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Growth Mindset in Recruitment

July 24, 2024

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Delta International

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Why You Need a Growth Mindset in Recruitment

Anyone who’s worked in recruitment knows it requires many skills. Recruitment involves diverse tasks, making recruiters jacks-of-all-trades.

The Many Hats of a Recruiter

  • Marketer: Enhancing visibility of job ads.
  • PR Professional: Hosting open days and attending networking events.
  • Sales Rep: Overcoming candidate objections and closing deals.

Because of these varied roles, recruiters can sometimes feel unfocused in their professional development. Which skill should they develop first?

This guide explores why a growth mindset is essential in recruitment, how to apply it, and the core qualities to develop.

What is a Growth Mindset?

A growth mindset means seeing challenges as opportunities to learn and grow. Those with this mindset believe their talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others.

Developing a Growth Mindset

It’s a process that involves several core qualities:

  • Curiosity and Creativity
  • Ambition to Learn and Improve
  • Perseverance and Resilience
  • Desire to Collaborate

Growth and Recruitment Skills

Why is a growth mindset important in recruitment? Richard Branson says it well: “Hiring the right people takes time, the right questions, and a healthy dose of curiosity.

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Key Growth Skills in Recruitment

  1. Experimentation
    • Observation: Notice trends or phenomena.
    • Question: Ask why these occur.
    • Hypothesis: Make an educated guess.
    • Test: Experiment and measure results.
    • Conclusion: Determine if your hypothesis was correct.

For example, if candidate applications are low, you might hypothesize it's due to missing salary ranges in job ads. Test this by adding salary ranges and measure the change in applications.

  1. Data
    • Collecting and analyzing data helps make informed decisions. Tracking hiring metrics can identify where improvements are needed.
  2. Creativity
    • Creativity can mean improving how you approach candidates, enhancing employer branding, or collaborating in new ways. It gives your team a competitive edge.

Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

  • Fixed Mindset:
    • Limits potential.
    • Avoids challenges to not make mistakes.
    • Dislikes feedback and criticism.
    • Feels threatened by others’ success.
  • Growth Mindset:
    • Encourages perseverance.
    • Embraces challenges.
    • Values feedback.
    • Feels inspired by others’ success.
    • Fosters curiosity and learning.

Building Recruitment Skills with a Growth Mindset

Changing how you think and work takes time, sometimes spanning an entire career. Developing a growth mindset can expedite this process and lead to greater success in recruitment.

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