Recruitment Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Human Resources

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Recruitment Skills List in Human Resources

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Recruitment role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Recruitment job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 77% of Recruitment job descriptions contained recruitment as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

recruitment
77%
resourcing
37%
selection
14%
hr
11%
training
11%
recruitment coordinator
11%
human resources
11%
recruitment advisor
9%
sourcing
9%
general admin
9%
applications
9%
communication skills
7%
sales
7%
graduate recruitment
7%
law firm
7%
administration
7%
advisor
7%
stakeholder management
7%
pipelines
5%
briefs
5%
coordinator
5%
administrative duties
5%
stakeholder engagement
5%
hr manager
5%
recruitment manager
5%
talent acquisition
5%
numeracy
3%
business development
3%
microsoft office
3%
methodical
3%
influence others
3%
highly detailed
3%
flexibility
3%
fast paced environment
3%
confidentiality
3%
recruitment process
3%
trainee recruitment administrator
3%
recruitment administrator
3%
social media
3%
vacancies
3%
business services
3%
apprentice
3%
apprenticeship
3%
client management
3%
coordination
3%
b2b sales
3%
experienced sales professional
3%
lincoln
3%
advertising
3%
interviewing
3%
screening
3%
hospitality
3%
retail
3%
sales training
3%
recruitment assistant
3%
people assistant
3%
internal recruitment
3%
human resources executive
3%
human resources advisor
3%
hr generalist
3%
self motivated
3%
confident telephone manner
3%
trainer
3%
recruitment officer
3%
medical
3%
learning and development
3%
l&d
3%
expansion
3%
ats
3%
legal
3%
law
3%
benefits
3%
boston
3%
italian
3%
interviews
3%
german
3%
documentation
3%
administrative
3%
sleaford
3%
lincolnshire
3%
grantham
3%
scheduling
3%
new business development
3%
onboarding
3%
manchester
3%
interim
3%
contract
3%
resourcer
3%
account management
3%
supervisor recruiter
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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