Twelve months ago I made the transition from agency to in-house recruitment, and I had a whole bunch of preconceived ideas about what life would be like on ‘the other side.’ Some right, some wrong and some that I hadn’t even considered.
Whether you’re considering a move to internal recruitment or just want to get a better idea of life as an internal recruiter, hopefully this list of differences will help.
1. You become close (real close) with hiring managers
2. You don’t earn commission anymore...
3. ...But there’s no more business development
4. But there is HR, legal, hiring process and strategy, budgeting, marketing, reporting, planning etc.
5. You are no longer hiring for multiple companies. It’s you and the company building a future together.
6. You have to fill all positions. You cannot hide.
7. The phone times KPI doesn’t exist. Because it’s not the 80’s. And hiring managers don’t care how long you’ve been on the phone.
8. When a role is filled, you have a new colleague.
9. You get to work as a team to achieve hiring goals.
10. You have to reject applications. A lot of applications. So you may not always be popular.
11. As always though, whether it’s a formal interview or a phone screen, watch out for candidate bullsh*t.
12. And in-house recruitment is actually hard work. Who knew!?
After spending many years in agency recruitment, Joe Burridge is now an in-house Tech Recruiter for Hudl based in London, UK. He is also the creator of Joe Blogs and was identified as a LinkedIn Power Profile in Human Resources for 2015.
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