schedule on-campus interviews with students.
• Reviews and evaluates applicant qualifications or eligibility for specified licensing, according to established guidelines and designated licensing codes.

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Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression

General Work Activities

• Staffing Organizational Units
• Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
• Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job

Important Skills

• Speaking
  
• Active Listening
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Idea Generation
  
• Judgment and Decision Making
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Consequence of Error
• Indoors
• Frustrating Circumstances

Related Majors

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Career Development/Community Counseling	[ add ]
Classics Education	[ add ]
Communication/Instruction	[ add ]
Diversified Education	[ add ]
Earth Science Education	[ add ]
Economics for Educators	[ add ]
Education	[ add ]
Education Administration	[ add ]
Education Studies	[ add ]
Education/Art	[ add ]
Education/Early Childhood	[ add ]
Education/General Studies	[ add ]
Education/Human Services	[ add ]
Education/Organizational Administration	[ add ]
Educational Administration	[ add ]
Educational Administration/Supervision	[ add ]
Educational Leadership	[ add ]
Educational Leadership/Administration/Policy	[ add ]
Educational Leadership/Superintendent Endorsement	[ add ]
Educational Management	[ add ]
Educational Processes	[ add ]
Educational Research	[ add ]
Educational Research/Collaboration	[ add ]
Educational Studies	[ add ]
Elementary School Administration	[ add ]
Elementary School Guidance	[ add ]
General Education	[ add ]
Health Science Education/Evaluation	[ add ]
Human Factors	[ add ]
Human Resource Development	[ add ]
Human Resource Management	[ add ]
Human Resource Management/Development	[ add ]
Human Resources	[ add ]
Human Resources Administration	[ add ]
Human Resources Development	[ add ]
Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Human Resources/Training	[ add ]
Human Services Management	[ add ]
Industrial Relations/Human Resources	[ add ]
Industrial Relations/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Italian Education	[ add ]
Latin Education	[ add ]
Management of Human Resources	[ add ]
Management/Human Resources	[ add ]
Mathematics/Science Education	[ add ]
Organizational/Human Resource Development	[ add ]
Pre-veterinary Science	[ add ]
Professional Development	[ add ]
Professional Education	[ add ]
Professional Studies	[ add ]
Program Evaluation	[ add ]
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School Administration	[ add ]
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School Supervision	[ add ]
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Secondary School Guidance	[ add ]
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Institutions Offering Related Majors

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