Corporate recruiter, contract vs recruiting lead

The differences between corporate recruiters, contract and recruiting leads can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a corporate recruiter, contract and a recruiting lead. Additionally, a recruiting lead has an average salary of $76,768, which is higher than the $66,162 average annual salary of a corporate recruiter, contract.

The top three skills for a corporate recruiter, contract include applicant tracking systems, source candidates and recruitment process. The most important skills for a recruiting lead are healthcare, recruitment process, and applicant tracking systems.

Corporate recruiter, contract vs recruiting lead overview

	Corporate Recruiter, Contract	Recruiting Lead
Yearly salary	$66,162	$76,768
Hourly rate	$31.81	$36.91
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	49,760	34,440
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Corporate recruiter, contract vs recruiting lead salary

Corporate recruiters, contract and recruiting leads have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Corporate Recruiter, Contract	Recruiting Lead
Average salary	$66,162	$76,768
Salary range	Between $44,000 And $98,000	Between $52,000 And $112,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between corporate recruiter, contract and recruiting lead education

There are a few differences between a corporate recruiter, contract and a recruiting lead in terms of educational background:

	Corporate Recruiter, Contract	Recruiting Lead
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 75%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Corporate recruiter, contract vs recruiting lead demographics

Here are the differences between corporate recruiters, contract' and recruiting leads' demographics:

	Corporate Recruiter, Contract	Recruiting Lead
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 36.2% Female, 63.8%	Male, 49.5% Female, 50.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.7% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 7.6% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 8.5% White, 56.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between corporate recruiter, contract and recruiting lead duties and responsibilities

Corporate recruiter, contract example responsibilities.

Manage the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers including post-interview calibration/feedback with interview teams.
Hire SOA Java and Java J2EE & .Net Engineers.
Enhance the company's ATS by creating a vast pool of qualify candidates of all levels.
Provide guidance and direction to track and complete all applicant information in Taleo the application tracking system.
Source and leverage social media platforms, job boards and ATS to build a passive/ diverse candidate pipeline.
Source and network using LinkedIn, Taleo, CareerBuilder, and other methods such as networking with online groups.

Recruiting lead example responsibilities.

Manage the team's daily activity, KPI's, weekly and monthly goals.
Partner with managers, compensation, workforce management, legal, and HRIS to attain goals.
Manage the RFP selection for ad agency and ATS system, along with composing the scripts and requirements.
Manage enterprise-wide HRIS software implementation through product release.
Manage Taleo applicant tracking system and requisition posting.
Manage the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers including post-interview calibration/feedback with interview teams.

Corporate recruiter, contract vs recruiting lead skills

Common corporate recruiter, contract skills

Applicant Tracking Systems, 14%
Source Candidates, 7%
Recruitment Process, 6%
Taleo, 5%
SR, 4%
Phone Screens, 4%

Common recruiting lead skills

Healthcare, 9%
Recruitment Process, 9%
Applicant Tracking Systems, 8%
Human Resources, 7%
Recruitment Strategies, 6%
Work Ethic, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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