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Recruiter CV: example and template

This example is for in-house recruiters, recruitment agency consultants and recruitment specialists, and for people moving into HR from sales or customer service.

A recruiter's CV is read by another recruiter, who will spot vague phrases at once. Show the number of processes, time to hire, candidate sources and the roles you have filled.

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Example CV: recruiter

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Karol Jabłoński

Recruitment specialist

Wroclaw +48 123 456 789 karol.jablonski@example.com

Professional profile

Recruiter with 5 years of experience in an agency and in-house recruitment. I run 12 to 15 processes at once for specialist and production roles, from the job ad to the offer. I cut the average time to hire from 45 to 31 days and look after the candidate experience.

Work experience

Recruitment specialist

04.2022 - present

Manufacturer, 1,200 employees, Wroclaw

  • Running 12 to 15 processes at once, about 80 hires a year.
  • Cutting the average time to hire from 45 to 31 days.
  • Sourcing on LinkedIn, job boards and through employee referrals.
  • Interviews and working with hiring managers on the candidate profile.
  • Running processes in the ATS and reporting to HR.

Recruitment consultant

03.2020 - 03.2022

Recruitment agency, Wroclaw

  • Recruiting for 8 clients in logistics and manufacturing.
  • Volume hiring of up to 50 people for new production lines.
  • Client contact, presenting candidates and negotiating terms.

Education

Psychology, master's degree

2014 - 2019

University of Wroclaw

Skills

  • Specialist and volume recruitment
  • Sourcing and LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Competency-based interviews
  • ATS
  • Working with hiring managers
  • Recruitment reports and metrics

Training

  • Competency-based interview training, 2021
  • Sourcing training, 2023
  • Candidate data protection training, 2022

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Category B driving licence

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a recruiter CV

Professional summary

Say which roles you recruit for, how many processes you run and whether you work in an agency or in-house. Add one result, such as time to hire or the number of people hired.

Junior recruiter with a year of experience at a staffing agency. I recruit for production and warehouse roles, run phone screens and manage candidates in the ATS. Before that I worked in customer service.

Experience: duties and achievements

Show numbers and types of processes: how many, for which roles, in what time. Add candidate sources and your work with hiring managers. Metrics such as time to hire say more about your effectiveness than a list of duties.

Weaker: Running recruitment.

Better: Running 12 to 15 processes at once, about 80 hires a year.

Weaker: Fast recruitment.

Better: Cutting the average time to hire from 45 to 31 days.

Weaker: Finding candidates.

Better: Sourcing on LinkedIn, job boards and through the employee referral programme.

Skills worth listing

List your recruitment tools and methods. Under personal skills, show communication, the ability to assess people and care for candidates.

Professional skills

  • Sourcing
  • Competency-based interviews
  • ATS
  • Job ads and employer branding
  • Recruitment metrics
  • Candidate data protection

Personal skills

  • Communication
  • Assessing competencies
  • Negotiation
  • Organising many processes
  • Empathy towards candidates

Training

List training in competency-based interviews, sourcing, ATS tools and data protection. Certificates in competency assessment tools are valuable too.

Recruiter CV with no experience

People move into recruitment from sales, customer service and psychology. Describe your conversations with people, how you organise your work and the results you achieved.

Aim for a junior recruiter or agency assistant role. Say that you know LinkedIn and want to learn sourcing.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An agency looks for client work and volume hiring, a manufacturer for pace and filling shifts, and a tech company for sourcing and knowledge of technology. Move what the job ad is about to the top.

The most common mistakes on a recruiter CV

Questions and answers

What should a recruiter put on a CV?

The type of company, roles, number of processes and hires, time to hire, candidate sources, the ATS, training and English.

Which metrics should a recruiter CV show?

Usually time to hire, hires per year, the number of processes run at once and the offer acceptance rate.

Can you become a recruiter with no experience?

Yes. On your CV, show experience of working with people, organisation and LinkedIn skills. Agencies often hire junior recruiters.

Should a recruiter have a LinkedIn profile?

Yes, it is a basic working tool. It is worth adding a link to an up-to-date profile in your contact details.

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