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Recruiter

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

/rɪˈkruːtər/nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, recruiter means: A person whose job is to find and select people for jobs, either inside a company's HR team or at an external agency.

In Turkish: işe alım uzmanı, insan kaynakları uzmanı, recruiter

How it is used

Recruiters post jobs, screen CVs, make the first phone call and arrange interviews. An in-house recruiter works for the company itself; an agency recruiter works for several clients. Many contact candidates directly on LinkedIn.

Example sentences

  1. A recruiter messaged me on LinkedIn about a role in Amsterdam.

  2. The recruiter said the hiring manager would like to meet me next week.

Common collocations

  • in-house recruiter
  • agency recruiter
  • technical recruiter
  • contact a recruiter
  • hiring managerThe manager who needs a new team member and who makes, or strongly influences, the final decision about who gets the job.
  • headhunterA recruiter, usually from an agency, who finds and approaches people for senior or specialist jobs, often when they are not actively looking.
  • HRShort for human resources: the department that deals with hiring, contracts, pay, training and employee matters in a company.
  • phone screenA short first interview by phone, usually with a recruiter, to check basic details before inviting a candidate to a full interview.

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