Here at Sorciety we see hundreds of CVs a year from Recruiters. New recruiters, veteran recruiters, Internal recruiters and almost all of them have the same thing in common.

They are really really ordinary. 

It is ironic considering it is what we do for a living and yet most recruiters put so little effort into ensuring their own CV is up to scratch. So here are a couple of pointers and tips to help you stand out when applying for roles yourself. 

Clearly Articulate what it is you recruit 

We see this a lot that recruiters don't actually mention what their agency does or what desk they are on themselves. Be sure to go into detail about the specifics about role types, where you are recruiting in terms of location and the level of the roles. 

For example:

XXXX is a boutique Recruitment Agency focused on recruiting a range of IT roles in Australia. I focus on recruiting Developers in Melbourne from $100K-200K on a permanent, temp and Contract basis in the Banking & Finance sectors. 

Focus on your Achievements more than your Responsibilities:

Too often we see people have a massive list of responsibilities but only one or two achievements. Writing and Posting job ads, Sourcing candidates, updating the database blah blah blah….

Where you should be focused is your Achievements. This is where you are selling yourself. 

Use as many numbers, figures and percentages as you can. Recruitment is a sales job, sales managers/agency managers want to see what you have done related to sales. 

The more you can have related to your results and billings the better but they need to be backed up with the actual figures. 

Examples

• 
  Lead billing for Construction division nationally in 2022 billing $480K in perm and $235K in temp. 
• Billed $380K in my first year with $250k of that in new business with organisations the agency had never worked with. 
• Personally grew the NAB account by $450k year on year through my own networks within the organisation
• Achieved quarter on quarter growth every quarter in 2022 with 107%, 116%,122% and 144% to target for each quarter respectively. 
• Grew my temp base from 15 temps to 87 temps from March to September purely through reverse marketing and floating resulting in an additional $380K in revenue on the temp desk I inherited. 

Hopefully these tips help you when it comes time to put your cv together. If you are looking for some help to get your cv up to scratch or advice when it comes to looking for a recruitment job reach out to Lee Jones for a confidential discussion.