- Based on 181 Jobtrees users who were a Recruiting Manager in their career, on average, they have 3.61 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.6 years on average in this job building experience and earn $84K per year before moving on.
- 6% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Recruiting Manager are Recruiter, Senior Recruiter and Technical Recruiter. While Recruiter is from the same job family, Human Resources - Recruiting, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Senior Recruiter, also being a common career path from Recruiting Manager.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Account Manager, Business Development Manager and Human Resources Generalist as they commonly lead to Recruiting Manager as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Recruiting Manager are Recruiter, Senior Recruiter and Senior Technical Recruiter based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Recruiter, the most common step before Recruiting Manager, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Recruiting Manager, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Recruiting Manager.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider recruiter or senior recruiter as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to recruiting manager. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- All of the most common roles leading to Recruiting Manager are from the job family, Human Resources - Recruiting, which shows that in order to get this role you also likely need to have experience in this field first.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Recruiting Manager, you should also consider Director, Executive Recruiter and Business Development Manager as they commonly lead to Recruiting Manager as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Recruiting Manager are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In English, Bachelor Degree In Mathematics And Computer Science, and Master Degree In Education. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Recruiter being the most common role to and from Recruiting Manager. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Recruiting Manager is part of the Human Resources - Recruiting job family which has a limited number of unique role types (30) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Recruiting Manager are Manager, Recruiting, Manager, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager.