Transitioning to IT Recruitment: What Skills Do I Need from a Non-IT Background?

Hi Team,

I wanted to know what skills are required for an IT Recruiter. I am from a non-IT background, so what skills or knowledge are needed for me to develop?

Hi Ankita,

For IT recruitment, you need to have a basic understanding of various IT technologies, and you should enhance your skills to match resumes with job descriptions.

Thanks,
Arvind

Hi,

I hope this attachment will help you.

Thank you.

Here are some more links for you to read:

- [Five Critical Skills for Success as a Recruiter - Applicant Tracking](https://www.citehr.com/12547-five-critical-skills-success-recruiter-applicant-tracking.html)
- [You: A World-Class Recruiter in Cold Calling](https://www.citehr.com/6770-you-world-class-recruiter-cold-calling.html)
- [Future Career Prospects for Recruiters - Work-Life](https://www.citehr.com/24889-future-career-prospects-recruiter-work-life.html)
- [Technical Screening Questions | Technical Recruiting Training](http://technicalrecruitingbook.com/resources/become-an-it-recruiter/technical-screening-questions/)
- [The 20 Rules for Great Recruiting](http://drjohnsullivan.com/uncategorized/the-20-rules-for-great-recruiting/)
- [15 Qualities a Great Recruiter Must Have](https://skillmeter.com/blog/15-qualities-great-recruiter-must-have)
- [Top 6 Lessons I Learned as a Recruiter](https://skillmeter.com/blog/top-6-lessons-i-learnt-as-a-recruiter)
- [10 Habits that Make Any Successful Recruiter Fail - WiseStep](http://content.wisestep.com/habits-that-makes-any-successful-recruiter-fail/)
- [Boolean Tutorial](http://www.kwikwap.co.za/linkedin/docs/Boolean%20Tutorial.pdf)
- [Social Recruiting: How to Get Started](http://www.slideshare.net/BullhornReach/social-recruiting-how-to-get-started)
- [Six Tips for Improving Your Recruiting Calls with Candidates](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-tips-improving-your-recruiting-calls-candidates-arshad-mohammad)
- [A Beginner's Guide to Technical Recruiting by Prabakaran Murugaiah (PDF)](http://www.techfetch.com/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Technical-Recruiting-Prabakaran-Murugaiah.pdf)
- [US IT Recruitment Training: How to be a US IT Recruiter](http://coach4recruitment.blogspot.in/)

Hope you find them useful!

Well, if you are a non-tech individual, you obviously cannot be a part of the tech interviews in a meaningful way. However, even IT professionals need non-IT skills to be effective in a job, so you can assess new recruits for those skills. Every IT recruitment process includes an HR round where your expertise can be valuable.