How to avoid confusing cherries with cherries and HR with recruiters?

Working in IT doesn't start with meeting the team, the Team Lead, or even the CEO, it starts with your introduction to the recruiter and HR. However, just as we confuse cherries with cherries, so often in these professions, the responsibilities of one are attributed to the other. Let's take a closer look at the main tasks of each and outline when you need an HR and when you need a recruiter.

Recruiter

When you need a person to join your team, you should contact a recruiter, because this is the person who is responsible for finding talent and closing vacancies.

What are the main responsibilities of a recruiter?

1. creating a job description
2. search and selection of candidates
3. posting a vacancy on job sites (DOU, Djinni, work.ua, rabota.ua, etc.)
4. analysis of resume and candidate profile
5. Conducting the initial interview and preparing the subsequent interviews
6. providing feedback to the candidate
7. offer formation
8. responsibility for all stages of recruitment.

HR (Human Resources)

"I accept the offer!" is the phrase that starts the work of HR, the person who accompanies the employee throughout his or her employment with the company. After the recruiter has agreed on all the details of the new hire, on the first day of work, the new employee becomes the responsibility of HR. Why is this so?

Everything is explained by the main responsibilities of HR:

1. onboarding and offboarding of a specialist
2. support for employee development in the company
3. organization of team building and corporate events
4. tracking colleagues' loyalty to the company and working with feedback
5. development of incentive and bonus systems
6. work with internal documents
7. communication between or within teams
8. helps build the company's corporate culture.

Why is a recruiter confused with HR? What is the difference?

There is chaos, as the abbreviation "HR" is often used synonymously with "recruiting", and some companies may add recruiter responsibilities to HR. That is, one person covers both the issue of hiring and supporting an employee in the company and there is an overlap of functions (for example, there is a position of Human Resource Generalist).

Lack of awareness of the difference between recruiting and HR functions also causes confusion. Why can't HR be a recruiter and vice versa? Formally, of course, it is possible, but there are nuances. HR specialists do not always have the skills necessary to effectively search for and evaluate candidates, and recruiters do not have the relevant knowledge and experience to manage the company's personnel.

So, the main difference is that recruiters help to find and hire the best candidates for vacancies, while HR specialists help to create a positive and productive work environment for employees. We would add that for the best efficiency of your business, it is better to separate these roles, because the better your employee specializes in their narrow area of responsibility and is not scattered over a large number of tasks, the better their productivity. This factor cannot but affect the positive development of your company.