Recruitment Basics

Matchmakers making matches

The difference between recruitment and talent acquisition resides in their prolonged value to an organization. Though both are in similar fields and deal with filling positions for expanding companies, departments, and teams, their roles are, in fact, quite different.

Recruitment services can fulfill a variety of positions, from temporary to contract to long-term placements. Talent acquisition specialists work on sustaining their company's growth and focus primarily on acquiring permanent fixtures.

Another key difference between the two is in terms of who they work for or are partnered with. Where a talent acquisition specialist’s attention is securing new hires for the company they’re employed with, a recruiter works with a variety of candidate and hiring authority pipelines for wider ranged matchmaking.

Get a broader take on both these two professions in this article.

Let's talk about earnings

One of the most frequently asked questions we get about the recruitment industry is regarding how much recruiters earn. Especially when most that find themselves interested in becoming a recruiter know little about commission or draw payment structures.

While searching on Indeed or Glassdoor, you might find that an average salary of a recruiter is around $51.9k, which is a reasonable wage for someone who spends a great majority of their day making calls, connecting with hundreds of professionals, and securing new hires for their clients. For a gpac recruiter, the average salary is harder to pin down because there’s no cap on earning potential.

If you do a quick search, google will inform you that a gpac recruiter salary is $156.3k, well above the average of others in the industry. And that’s because recruitment with gpac is more like running your own business. When you have the opportunity to make effort determine your income, the payout is in your control.

Here’s an article with a little more on how much a recruiter makes.

Take it from the experts

The recruitment industry has been around for a long time. gpac’s revolutionized the role technology plays in the training and process of recruitment making the profession accessible and success attainable for many across the nation.

No one knows this better than gpac U Director, Shea Geelan. This episode of The Howl podcast is a deep dive into the industry, from misconceptions and mindset to what this career path has become. Give it a watch.

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