The Many Names of a Talent Acquisition Professional

As we discussed last week in What is the Job of a Talent Sourcer?, the world of talent acquisition continues to evolve and with it, so do the roles of recruiting professionals. While the titles themselves don’t really matter, it’s important to clearly define roles within your internal recruiting department. Who does what? When & how often? How do you communicate and coordinate as a team? When building a talent acquisition team, clear allocations of roles & responsibilities is crucial.

But back to the many job titles of a recruitment professional — to prove to you just how many options there are we brainstormed as many names as we could, not including level and geography denotations like “junior” or “regional.” You can also add many more dimensions by adding specific functional recruiting like “technical/IT” or “marketing” and industries like “life sciences” or “healthcare” to define the types of roles and sectors the recruiting professional works with. We excluded words & phrases like “contract” “part time” or “remote”, which do play large part in talent strategy but add too many possibilities to the list. Finally, you can also get pay homage to your culture with creative adjectives like “Off-centered Recruiter” or “Rockstar Recruiter” so we left those out too.

By the end of it, we came up with 154 titles for talent acquisition professionals. Are we missing any? As social media and drip marketing evolves, we are on the look out for new roles & titles that specialize in new sourcing channels in candidate communications/engagement. Comment below if you have a title to add!

1. Campus Recruiter
2. Campus Recruitment Manager
3. Candidate Attraction Specialist
4. Candidate Attraction Specialist
5. Chief People Officer
6. Chief Talent Officer
7. College Recruiter
8. Contingent Workforce Manager
9. Contract Recruiter
10. Corporate Recruiter
11. Corporate Recruitment Lead
12. Deputy Head of Recruitment
13. Direct Recruiter
14. Direct Recruitment Specialist
15. Director – Executive Recruitment
16. Director – Strategic Resourcing
17. Executive Recruiter
18. Executive Recruiting Leader
19. Executive Recruitment Manager
20. Executive Search Lead
21. Executive Talent Acquisition
22. Executive Talent Sourcing Manager
23. Experienced Hire Recruiter
24. Experienced Hire Recruitment Manager
25. External Candidate Developer
26. Global Graduate Resourcing Manager
27. Global Program Manager – Employer Branding
28. Global Talent Selection Manager
29. Graduate Recruiter
30. Graduate Recruitment Advisor
31. Graduate Recruitment Manager
32. Head of Campus Recruitment
33. Head of Client Services (RPO)
34. Head of Graduate Recruitment
35. Head of Graduates, Apprentices, & Resourcing
36. Head of In-house Executive Search
37. Head of Projects – Talent Acquisition
38. Head of Recruitment
39. Head of Recruitment Operations
40. Head of Recruitment Projects
41. Head of Recruitment Strategy
42. Head of Resourcing
43. Head of RPO Projects
44. Head of Senior Hires Recruitment
45. Head of Student Recruitment
46. Head of Talent Acquisition
47. Headhunter
48. HR Manager – Recruitment
49. HR Manager – Resourcing
50. HR Staffing Specialist
51. Hybrid Recruiter
52. In-house Recruiter
53. Inhouse Recruitment Consultant
54. Internal Recruiter
55. Internal Recruiter – Interns & Apprenticeships
56. Internal Recruitment Manager
57. Internal Talent Acquisition Manager
58. Internet Recruiter
59. Lateral Recruiter
60. Lateral Recruitment Manager
61. Lead Recruiter
62. Lead Sourcing Consultant
63. Lead Talent Scout
64. Leadership Recruiter
65. Manager – Executive Search
66. Manager – Talent Systems & Resourcing
67. MBA Recruiter
68. MBA Recruitment Manager
69. Onsite Account Director/RPO Account Director
70. Onsite Account Manager/RPO Account Manager
71. People Manager
72. Principal Delivery Consultant
73. Principal Recruitment Specialist
74. Recruiter
75. Recruiter / Sourcer
76. Recruiting Coordinator
77. Recruiting Researcher
78. Recruitment & Engagement Manager
79. Recruitment Account Manager
80. Recruitment Advisor
81. Recruitment Business Partner
82. Recruitment Consultant
83. Recruitment Director
84. Recruitment Executive
85. Recruitment Lead
86. Recruitment Manager
87. Recruitment Marketing Manager
88. Recruitment Officer
89. Recruitment Operations Manager
90. Recruitment Partner
91. Recruitment Program Manager
92. Recruitment Representative
93. Recruitment Specialist
94. Recruitment Strategy & Planning Manager
95. Recruitment Team Lead
96. Recruitment Team Leader
97. Researcher
98. Resource Consultant
99. Resource Partner
100. Resourcer
101. Resourcing & Recruitment Manager
102. Resourcing Advisor
103. Resourcing Associate
104. Resourcing Business Partner
105. Resourcing Director
106. Resourcing Lead
107. Resourcing Manager
108. Resourcing Partner
109. Resourcing Program Lead
110. Resourcing Relationship Manager
111. Resourcing Specialist
112. RPO Lead
113. Senior Recruiter
114. Service Delivery Manager
115. Sourcer
116. Sourcing Advisor
117. Sourcing Director
118. Sourcing Manager
119. Sourcing Specialist
120. Sourcing Team Leader
121. Staffing Channels Intelligence Researcher
122. Staffing Consultant
123. Staffing Manager
124. Staffing Specialist
125. Strategic Recruitment Lead
126. Strategic Sourcing Recruiter
127. Supplier Relationship Manager
128. Talent Acquisition Administrator
129. Talent Acquisition Advisor
130. Talent Acquisition Associate
131. Talent Acquisition Business Partner
132. Talent Acquisition Consultant
133. Talent Acquisition Coordinator
134. Talent Acquisition Director
135. Talent Acquisition Lead
136. Talent Acquisition Leader
137. Talent Acquisition Manager
138. Talent Acquisition Operations Manager
139. Talent Acquisition Partner/Business Partner – Talent Acquisition
140. Talent Acquisition Program Manager
141. Talent Acquisition Recruiter
142. Talent Attraction Consultant
143. Talent Attraction Specialist
144. Talent Consultant – Executive Search
145. Talent Data & Research Specialist
146. Talent Engagement Advisor
147. Talent Identification Manager
148. Talent Magnet
149. Talent Partner
150. Talent Recruiter
151. Talent Scout
152. Talent Search Manager
153. Talent Sourcer
154. Talent Sourcing Lead
155. Talent Sourcing Lead
156. Talent Sourcing Manager
157. Talent Sourcing Partner
158. Talent Sourcing Specialst
159. Talent Specialist
160. University Relations Recruiter
161. University Staffing Consultant
162. Vendor Management Specialist -Talent Acquisition
163. Vendor Manager – Recruitment

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