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 | Senior Manager Talent Acquisition | Synovus | |
| Simone Press | Recruiting LA | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | CyberGRX |
| Alexandra Moore | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Head of Talent | Credera |
| Richard Sternin | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Strategic Recruiting Projects | EY |
| Devin Parrish | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Honor |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Becky Gramenz | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Open to Opportunity | |
| Katherine Amato | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center | |
| Diana Maronen | Sr. Recruiter | Ember | |
| David Zandueta | Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Keck Medicine of USC | |
| Ariel Burkhart | Director of Recruiting | OpenTable | |
| McKenzie Sutton | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution | |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Talent Acquisition Manager | Bluebeam | |
| Mike Crosby | Senior Talent Partner | Age of Learning / ABCmouse.com | |
| Ahna Thorstenson | Recruiter | Uber | |
| Elaine Dewitt | Contract Recruiter | HonorHealth | |
| Ann Lillquist | Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter | Smiths Medical - Wallace | |
| Zachary Eggers | Manager, Talent Acquisition | AEG | |
| Brooke Blakely | Senior Recruiter | Zest AI | |
| Brian Glickman | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Showpad | |
| Robin Kohls | Talent Acquisition Recruiter | Cargill/Versique | |
| Cara Schaeffer | Talent Acquisition Leader - Content, Music, Creative, Marketing & BD | Tiktok | |
| Shandee Ewert | New Grad | New Grad | |
| Kathy Borum | Recruiting Manager | Bargain Hunt Superstores | |
| Antonia Ndi | Sr. Recruiter | Academic Partnerships | |
| Sylvia Correa | Sr. Talen | Capital Group | |
| Natalya McCool | Senior Recruiter | Berkeley Lab | |
| Donnie Lewis | Talent Acquisition Business Partner (Mgr) | Executive Search | Abbott | |
| Rachel Meyer | Enterprise Sales Recruiter | Raystar Partners | |
| Lisa Wrezel | Talent Acquistion Manager-Sourcing | Centric Consulting | |
| Denise Ward | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering | |
| Jacqueline Corrado | Technical Recruiter | SpaceX | |
| Tim Strandberg | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Datavail | |
| Denise Estep | Senior Recruiter | Automation Anywhere | |
| Katie Stevens | Recruiting Chicago | Director, Global Talent Acquisition | GE Healthcare |
| Simone Press | Recruiting LA | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | CyberGRX |
| Roseanne Donohue | Recruiting NYC | Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, North America | Radware |
| Karen Goers | TA Leaders | Director of Human Resources | William Blair |
| Malia Jorgensen | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Sonos, Inc. |
| Michel Deschapelles | TA Leaders | Head of Recruiting; Talent Advisor : Overwatch/Diablo | Altimetrik |
| Nick Clagnaz | TA Leaders | Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition | Broadridge |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Michelle Sickles | TA Leaders | Business Manager / Director of Human Resources | LiquidAgents Healthcare |
| Heidi Gorman | TA Leaders | Senior Executive Recruiter/Human Resources Consultant | American Auto Shield |
| Diane Mariuzza | TA Leaders | Principal Recruiter | Paramount |
| Alexandra Moore | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Head of Talent | Credera |
| Karen DiGenova | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition | Columbia Sportswear Company |
| Crystal Brown | TA Leaders | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Americas Head of Talent Acquisition | BSI |
| Chris Helvajian | TA Leaders | Associate Recruiter + Sourcer | BetterUp |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director, Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
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.
