As a recruiter, you need to look out for the cream of the crop, the very best of best that deserve that placement in the company. However, in order to recruit the best among the candidates, you have to be the best that you can as well.

It’s not an overnight transformation to be a highly capable recruiter but years of hard work, practising and honing your skills. But, while there may be no instant transformation, here are some habits and traits you can adopt to better mould yourself into the best recruiter there is.

Form a Personal Connection

As the first point of contact for the candidate from the company they’re applying to, you want to make a good impression. You want to make candidates feel comfortable and at ease when talking to you so that they’d be more inclined to accept a position. A good work environment is something everyone desires and by projecting a personal and authentic vibe, it shows that to be the case at your company.

Checklists are Key

Fulfilling a task is an incredibly satisfying feeling for anyone especially when you have an organized checklist to tick off tasks one by one. Properly maintaining a proper list of tasks for each day brings motivation to keep close to the scheduled times and feel better for doing so.  Keep your list personalized to your regular behaviour and while being ambitious is good, never overburden yourself by making tasks too much or too rigorous.

Master your Outreach

You need the highest quality ingredients to make the most delicious dishes and you need your outreach to be truly enticing to hook the most qualified candidates. To extrapolate on the first point mentioned, personalizing your outreach message to different candidates or groups will give your message a greater authenticity than others.

Have a Thorough Understanding of your Company 

A great recruiter will know the company’s wants before they can even be conveyed and to do that effectively, an inside-out understanding of your workplace is required. Being knowledgeable about various fields, processes and work pattern your company employs as well as the reception of the company from other employees will give you the proper understanding to know what to look out for in a candidate.

Heavily Utilize Social Media

LinkedIn is pretty well known and used when it comes to businesses and applicants but every social media platform can be used as a tool to bolster your outreach. Using these platforms to give a behind the scenes look at your company’s work environment and its many positives can profoundly increase the attractiveness of the jobs you’re recruiting for.

Be Proactive about Referrals

Rather than wait for your colleagues to come to you with a referral, go to them about it. Ask if they know anyone on the lookout for jobs or maybe not quite happy with their current ones and then try to meet with them even if only for a few minutes. Present yourself as the opportunity they’ve been looking for even if they aren’t and ingrain yourself I’m their headspace so that if they ever switch things up, you’ll be at the top of their mind.

A good recruiter can efficiently secure great candidates when they’re approached by them, however, a great recruiter can efficiently find and bring great candidates into the fold.  The difference in approach, time management and avenues of investment are what ultimately create this separation, a separation that hopefully, these few tips can help you close. Don’t forget to comment below if you wish to add more to the conversation.

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Shawn Zuzarte

Shawn holds a B.Tech Degree in Computer Science and is truly a fan of all things electronics, computers and cars. Has a great love for writing, especially when it comes to analyzing and breaking down films and video games.