What do you look for in a recruiter when you are building out your team?
This event is part of the “Let’s Talk Recruiting” series where a panel of recruiting practitioners get together online and have a conversation on a variety of topics related to corporate recruiting.
In today’s conversation…
Not all recruiters are created equal and each company seems to have their own culture that needs the proper “handling.”
If you are Talent Acquisition leader, what do you look for when hiring for your team.
Listen in to hear what out panel member’s companies look for in their recruiters.
Our Panelists…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Christine Brown | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Manager | Synovus |
| Simone Press | Recruiting LA | Whip Media Group | Whip Media Group |
| Alexandra Moore | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Credera |
| Richard Sternin | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Strategic Recruiting Projects | EY |
| Devin Parrish | TA Leaders | Senior Director of Recruiting | CSC Generation |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Lisa Wrezel | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Lead | Centric Consulting |
| Donnie Lewis | Recruiting Chicago | Executive Recruiter | Abbott |
| Brian Glickman | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Showpad |
| Katie Stevens | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Leader | GE Healthcare |
| Shandee Ewert | Recruiting Chicago | New Grad | New Grad |
| Antonia Ndi | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Partner | Academic Partnerships |
| Denise Estep | Recruiting Denver | Senior Talent Sourcing Recruiter G&A | Automation Anywhere |
| Rachel Meyer | Recruiting Denver | CEO | Raystar Partners |
| Tim Strandberg | Recruiting Denver | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Datavail |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Bluebeam |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Ariel Burkhart | Recruiting LA | Manager, Tech Recruiting | OpenTable |
| David Zandueta | Recruiting LA | System Recruiter | Keck Medicine of USC |
| Mike Crosby | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Partner | Age of Learning / ABCmouse.com |
| Zachary Eggers | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Partner | AEG |
| Brooke Blakely | Recruiting LA | Senior Recruiter | Zest AI |
| Cara Schaeffer | Recruiting LA | Recruiter | Tiktok |
| Jacqueline Corrado | Recruiting LA | Technical Recruiter | SpaceX |
| Sylvia Correa | Recruiting LA | Sr. Talen | Capital Group |
| Bez Rengifo | Recruiting LA | Sr. Manager / Director, People Services (HR Business Partner department) | Loma Linda University Health Care |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Simone Press | Recruiting LA | Whip Media Group | Whip Media Group |
| Diana Maronen | Recruiting LA | Recruiter | Ember Technologies |
| Ann Lillquist | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter | Smiths Medical |
| Robin Kohls | Recruiting Minneapolis | Talent Acquisition Recruiter | Cargill/Versique |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Kathy Borum | Recruiting Nashville | Recruiting Manager | Bargain Hunt |
| Roseanne Donohue | Recruiting NYC | Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, North America | Radware |
| Ahna Thorstenson | Recruiting NYC | Recruiter | Uber |
| Elaine Dewitt | Recruiting Phoenix | Contract Recruiter | HonorHealth |
| Natalya McCool | Recruiting SFBA | Recruiter | Berkeley Lab |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
| Karen Goers | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition - Investment Management | William Blair & Company |
| Karen DiGenova | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition | Columbia Sportswear Company |
| Crystal Brown | TA Leaders | Senior RTA Partner, AMERICAS Head of Resourcing & Talent Acquisition | BSI |
| Michel Deschapelles | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition & Contingent Workforce | Magic Leap |
| Nick Clagnaz | TA Leaders | Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition | Broadridge Financial Solutions |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Michelle Sickles | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | IFM Restoration |
| Kylee Piper | TA Leaders | Head of University Recruiting | Credit Karma |
| Heidi Gorman | TA Leaders | Vice President Talent Acquisition | Florida Autism Center |
| Malia Jorgensen | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Nortal US |
| Alexandra Moore | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Credera |
| Chris Helvajian | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Admissons & Recruiting FEMBA Program | University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business |
| Diane Mariuzza | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | RXR Realty |
We asked our attendees, “What one item would you make sure to include in a checklist when hiring a recruiter?”
These were the answers they gave…
- ability to be molded
- ability to work with different hiring teams
- ADAPTABLE.
- Coachable
- communication
- Communication style
- Curiosity
- Current or past scenarios that are currently happening in your organization and how they would handle it.
- Customer service experience
- Details of number and types of reqs
- Discussion about a challenging search where, in hindsight, the recruiter could have solved sooner whatever the challenges were.
- Education or Experience in Business Mkt, Communications
- Excellent communicator with understanding of the company mission and vision
- flexibilty
- Follow up skills
- good communication skills
- Grit
- Hard worker
- have them lead a sample interview
- How they do follow up
- Human-centered approach to identifying and hiring top talent
- LinkedIn Recruiter advanced searches
- Make sure they understand how to have a conversation and drive strategy around market data
- Open to continued learning
- open to hearing what others have to say
- Organization
- Positive attitude
- Relationship Building
- Resourceful
- Review the recruiters checklist.
- sourcing
- sourcing
- Sourcing and Pipelining experience
- Strategic business partner with a sense of urgency and follow up skills
- Strong negotiator
- Talent advisor
- Want a recruiter who has demonstrated exceptional talent building relationships with hiring managers and candidates.
