{"id":505,"date":"2012-08-10T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=505"},"modified":"2012-08-10T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T16:35:49","slug":"4-qualities-of-a-great-recruiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/08\/10\/4-qualities-of-a-great-recruiter\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Qualities of a Great Recruiter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes a lot of work to find the best employees for your company, but that goal can be met a lot easier if you have a great recruiter on your HR team.<\/p>\n

So what makes someone a great recruiter as opposed to a mediocre one? In fact, there are several qualities that set high-performing recruiters above their lesser-performing counterparts.<\/p>\n

Here are four essential qualities of a great recruiter:<\/p>\n

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  1. Good salesperson<\/strong>\u00a0– Part of your job as a recruiter is to sell your company and your company\u2019s job openings to potential candidates. You have to sell the idea of working for your company in the same manner that you\u2019d sell someone a new product or service, which means you need to have the ability to prove why your company is so great and why someone will want to work there.<\/li>\n
  2. People person<\/strong>\u00a0– As a recruiter, it\u2019s inherent that you\u2019ll be dealing with people on a consistent basis, so you need to be comfortable interacting with all different types of people day in and day out. Since you will most likely be the first point of contact for a potential employee, your attitude and demeanor will essentially provide a first impression of the company, meaning that you need to be able to put on a happy face regardless of what might be going on in your personal life.<\/li>\n
  3. Organized<\/strong>\u00a0– There is a lot going on in the world of recruiting, from writing up job descriptions and reading resumes to calling people for interviews and conducting background checks on potential hires. So as a recruiter, you need to be extremely organized in order to keep track of all of these things, so you can ultimately get the job done.<\/li>\n
  4. Technologically inclined<\/strong>\u00a0– As we mentioned above, there are a lot of tasks that fall at the feet of recruiters, but luckily there are some great technologies out there to help them stay on track. Whether you\u2019re using your company\u2019s applicant tracking system (pcrecruiter.net<\/a>) to review resumes, scheduling interviews through Google Calendars, or conducting a background check, you need to know how to use the latest technology<\/a> in order to make your job more efficient.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Keep these important qualities in mind when hiring your company\u2019s next recruiter. With any luck, you\u2019ll snag someone who can entice some of the best employees out there to join your company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[25,59,77,57,23],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","tag-ats","tag-employment","tag-recruiters","tag-recruiting","tag-recruiting-software"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n4 Qualities of a Great Recruiter - PCRecruiter<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/08\/10\/4-qualities-of-a-great-recruiter\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Qualities of a Great Recruiter - 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