Recruiter resume tips
A recruiter resume should say which roles you filled and where the candidates came from. In-house recruiting and an agency desk are different businesses. "Full cycle" is not a substitute for the role family you actually know.
What to put first
State in-house or agency, then the role family: nurses, software, trades, retail managers, or executive. Say whether you sourced, or worked a pile of applicants, or both. Put the family closest to the posting first.
The req, not the vibe
Name the roles and the hiring manager's function. Filling warehouse leads is different evidence from filling designers. Write the reqs you closed or supported, without inflating a coordination role into an offer you did not own.
Source
Say whether candidates came from your outreach, referrals, or inbound applications. A hiring manager who needs sourcing should be able to see that you have done it.
The handoff
Mention the loop you ran: screen, hiring-manager conversation, close. If a coordinator scheduled and you only sourced, say that split.
An example line
Adapt this only where it is true for you. It is a shape for a bullet, not a claim that a particular person did this work.
In-house recruiter for clinic roles: sourced nurses and medical assistants, ran the first screen, and closed the schedule with the clinic manager who made the offer decision.
What to leave off
Leave off a fill-rate you cannot define, candidate names, and role families you have not worked. Leave off "passion for talent" in place of the req. Do not list a company's headcount as your accomplishment.
Questions
- Should I include roles I only coordinated?
- Yes, labeled as coordination. Scheduling a loop is real work and it is not the same as owning the search.
- What if I recruited in a different industry?
- Say the part of the process that transfers and the role family that is new. Do not rename those reqs to match the posting.