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, 76% of Recruitment job descriptions contained recruitment as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

recruitment
76%
resourcing
37%
training
13%
selection
13%
applications
11%
general admin
11%
hr
11%
recruitment coordinator
11%
human resources
11%
recruitment advisor
9%
sourcing
9%
administration
7%
sales
7%
stakeholder management
7%
communication skills
7%
advisor
7%
graduate recruitment
7%
law firm
7%
hr generalist
5%
human resources advisor
5%
human resources executive
5%
briefs
5%
pipelines
5%
administrative duties
5%
stakeholder engagement
5%
coordinator
5%
hr manager
5%
recruitment manager
5%
talent acquisition
5%
administrator
3%
employment advisor
3%
hr advisor
3%
hr assistant
3%
hr graduate
3%
hr office
3%
human resources administrator
3%
human resources analyst
3%
office assistant
3%
payroll specialist
3%
cipd qualified
3%
benefits
3%
law
3%
legal
3%
ats
3%
expansion
3%
l&d
3%
learning and development
3%
medical
3%
sales training
3%
trainer
3%
confident telephone manner
3%
self motivated
3%
internal recruitment
3%
people assistant
3%
recruitment assistant
3%
recruitment officer
3%
supervisor recruiter
3%
account management
3%
resourcer
3%
contract
3%
interim
3%
manchester
3%
onboarding
3%
new business development
3%
boston
3%
grantham
3%
lincoln
3%
lincolnshire
3%
sleaford
3%
administrative
3%
documentation
3%
german
3%
interviews
3%
italian
3%
scheduling
3%
recruitment administrator
3%
trainee recruitment administrator
3%
business development
3%
confidentiality
3%
fast paced environment
3%
flexibility
3%
highly detailed
3%
influence others
3%
methodical
3%
microsoft office
3%
numeracy
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%
recruitment process
3%
advertising
3%
interviewing
3%
screening
3%
hospitality
3%
retail
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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