Average Recruiting Manager Salary

A recruiting manager is an executive in larger companies that helps maintain necessary staffing levels and fill available management and supervisory positions. He or she coordinates with department managers who need new management or supervisory personnel, and the recruiting manager is usually the first point of contact between prospective employers and job applicants. The manager develops approaches for procuring talent using local, national, and web-based venues; they typically enlist multiple means of finding potential recruits to his or her company.

Once potential new hires are identified, the recruiting manager normally conducts many of the preliminary interviews and either hires or makes detailed recommendations to specific department managers who may conduct follow-up interviews. The recruiting manager may also be the person in human resources who administers job-proficiency and psychological aptitude testing to persons under consideration for hiring. Additionally, the recruiting manager is expected to maintain a budget that likely includes travel for face-to-face meetings, as well as subscriptions and advertising needed to advertise open positions.

The education requirements for this position are typically a bachelor's degree in business, management, or a related field. Recruiting managers typically work in an office environment and spend much of their work time communicating inside and outside the company via phone and email. Persons in this position should also expect frequent travel for out-of-town interviews and recruitment events. (Copyright 2018 PayScale.com)

Recruiting Manager Tasks

• Develop and drive strategy for overall corporate recruitment initiatives.
• Ensure services and policies are in compliance with company, professional standards and state and federal laws and regulations.
• Manage recruitment budget and organizational recruitment plans.
• Manage the selection, training and development of recruitment staff.
• Source, interview and present candidates whose values are inline with the organizations overall goals and needs to management.

For Recruiting Managers, working in the bustling city of Seattle has its advantages, including an above-average pay rate. Recruiting Managers will also find cushy salaries in Chicago (+32 percent), Washington (+31 percent), New York (+30 percent), and San Francisco (+21 percent). Recruiting Managers in Portland take home the lowest salaries, earning a whopping 24 percent less than the national average. Boston and Pittsburgh are a couple other places where companies are known to pay below the median — salaries are 3 percent lower and 2 percent lower, respectively.