Recruiter 101
This stage of the recruiting process involves reviewing resumes and selecting potential candidates for interviews.
What is the screening stage?
Hiring managers sometimes struggle to craft this document that outlines the key responsibilities and qualifications for a vacant position.
What is a job description?
Candidates ask this question when they want the recruiter to match them with a job instead of doing it themselves.
What is "Do you have any open positions that match my background (or resume or skills)"?
Candidates speak about this skill when they boast about their "synergy" with colleagues, and recruiters might wonder if they're referring to a team dynamic or an impromptu musical number.
What is teamwork or collaboration?
This person is known as the "first recruiter" or "father of recruitment" by co-founding the world's first recruitment agency.
Who is Edwin Miller? A 17th century Englishman.
During interviews, candidates are often asked this type of question to assess their ability to handle specific situations or challenges.
What are situational/behavioral/structured interview questions?
Hiring managers often conduct these sessions that drag on for days and/or weeks, against our recommendations, and involve a series of questions about the candidate's background, experience, and skills.
What are interviews?
A question that candidates often ask referring to the work location, although this information is included in the job posting (but they don't read it).
What is "The posting says remote but I got an email stating my state is not eligible. Why"?
Some candidates claim to have a "black belt" in this skill, suggesting a level of expertise that goes beyond the typical professional realm. What is this skill that brings martial arts into the workplace?
Multitasking or time management
The longest job interview in history lasted for this amount of time, making it an extreme example of commitment.
What is 55 years?
This tool is commonly used to evaluate a candidate's skills and knowledge through a set of tasks or exercises.
What is a skills assessment?
This stage of the recruiting process is completed after conducting interviews and involves the hiring manager gathering feedback from seemingly every person within the organization before they make their decision. Sometimes they lose candidates for taking too long.
What is the candidate evaluation or selection process?
When a candidate wants to know the status of their application but doesn't ask it directly so they beat around the bush.
What is "Is anything else needed from me at this time?"
SUPRISE SQUARE
You get 100 points.
The concept of the "Elevator Pitch" originated from recruiters who needed a quick and concise way to do what?
What is to introduce a candidate to a potential employer or client?
Before extending a job offer, employers often check this to verify a candidate's background, work history, and qualifications.
What is the candidate's background?
Hiring managers don't always use or know how to use this professional networking platform that allows users to showcase their professional experience, connect with colleagues, and build a digital resume.
What is LinkedIn?
This question is asked by internal candidates, often as soon as the job is posted. It often opens the door for additional conversations about this topic.
What is "What is the salary grade for this position?"
SURPRISE SQUARE
You lose 100 points.
The term "headhunter" in recruiting has its origins in this ancient practice where trophies were collected.
What is headhunting? An ancient practice of collecting enemy heads as trophies.
This term refers to the final stage of the recruiting process where a job offer is extended to the selected candidate.
What is the job offer stage?
This essential document or list, oftentimes created by the hiring manager, outlines the skills, qualifications, and characteristics that an ideal candidate should possess. It may include items that have nothing to do with the qualifications for the role.
What is a candidate profile or an ideal candidate profile?
After applying, a candidate may ask this question and can sometimes be rude or argumentative. Asked more by internals than externals.
What is "I met the qualifications so why wasn't I selected?"
Some candidates claim to have "ninja-like" skills in this area, suggesting a stealthy and agile approach to a particular aspect of their work. What is the skill that turns candidates into workplace ninjas?
What is problem-solving?
The world's first job board, created in 1994, was dedicated to connecting candidates with jobs in this specific industry.
What is the technology industry?