Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Human resources manager to recruitment consultant

A human resources manager already meets 38% of what the recruitment consultant role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From human resources manager
38 % overlap
Distant match
To recruitment consultant
14 You already bring
13 Still to learn
43 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.7/ 100

1 How much of what a recruitment consultant is expected to do is already part of a human resources manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the recruitment consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A recruitment consultant role treats 10 of its required skills as things a human resources manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • company policies
  • develop professional network
  • employment law
  • ensure gender equality in the workplace
  • hire human resources
  • human resource management

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A recruitment consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a human resources manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace assisting and caring
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities management skills
  • already held develop employee retention programs management skills
  • already held negotiate employment agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held hire human resources management skills
  • already held human resource management business, administration and law

All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the recruitment consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn identify customer's needs required
  • still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
  • still to learn prepare for job interview required
  • still to learn communicate by telephone required
  • still to learn listen actively required
  • still to learn use communication techniques required
  • optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
  • optional, not held implement customer follow-up optional
  • optional, not held mentor individual employees optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn profile people required
  • still to learn fix meetings required
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held determine salaries optional
  • optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
  • still to learn observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn document interviews required
  • optional, not held manage tests optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn job market offers required
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • still to learn video conferencing tool required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a recruitment consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
  • already held hire human resources skill
  • already held human resource management knowledge
  • already held interview people skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held advertising techniques knowledge
  • already held develop employee retention programs skill
  • already held negotiate employment agreements skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business communication optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
  • optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
  • optional, not held implement customer follow-up optional
  • optional, not held mentor individual employees optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held determine salaries optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
  • optional, not held manage tests optional
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
70 held skills the recruitment consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt training to labour market skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on organisational culture skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on personnel management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role build trust skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role develop corporate training programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop staff skill
  • not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate performance of organisational collaborators skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate training skill
  • not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
  • not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human resources department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify necessary human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role identify with the company's goals skill
  • not needed by the target role labour law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corporate training programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage payroll skill
  • not needed by the target role manage pension funds skill

30 further entries not listed here

5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn video conferencing tool required
  • still to learn job market offers required
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
Index

Other moves recorded from human resources manager

Full index of moves from human resources manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a human resources manager become a recruitment consultant?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A human resources manager already covers 38% of what a recruitment consultant is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 10 of which the recruitment consultant role treats as required.

What skills does a human resources manager need to become a recruitment consultant?

13 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is identify customer's needs.

How hard is the move from human resources manager to recruitment consultant?

Its learning distance is 65.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.