Entry-Level Positions For Aspiring Technical Recruiters
For undergraduate students aiming for entry-level recruiting roles, Kristin, a Technical Recruiter, recommends starting with "agency recruiting positions" to gain a strong foundation—a "year of experience" will provide valuable skills. This experience is then highly transferable to internal corporate recruiting roles, which many companies value.
Agency Recruiting, Internal Recruiting, Career Transition, Recruiting Skills, Networking
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Kristin Gonzales
Technical Recruiter
Entertainment Technology Fortune 100
University of San Diego
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Psychology
Technology
Human Resources (HR)
None Applicable, Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Agency recruiting positions offer valuable, fast-paced learning, providing a strong foundation for a recruiting career.
2. A year of agency recruiting experience can be highly beneficial, even if it's seen as a stepping stone to an internal role.
3. Internal recruiting positions, focusing on fewer companies, are often preferred after gaining agency experience.
Transcript
What entry-level positions are there in this field that an undergraduate college student might consider?
Okay. Well, I would say if your goal is just to be a recruiter, and we're not trying to do a recruiter/HR professional hybrid, I would say that agency recruiting positions are probably the way to go. This is not me saying stay there longer than necessary.
I would say get a year of experience. You will learn a lot in a very short amount of time. If you tell yourself it's just for that year sprint, I promise you, you're going to learn a lot.
Then the goal would be to flip over into a more internalized position where you only have to focus on one or two companies. Versus being an agency recruiter, you could have eight to 10 companies that you're working with.
It's a little bit more businessy than being internal, but a lot of internal companies appreciate that experience. So I would say get a really good foundation there and then move on.