Core Competencies in a Good Recruiter

With our experience in Recruitment field, we have identified some of the very important core competencies in a good recruiter, following is brief about it:

Listening Skills: Great Recruiting is about engaging people, understanding what motivates them and then presenting them the right opportunity.

Persuation: Recruiters should be able to convince candidates to consider openings above all others

Counseling: The Best recruiters are  career counselors.

Persistence: Things always go wrong, good recruiters should be able to forge ahead despite negativity and conflict.

Risk Taking: Getting names, pushing the envelope and trying new things are part of the job.

Savvy: Be street smart, have lots of common sense, have lot of ingenuity and be quick on the feet.

Great Phone Skills: Using verbal skills alone, recruiters must be able to present the most compelling case.

Networking Ability: Recruiters must be able to generate a stream of great names from everyone they meet.

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