Personnel Recruiters

Seek out, interview, and screen applicants to fill existing and future job openings and promote career opportunities within an organization.

Job Task

• Recruit applicants for open positions, arranging job fairs with college campus representatives.
• Review and evaluate applicant qualifications or eligibility for specified licensing, according to established guidelines and designated licensing codes.
• Screen and refer applicants to hiring personnel in the organization, making hiring recommendations when appropriate.
• Address civic and social groups and attend conferences to disseminate information concerning possible job openings and career opportunities.
• Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures.
• Hire applicants and authorize paperwork assigning them to positions.
• Prepare and maintain employment records.
• Arrange for interviews and provide travel arrangements as necessary.
• Advise management on organizing, preparing, and implementing recruiting and retention programs.
• Conduct reference and background checks on applicants.
• Contact applicants to inform them of employment possibilities, consideration, and selection.
• Establish and maintain relationships with hiring managers to stay abreast of current and future hiring and business needs.
• Evaluate recruitment and selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical, and testing standards, recommending revision as needed.
• Inform potential applicants about facilities, operations, benefits, and job or career opportunities in organizations.
• Interview applicants to obtain information on work history, training, education, and job skills.
• Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Perform searches for qualified candidates according to relevant job criteria, using computer databases, networking, Internet recruiting resources, cold calls, media, recruiting firms, and employee referrals.
• Project yearly recruitment expenditures for budgetary consideration and control.
• Serve on selection and examination boards to evaluate applicants according to test scores, contacting promising candidates for interviews.
• Supervise personnel clerks performing filing, typing and record-keeping duties.

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