Recruitment consultancy is a good career option

A small writing that I posted on our office blog - teamlease.blogspot.com

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A forward which I received about “Recruitment Consultancy being a good career option” from a colleague got me thinking about how many of us, really appreciate the industry that we are in, are proud to be putting people to work and partnering with clients to identify the right people. We, as Recruitment consultants make a difference – the difference to a candidate’s career and the difference to the client organization.Most of us take this opportunity as just a “Job” and treat it as a launch pad to get into “HR Generalist” or “HR Operations” positions, but fail to see that Recruitment position with a Consultancy could be a long term, successful and satisfying career option. The challenge of assisting and managing diverse people, meeting varied customer’s expectations consistently, counselling and helping freshers who are just out of college to professionals who are in between jobs to senior executives who are looking for the next big thing, keeps the ambitious and the driven, going. The adrenaline rush it gives to identify, convince and make a person join the client in time, cannot be experienced in other HR functions. Recruitment requires a consultative approach and has an essence of sales, contrary to the belief that it is only a HR function.The creative of the lot try out their hands in different ways of identifying the right fit, the one which impressed me the most, is a methodology using Google extensively. One person who comes to my mind is Jim Stroud, a “Searchologist” with an expertise in the full life-cycle placement of Executive and Technical personnel, in his blog “The Recruiter’s Lounge”, talks about “Resume Forensics” – How to find resumes on the Internet. Man, that’s one creative and a very efficient method of using Google. You can actually get a copy of the same on his blog.To make a great career in recruitment, the key competencies required are being Competitive, Motivated, extensive relationship management (candidates and clients) and persistence.So you are in the right track ...Good luck.
TO ADD:
There are newer ways emerging in e-recruitment today, apart from the job portals, the networking and Google ways. I thought of sharing 2 such ideas with all, and in no means trying to promote them :)1. V3Jobs – http://www.v3jobs.com/, an online portal brought to you by HireCraft Software Pvt Ltd. A job seeker collaboration portal having managed profiles that can be used for internal use and share the profiles to other staffing companies on a revenue sharing basis. In simpler words, a job seeker can have an advisor for life in choosing the right career options, not only from their clients but also from other agency’s clients, without having to contact / interact with multiple recruiters.
2. The Hiring Tool – http://www.thehiringtool.com/, is an innovative online Recruiting Marketplace that connects employers with a nationwide network of professional consultants in order to fill jobs faster and more efficiently than ever. The recruitment space is becoming more interesting and creative, with newer ideas coming out very often. People are daring to think different and dream big.
Let’s get our creative juices flowing and come up with newer ideas, and share the same on this blog.