Comments - Shouldn’t HR be able to recruit their own people? - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T20:55:37Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A944907&xn_auth=noI had to laugh when an HR dir…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-05-11:502551:Comment:9454252010-05-11T20:13:19.850ZGina Cleo Bloomehttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/GinaCleoBloome
I had to laugh when an HR director at my prior employer had a position open reporting to her and instead of giving it to the Recruiting Team to work on she refused to let us post it and handed it to a retained search firm. When I suggested that our team had nearly 100 years of sourcing experience and that there were more than a few of us who were very well networked in the local HR market, and that we could have saved a fee, she smiled and shined me on. And then hired someone internally who has…
I had to laugh when an HR director at my prior employer had a position open reporting to her and instead of giving it to the Recruiting Team to work on she refused to let us post it and handed it to a retained search firm. When I suggested that our team had nearly 100 years of sourcing experience and that there were more than a few of us who were very well networked in the local HR market, and that we could have saved a fee, she smiled and shined me on. And then hired someone internally who has never been in HR!<br />
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If we behave this way as HR people, what right do we have to tell our hiring managers outside HR what to do? I really appreciate Ryan's co…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-05-11:502551:Comment:9452952010-05-11T17:00:24.380ZChris Hofstetterhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChrisHofstetter
I really appreciate Ryan's comments bringing forth the overload of responsibilities that a HR Manager or Dept. has to deal with on a day to day basis. Also worth mentioning is their focus being on protecting assets and legal issues whereas line management is concerned about the bottom line or the business end of the spectrum thus hiring the best possible candidate in the largest pool to choose from.
I really appreciate Ryan's comments bringing forth the overload of responsibilities that a HR Manager or Dept. has to deal with on a day to day basis. Also worth mentioning is their focus being on protecting assets and legal issues whereas line management is concerned about the bottom line or the business end of the spectrum thus hiring the best possible candidate in the largest pool to choose from. Firstly great post and I thin…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-05-11:502551:Comment:9449612010-05-11T00:51:17.913Zryan morphetthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ryanmorphett
Firstly great post and I think you have described the two roles effectively.<br />
I do think however the common misconception out there is that recruitment is a HR function.<br />
Human Resource professionals in today’s companies have a wide scope of work to deal with; effectively the HR department has become the area that deals with everything that doesn't fit anywhere else. So the role can become overwhelming, you have performance management, remuneration management, industrial relations, Equal…
Firstly great post and I think you have described the two roles effectively.<br />
I do think however the common misconception out there is that recruitment is a HR function.<br />
Human Resource professionals in today’s companies have a wide scope of work to deal with; effectively the HR department has become the area that deals with everything that doesn't fit anywhere else. So the role can become overwhelming, you have performance management, remuneration management, industrial relations, Equal opportunity legislation, discrimination and harassment policies, actually policies and procedures for every part of staff management, retention and training. These are just to name a few.<br />
You are also correct that many companies are hiring Recruitment Professionals to work as part of their HR teams with the sole purpose of being proactive in their recruitment and finding passive candidates etc. This will become more and more prevalent over time, but given restrictions the Internal Recruitment consultant cannot put the focus on a role an external consultant can, given the large number of roles they need to fill. So they will out-source to specialist recruiters for the work.<br />
This is the way of the future and you will see HR and internal recruitment becoming separate functions, with outsourcing happening on specialist roles.<br />
Thanks and Be Awesome<br />
Ryan<br />
You can find me on linked in at 'Australian Recruitment Professionals'