Many organizations that try to hire and retain qualified employees without the help of a human resources (HR) professional quickly learn that HR training and expertise are critical to success. In the long run, hiring and, more importantly, retaining the right person for the job saves an organization a significant amount of time and money. Because competent HR is so important to an organization’s success, there are a variety of HR recruitment jobs available in both recruitment firms that are outsourced by businesses and HR divisions or departments within businesses.
Recruitment firms such as Adecco and Manpower, also known as “head hunters” or “employment agencies,” have a number of HR recruitment jobs that need to be filled within their own firms so that they can fill staffing orders for their clients. At the entry level, recruitment firms frequently hire HR assistants who are in charge of greeting and evaluating incoming job seekers, whether they are looking for work on a temporary or full-time basis. These entry-level HR recruitment jobs typically entail arranging for job seekers to take computer tests and other assessments, explaining the agency’s hiring process to them, and entering the job seeker’s resume information and assessment results into the firm’s database.
HR recruitment jobs are also available at recruitment firms for high-level personnel who oversee client orders and communicate with clients to determine what they want in an employee. Salespeople who actively seek out new clients and offer to handle their staffing needs can also apply for HR recruitment jobs. HR recruitment jobs are available for accountants and receptionists at recruitment firms, in addition to managers and assistants who deal directly with clients and job seekers.
Organizations that do not outsource their HR needs usually have an internal HR department, which necessitates a number of HR recruitment positions. HR assistants are entry-level employees in HR departments who are responsible for receiving and organizing resumes, scheduling interviews, evaluations, and other meetings, and ensuring that new hires have received and submitted a checklist of new hire items. HR recruitment jobs for managers are available at the higher levels of HR departments, where they make final hiring, layoff, and termination decisions, oversee promotions and raises, and mediate inter-personnel legal disputes.