Elite Recruiter

One of the moments I really enjoy in AIESEC is interacting with AIESEC people.

Well, I love people in general :)

Today I read one interesting article 18 Ways You Know You Are an Elite Recruiter, and would like to make some parallels with AIESEC eXPerience. They may not be so serious; I aim at presenting to you the best moments of being in AIESEC and developing HR field.

So here we go: 1st statement is from the article and 2nd statement is personal sharing.

You know you are an “elite recruiter” if . . .

1.You get referrals from candidates you turn down for a position. - You meet applicants for your positions later at some joint projects, and you work with them together for another common goal. And you do not remember that you turned them down before. As a result, you make friends with them fast and keep these relations for a long time.

2. Your hiring managers ask you who they “should hire” … and listen to your advice - We coach our members on what people we need in our organisation. Right people in the right place for the right job!

3. Candidates seek your input on preparing for the interview with the hiring manager. - Knowledge management and coaching are our tools.

4. Your candidates seek your council on deciding between competing offers, knowing that you aren’t just trying to fill your own position, but truly want what’s best for them. - Competency Model helps us to identify what people are needed for a role as well as members themselves decide whether they would like to take up a role in a project or go on exchange.

5. You keep track of all the people you have hired, and keep up an ongoing relationship with 90% of them - Member Tracking Tool as one of the examples of our tracking system. Social life is at a quite good level maintained by those who wish so. Believe me, it happens not only during conferences :)

6. You track your performance (quality, efficiency, responsiveness/delivery) on a quarterly basis - Performance management is another example to track ourselves, be more ambitious and reach the stars!

7. You quantify the ROI of your services to your key stakeholders - It is one of the values we respect and follow: Demonstrating Integrity - walk the talk.

8. You have clearly written quarterly performance improvement goals - Review and Analysis quarterly.

9. You spend time each week helping those less fortunate find employment, craft a better resume, prepare for an interview, etc - Team days locally, nationally, globally are a part of our business culture. Member Education Cycle includes various educational activities to prepare our members to become change agents possessing specific behaviours and competencies.

10. You invest at least 15 minutes to an hour developing a written — hour by hour — daily plan of action that you deploy before each day. The most successful recruiters are religious planners - Planning is 80% of your success. The one who is successful may stick to the 80/20 rule (or 20/80 :) it works differently, right? ;)

11. You stick to a schedule where during certain times of the day you are simply making calls and don’t allow for outside distractions - Making calls is sometimes a success for our members, and sometimes can become a fiasco. But drop-in visitors are permanent features of AIESEC life :)

12. You have received gifts from candidates/hiring managers for “changing their life” for the better - In AIESEC we call it "Sugar Cubes"- we leave a note after conferences are over, and it's powerful!

13. Your hiring managers ask for your assistance in creating the job description, and you’re able to guide them in a consultative way to determine what needs to be accomplished, instead of a list of intangibles - Typically, it is one of the duties in Talent Management manager job description.

14. Your hiring managers ask for your assistance in creating interview guides which will help them discover the candidate’s true capabilities - Read #13 statement pls :)

15. Your candidates turn into “centers of influence”: those people who are well-connected and to whom you can always turn for help on difficult searches - That's your professional network: locally, nationally, internationally.

16. Your outside clients see you as an expert on what’s going on in the marketplace and even in their industry - That's why the companies that understand AIESEC product partner with us on a long term basis. Each party benefits a lot and enjoys mutual cooperation.

17. You get referrals without even asking - All you need is to drop a mail to people who know you well and can endorse you.

18. People who seek your assistance have heard about you from more than one person - True. Especially when they add you in Facebook, you have a slight idea how you may know them. Apparently, you may have 1-5-34-76 common friends. Network.