Recruiters should be real partners of managers who need to find suitable employees for their teams. It means the ability to initiate discussion and provide solutions, not just blindly fulfilling requirements. An article on ere.net described five most common types of managers with which recruiters come into contact and advises how to handle them.
1. Manager who believes that high unemployment rate means an automatic supply of quality candidates
In this case, managers must be familiar with the actual state of the labor market. Prepare, therefore, documents that will give managers clear picture of the labor market and help you to define common expectations.
2. Manager who believes that external recruitment agencies do a better job than internal recruiters
For such a manager, prepare a list of employment agencies with whom you have worked in recent years and compare their success to the success of internal recruitment.
3. Manager who is so busy that he has no time to recruit
Such managers must learn that the entire recruiting process can be easier for them when they provide as much information as possible to the recruiters. Recruiters can help them if they prepare a list of potential attributes and skills so that managers could ask only yes/no. Come to the first meeting with elaborated profiles of candidates.
4. Manager who wants to look committed and therefore requires information on everything that a recruiter do
Some managers will want to know how many resumes you have read or how many of the candidates have been excluded. You can avoid it if you, at the very beginning, agree on benchmarks to follow together. For example, you can submit a weekly report of your progress.
5. Manager who is in addition to his field also an "expert" on recruitment and will tell you how to do your work
Managers who know everybody in your industry and thus begin to exclude your candidates on the basis of rumors, can make your job very difficult. It is therefore necessary to use their knowledge to your advantage. If they want you to be involved in the selection of certain groups, ask any of the existing teams members to represent the manager.
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