1. Communication skills in recruitment
Employers are often the intermediary between candidates and companies. So their job is to communicate and ensure accurate information between the two parties. Without good communication skills, the recruitment process becomes very complicated.
2. Meticulousness and perfectionism
Not every position needs too much attention to detail, but this quality is especially necessary for employers. Because "talent is like autumn leaves", recruitment experts will have to observe carefully to choose the most worthy person among a "forest" of applications. For example, recruiting on Linkedin, you need to be very alert to choose the most suitable candidate!
Hiring the right people is better than hiring a lot of the wrong people. Meticulousness and perfectionism also help companies save on recruitment costs. However, if the balance is not known, HR will prolong the company's recruitment process.
3. Enterprise marketing skills when recruiting
As mentioned, talented candidates are relatively scarce, while recruitment demand is increasing, especially in hot industries such as IT, logistics, etc. Therefore, employers must be a talented marketer. to advertise and highlight the brand of the business in the eyes of potential candidates. From there, "sell" the job position to the most suitable person.
This human resource recruitment skill is also understood as how HR builds a recruitment brand. Thereby, candidates will feel the value that the company brings to them. These values benefit their careers without regard to money.
4. Time management skills
There are only 24 hours a day and the company always wants to recruit people for the vacancy as soon as possible. Recruitment professionals will have to know how to make the most of their time to find the best candidate within the allowed deadline.
Therefore, the application of technology to support HR work becomes more popular. Hiring management software can help HR screen resumes thoroughly. Moreover, help them enter data automatically, saving input time. From there, recruiters have more time for overall management.
5. Multitasking skills
Recruitment is a long process with many complicated stages. The recruitment process comes from posting job ads, filtering resumes, interviewing, communicating with managers, selecting and negotiating contracts... Meanwhile, employers have to connect with many candidates at the same time, everyone is at a different stage in the hiring process. Therefore, recruiters need to be able to multi-task and handle multiple tasks at the same time.
6. Organizational skills
During the recruitment process, the recruiter has to manage multiple candidates at different stages and apply for different positions at the same time. Without the necessary organizational skills, qualified potential employees can be left in the middle of a pile of applications.
7. Critical thinking
Sometimes, a hunch or a feeling can help an employer select a great candidate. But you shouldn't and can't rely on emotional choices all the time. Recruiters need to have critical thinking and logic to analyze situations, gather information and make the best decisions.
8. Listening skills
Employers need to listen to team members' opinions, candidate's aspirations and business requirements to know what each party is looking for from the recruitment. In particular, once you understand the candidate, you can ask deeper interview questions to understand them better, capture important information and make better hiring decisions.
9. Teamwork skills
Recruitment is a collective process. Even if you are the only recruitment officer in the company, you still need to work with other departments, talk to HR managers and experienced staff in the position you are recruiting to know. What does the company require from the candidate?
10. Creativity
Get a little creative to create memorable recruiting experiences, especially in the way you interview or connect with candidates. Use interesting and fun minigames, quizzes or tests to understand more about candidates, and motivate candidates for the next recruitment rounds.
11. Believe in yourself
Employers are often the first to contact candidates and show the face and culture of the company. If you are timid and unsure of yourself, it will affect the entire image of the company in the eyes of the candidate. On the contrary, if you show confidence and understanding, you will make a very good impression on the candidate about your company throughout the entire recruitment process.
With the explosion of technology today, in addition to the above skills, HR needs to know how to apply technology to improve their work efficiency. The reason is because the audience and recruitment habits have changed a lot.
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