12 Alternative Career Choices After Recruitment

Sweta Singh
Aug 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Sometime back, while having a casual conversation during a get-together, a friend of mine asked me a question “What are other career alternatives after recruitment”. This question put me on thinking and I finally thought of writing a blog highlighting the areas where people can opt for after their years spent in recruitment career.

There is no doubt that working in recruitment industry gives you an immense amount of learning. As you get experience and grow, you acquire the skills and your progression starts from closing junior roles to senior and big billing roles and then may be followed by your own search consultancies. The best part is, some of the skills that good recruiters possess are really niche and make them invaluable resource for any company.

Here are some areas where these skills of yours can lead you to success.

  1. Public Relation jobs

If you dig dip in understanding the profile and role of PR of any company, the role majorly focuses on managing the reputation of the company and influence others opinion through media and communication. You recruitment career teaches you to sell your company to the candidate and vice versa. This experience of yours will help you positioning your company better in front of your audience.

2. Content Writing

Recruitment career gives you a wide exposure to different industries and gives you a chance to interact with professionals across levels and across geography. Those who have an interest in writing can utilize this versatile exposure and do quality content writing. In today’s digital space, you just need to search for companies who are looking for content writers.

3. Social Media

Being a good recruiter, you have got good exposure to social media. You have been using this platform for doing hiring for your clients, interacting with your candidates etc. If you are a social media expert, you can think of going for providing online services, consulting or a training in social media hiring.

4. Sales

Selling is again a good option for recruiters. If we talk about recruitment career, technically all recruiters end up doing sales. Selling the company to the candidate and vice versa. Being a recruiter, you are already habitual of facing objections, rejections and handling a different set of people and their queries regarding your client and the job roles and finally ending up closing the position by identifying the exact match. You can definitely have an edge over others when it comes to selling.

5. Career Counsellor

Being a recruiter, your role is much more than just sourcing a Cv and sending it to your client. You have to get involved in the counselling your candidate regarding their career choices, the moves they should be making. It has been your day to day activity and sometimes you may feel like you would have taken psychology as a subject during studies J. You can opt for this field as a career option as well.

To read more, please click on the link below:

http://www.therecruitinginsights.com/12-alternative-career-choices-after-recruitment/

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