What is Recruitment

Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job.

For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.

Rich Peterson says the recruitment industry has 4 main types of agencies: employment agencies, recruitment websites and job search engines, "headhunters" for executive recruitment, and niche agencies for specialized areas.

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Comment by Sandra McCartt on September 15, 2013 at 9:58am: Richard, you asked for my suggestions.

Don't spam the site with a flood of blogs. This is a site for recruiters not candidates so interviewing tips are ignored. Defining what we do ie, recruiting and talent acquisition looks a little silly. Would you post on a site for tax professionals a definition of accounting or that tax accountants prepare tax returns.

If you want engagement blog about personal experiences as a recruiter or questions about specific situations. "how to" blogs are a dime a dozen and largely ignored.

Comment by Richard Peterson on September 15, 2013 at 2:43pm: Dear Sandra:

Thank you for your swift response.

I just landed on the site and wasn't entirely too sure who the "Audience" was.

Thank you for the clarification.

Comment by Derdiver on September 15, 2013 at 5:55pm: Richard, I would suggest reading the blogs on the site before adding any more definitions. Personally I want a human touch to writing and a reasoning behind it.

Comment by Richard Peterson on September 15, 2013 at 6:43pm: Dear Derdiver,

Agreed!

As you can see from my above comment, I just discovered RecruitingBlogs.com. I thought the, "audience was the immediate world."

I now know, it's for recruiters only and my hunch is that they know what it means already.

Unless I missed it, RecruitingBlogs.com should prominently display "For Recruiters and HR Professionals only," versus "burying it" on the bottom of the Home Page.

Thanks for the heads up.

Comment by Derdiver on September 15, 2013 at 7:13pm: No worries mate. Welcome and I look forward to more post from you. P.S. there can be a lag on here with comments being seen.

Comment by Richard Peterson on September 15, 2013 at 7:26pm: Dear Derdiver,

Looking forward to it.

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