Welcome to the coaching to supporting transition! This is where your recruiters have built solid sourcing and screening skills but still doubt their candidate evaluation.
Your challenge? Reduce direction while keeping them confident. It's like teaching a recruiter to trust their gut without second-guessing every hire.
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Have you worked with a recruiter skilled at finding talent but hesitant to make hiring recommendations?
Spot this transition when recruiters consistently identify strong candidates but keep asking for approval before extending offers. They have the recruiting competence but lack the confidence.
"I think this candidate is a great fit, but what do you think?" becomes their go-to phrase.
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What other signs might show recruiting competence with low confidence?
Here's the tricky part: your natural instinct might be to keep reviewing every candidate because they keep asking. But that actually undermines their recruiting confidence!
They need you to start believing in their candidate evaluation before they believe in themselves.
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Why do you think continued approval-seeking hurts recruiter confidence here?
Start transferring hiring decisions with this technique: "You've successfully placed similar candidates before. What's your recommendation?" Then support their choice rather than providing your own.
You're shifting from giving hiring answers to helping them trust their evaluation skills.
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How would this feel different to receive as a recruiter?
When they present good candidate recommendations, resist the urge to suggest improvements. Instead say "That sounds like a solid match" or "I trust your assessment on this hire."
Perfect candidate evaluation is the enemy of confidence-building. Let good enough be good enough.
