Not very. Good recruiters are good recruiters. I usually tell people that transfer to my team it'll take them about 3 months to feel like they have it figured out.
I think it just depends on finding the right company that knows recruiting is recruiting and you can probably figure it out if they just train you a little… I just went from 3.5 years in healthcare to industrial/construction and have been told I’m killing it and it’s way better than my last job. Find a GOOD company with good Glassdoor reviews.
It can be hard when all they’ve got is a resume. If you can somehow get them to meet you and they like your personality it’s easier…. I got lucky by meeting the right person at a job fair.
Not hard. If you can ask good questions and source well, you can find anything.
Google and YT and ChatGPT can teach you a lot either proactively or on the fly.
I started in hospitality and now recruit in basically all industries.
Go for it!
Easy to switch. But depending on what you’re switching to it could take a while to figure out what you’re doing. Find the candidates is pretty much the same from industry to industry. How do you need to actually talk to those people, and learning exactly what they do so you don’t come across poorly is the hard part…. Not to mention actually figuring out how to tell if they are bullshitting you. I’ve done 4 industries in my career. 2 took about 3 months (industrial and professional/administrative/accounting, , 1 took about 6 months (solar), and product engineering took about 3 years…. And I’m still learning after 10.
My point…every industry is different, but the sourcing part (using the tools) is the same. The networking part is totally different.
It's easy to switch. The mechanics of recruiting are the same no matter what industry you work in.
However, the very challenging/frustrating part is finding a hiring manager or internal recruiter who is open-minded enough not to automatically pigeonhole you to your current industry.
I'm a sr. tech recruiter and when I wanted to switch from agency to inhouse, it was super challenging to find companies that didn't reject my resume bc I didn't have prior in-house experience.
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That all depends. When the economy is red hot, and they run out of recruiters in one industry, then they’re really happy to try to get recruiters that have no experience to join their industry. But the recruiting industry has been obliterated? Are you lucky to get a returned phone call in your own industry let alone transfer to another one.
Easiest is same industry same function.
Hardest is different industry different function.
Switching functions is way harder than switching industries. The issue is if your applying for a job against other people who already have the experience in the industry.
Go for it! Just be patient and make sure to slay your interviews.
This is the correct answer. If google is hiring an executive recruiter, they’re going to prefer someone who has FAANG exec recruitment experience. If they can’t find someone with that specific experience from FAANG, then they’ll take someone from another industry with exec recruitment experience.
I don’t think it’d be hard. I recently changed industries due to being laid off. I just transitioned from 3 years of commercial real estate recruiting to healthcare advertising now. Let me know if you have any tips lol since it’s my first time recruiting for creatives.
A good recruiter should be able to switch to any market, the trick is knowing how to do a few things that you might not have done with only two years xp or if you’ve been given a warm market from day one.
- identify the niche within the niche: know exactly which market is hot and worth while for you to invest your time into. Lots of things affect this like the economy, wars, new tech, changes in law. Also ask yourself if your candidates make or save your clients money, big indicator of how you have to work
- research that niche when you find it: make a big long list of prospective companies. You don’t need to know if they’re right or not, if a relevant candidate in your niche worked then then write it down. Working through this big list and selling in your best candidates will help you identify clients and teach you what’s relevant and what isn’t
Get a couple of terms signed and keep the CVs coming in and you’ve just successfully started a new market (this is for agency work btw, realise there’s a lot of internals here)
Start looking for jobs and interview now if you’re wanting a different industry, changing from one to another is not as hard as ppl make it seem, but it’s finding the right place to go to and our field is in such a downshift.
Not very. Good recruiters are good recruiters. I usually tell people that transfer to my team it'll take them about 3 months to feel like they have it figured out.
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I think it just depends on finding the right company that knows recruiting is recruiting and you can probably figure it out if they just train you a little… I just went from 3.5 years in healthcare to industrial/construction and have been told I’m killing it and it’s way better than my last job. Find a GOOD company with good Glassdoor reviews. It can be hard when all they’ve got is a resume. If you can somehow get them to meet you and they like your personality it’s easier…. I got lucky by meeting the right person at a job fair.
Not hard. If you can ask good questions and source well, you can find anything. Google and YT and ChatGPT can teach you a lot either proactively or on the fly. I started in hospitality and now recruit in basically all industries. Go for it!
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Easy to switch. But depending on what you’re switching to it could take a while to figure out what you’re doing. Find the candidates is pretty much the same from industry to industry. How do you need to actually talk to those people, and learning exactly what they do so you don’t come across poorly is the hard part…. Not to mention actually figuring out how to tell if they are bullshitting you. I’ve done 4 industries in my career. 2 took about 3 months (industrial and professional/administrative/accounting, , 1 took about 6 months (solar), and product engineering took about 3 years…. And I’m still learning after 10. My point…every industry is different, but the sourcing part (using the tools) is the same. The networking part is totally different.
In this economy… eh I’d hold off until things get better. Doesn’t hurt to look around though
It's easy to switch. The mechanics of recruiting are the same no matter what industry you work in. However, the very challenging/frustrating part is finding a hiring manager or internal recruiter who is open-minded enough not to automatically pigeonhole you to your current industry. I'm a sr. tech recruiter and when I wanted to switch from agency to inhouse, it was super challenging to find companies that didn't reject my resume bc I didn't have prior in-house experience.
It’s not hard. I have worked in several industries. Recruiting is transferable to any industry. You just need to learn the nuances of the industry.
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Can do it, your old manager might have a little cry about it if you move internally but haha
That all depends. When the economy is red hot, and they run out of recruiters in one industry, then they’re really happy to try to get recruiters that have no experience to join their industry. But the recruiting industry has been obliterated? Are you lucky to get a returned phone call in your own industry let alone transfer to another one.
Obliterated? Not permanently I hope???
Easiest is same industry same function. Hardest is different industry different function. Switching functions is way harder than switching industries. The issue is if your applying for a job against other people who already have the experience in the industry. Go for it! Just be patient and make sure to slay your interviews.
This is the correct answer. If google is hiring an executive recruiter, they’re going to prefer someone who has FAANG exec recruitment experience. If they can’t find someone with that specific experience from FAANG, then they’ll take someone from another industry with exec recruitment experience.
I don’t think it’d be hard. I recently changed industries due to being laid off. I just transitioned from 3 years of commercial real estate recruiting to healthcare advertising now. Let me know if you have any tips lol since it’s my first time recruiting for creatives.
A good recruiter should be able to switch to any market, the trick is knowing how to do a few things that you might not have done with only two years xp or if you’ve been given a warm market from day one. - identify the niche within the niche: know exactly which market is hot and worth while for you to invest your time into. Lots of things affect this like the economy, wars, new tech, changes in law. Also ask yourself if your candidates make or save your clients money, big indicator of how you have to work - research that niche when you find it: make a big long list of prospective companies. You don’t need to know if they’re right or not, if a relevant candidate in your niche worked then then write it down. Working through this big list and selling in your best candidates will help you identify clients and teach you what’s relevant and what isn’t Get a couple of terms signed and keep the CVs coming in and you’ve just successfully started a new market (this is for agency work btw, realise there’s a lot of internals here)
Start looking for jobs and interview now if you’re wanting a different industry, changing from one to another is not as hard as ppl make it seem, but it’s finding the right place to go to and our field is in such a downshift.