Reruiting as an Option?

I was able to speak with an HR Professional from a North East Ohio Biotech Company. She gave me great advice on how to transition into HR, namely the recruiting side. I asked her many questions and she answered them all willingly. I am glad I was able to speak with a recruiter. I have been speaking primarily with Generalists. Recruiting is a side I have honestly not thought about. She thinks I might be good in the role of a recruiter, who knew?!

This professional began in the field about ten years ago. She thinks corporate recruiting is a very gratifying career. She has career flexibility and the job still seems very satisfying to her. She said something to me most other professionals I have been speaking with would disagree with, she said: "Cleveland's job market is good right now." Well, I hope it gets better for me...

I asked this recruiting professional:

• "What characteristics would she say make the best HR professionals?"

She told me drive, motivation, determination, persistance, ability to be able to communicate well with management, as well as ability to give or receive feedback from management.

• "What surefire interview question she uses when she wants to know if she's chosen the best candidate?"

She says she doesn't have one, however she did tell me that some companies are leaning toward a targeted selection type interview. I learned about this in my class. We called them:

Behavioral Interview- Type of interview that focuses on how applicant previously handled real work situations. Same concept different name.

I found a great site that helps with targeted interview questions. http://www.pacificu.edu/offices/hr/training/interview/pdfs/TargetedSelection.pdf

A site like that will be able to help me because I don't believe I am a great interviewee.

Whenever I finally do get to interview somewhere hopefully the interview will be as stress free as my chat today.