Recruiter
Also known as: Talent Acquisition Executive · HR Recruiter · Technical Recruiter
Finds, screens and hires candidates for open roles in a company or for clients.
What you’d do
Recruiters find, screen and line up candidates for open roles, either inside a company's HR team or at a staffing or search firm working for clients. A typical day involves reading job requirements, searching job portals and professional networks, phone-screening candidates, scheduling interviews and following up on offers.
- Sources candidates from job portals
- Screens resumes and conducts calls
- Schedules and coordinates interviews
- Manages offers and joining
How you get in
Many freshers start as recruitment or sourcing executives at staffing firms, which hire graduates from most streams and train on the job. In-house talent acquisition roles more often ask for an HR specialisation, an MBA in HR or prior staffing experience.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Sourcing and screening candidates against a job description
- Phone and video interviewing
- Coordinating interviews and offers with hiring managers
- Keeping candidate records in an applicant tracking system
- Negotiating notice periods and joining dates
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BBA graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BBA graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Staffing-firm roles often carry monthly hiring targets.
- Common next steps: senior recruiter, talent acquisition lead, or a broader HR business partner role.
- Hiring demand rises and falls with the economy, so workload can swing.
Stay safe
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