The primary responsibility of a recruitment manager is to find suitable employees. He or she works closely with his or her company’s human resources (HR) department to understand the company’s hiring needs. A recruitment manager’s regular work activities include directly seeking job candidates, screening resumes, and adhering to employment laws.
The primary focus of the recruitment manager’s job is to focus each day on the company’s hiring needs. He or she typically uses a computer to post online ads aimed at qualified candidates. As part of their job, recruitment managers may be required to travel. They frequently create company brochures and distribute them to prospective employees at college campuses or job fairs, along with their business cards. Following up with interested candidates after they contact them, the recruitment manager responds and guides them through the interview process.
Typically, hiring managers will request that interested candidates submit their resumes first. Typically, a recruiter reads through a stack of resumes in one sitting and saves the ones that show promise. He or she will check references and educational information for each of these. Following that, recruitment managers will frequently contact the applicants who have been narrowed down for an interview. In order to comply with the law, the manager may be required to ensure that all job applications are kept on file with the company for a specific period of time.
The first interview with the short list of job candidates is usually conducted by either an HR representative or a recruitment manager. This initial interview will most likely be conducted over the phone. The number of applicants would then be reduced once more. This short-listed job applicant group is usually shared with HR as well as the manager or supervisor of the department requesting an employee. At this stage of the process, successful applicants are invited back for a second interview with the hiring department manager; group interviews are common at this stage.
The hiring managers may give the recruitment manager feedback on the applicants, particularly the one who was chosen. Recruiting managers typically keep records, and knowing who they’ve hired in the past can help them in the future. To avoid issues like discrimination, recruitment managers must keep up to date on the latest employment and hiring laws in addition to keeping records. They must also conduct criminal record checks if the information on a resume appears to be missing or suspicious.