Recruiter job description

Recruiting splits into agency work and in-house work, and BLS puts about 13 percent of human resources specialists in employment services, the staffing industry, tied with professional, scientific, and technical services for the largest share of the occupation. The job is finding, screening, and placing people: taking the brief from a hiring manager, sourcing, interviewing, checking references, managing offers, and keeping candidates warm through a slow process. BLS singles recruiters out as the part of the department that travels, to job fairs and to campuses. The occupation's median for May 2025 was $75,940, but the industry split matters more: employment services paid $60,550 against $84,100 in government.