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name: recruitment-consultant
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'recruitment consultant' (also: job placement officer, temporary labour officer, employment agent, employee recruiter, job placement consultant, temporary labour agent). Use when the user asks for typical recruitment consultant work such as: Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.; Analyze employment-related data and prepare required reports.; Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed."
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# Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment consultants provide employers with suitable candidates based on specific job profiles they request. These professionals conduct testing and interviewing of job seekers, then shortlist candidates to present to employers and match them with appropriate positions. Additionally, recruitment consultants maintain relationships with employers to offer their services on a long-term basis.

## Core workflow

1. Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
2. Analyze employment-related data and prepare required reports.
3. Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed.
4. Confer with management to develop or implement personnel policies or procedures.
5. Contact job applicants to inform them of the status of their applications.
6. Develop or implement recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
7. Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
8. Inform job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities.

## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (tiered, per-source attribution).
- See [references/practitioner-qa.md](references/practitioner-qa.md) — curated Stack Exchange practitioner Q&A (per-entry attribution, CC-BY-SA 4.0).
- See [references/market.md](references/market.md) — FULL market-evidence report from real job ads (rankings, seniority, titles).
- See [references/usecases.md](references/usecases.md) — ranked work packages the agent can take over.
- See [references/intake.md](references/intake.md) — mandatory questions before starting any task.
- See [references/quality.md](references/quality.md) — acceptance criteria for deliverables.
- See [references/glossary.md](references/glossary.md) — definitions of the key tools and methods.
- See [references/literature.md](references/literature.md) — standard works per top skill.
- See [evals/](evals/) — test tasks with pass criteria.

## Key competences (essential)

- communicate by telephone
- company policies
- develop professional network
- document interviews
- employment law
- ensure gender equality in the workplace
- fix meetings
- hire human resources
- human resource management
- identify customer's needs
- interview people
- job market offers
- labour legislation
- listen actively
- maintain privacy of service users
- maintain relationship with customers
- observe confidentiality
- prepare for job interview
- profile people
- recruit employees
- support employability of people with disabilities
- use communication techniques
- video conferencing tool


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 350 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):

- Applicant tracking system (ATS) — 52 %
- LinkedIn / LinkedIn Recruiter — 24 %
- Microsoft Office — 21 %
- Excel — 16 %
- HRIS — 9 %
- Indeed — 8 %
- Workday — 7 %
- PowerPoint — 6 %
- Outlook — 5 %
- iCIMS — 4 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/068370e0-9c27-4814-87d0-44fbb3140815), O*NET 30.3 (13-1071.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
*O*NET nearest match: 13-1071.00 Human Resources Specialists (proxy — no exact O*NET occupation exists).*