Retirement assistant vs recruiter

The differences between retirement assistants and recruiters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a retirement assistant and a recruiter. Additionally, a recruiter has an average salary of $51,374, which is higher than the $27,834 average annual salary of a retirement assistant.

The top three skills for a retirement assistant include retirement accounts, ADL and care planning. The most important skills for a recruiter are applicant tracking systems, customer service, and human resources.

Retirement assistant vs recruiter overview

	Retirement Assistant	Recruiter
Yearly salary	$27,834	$51,374
Hourly rate	$13.38	$24.70
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	1,659	37,954
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Retirement assistant vs recruiter salary

Retirement assistants and recruiters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Retirement Assistant	Recruiter
Average salary	$27,834	$51,374
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $35,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between retirement assistant and recruiter education

There are a few differences between a retirement assistant and a recruiter in terms of educational background:

	Retirement Assistant	Recruiter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Retirement assistant vs recruiter demographics

Here are the differences between retirement assistants' and recruiters' demographics:

	Retirement Assistant	Recruiter
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 33.0% Female, 67.0%	Male, 40.1% Female, 59.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 8.1% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 7.8% White, 56.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between retirement assistant and recruiter duties and responsibilities

Retirement assistant example responsibilities.

Create, organize, and manage employment files for clinical staff, and record information in company's HRIS database.
Provide detailed retirement counseling, both in person and via the telephone, to ASRS members.
Evaluate and review hospital data for new resident admissions to skil nursing and rehabilitation to generate medical profile for electronic charts.
Work with hoyer lifts, sit-to-stands, colostomy bags, catheters, and feeding tube.

Recruiter example responsibilities.

Manage an average 20 c-level and executive job requisitions per month and achieve a time to slate average of 3 days.
Manage these teams and eventually hire someone to take over the Jr. high ministry completely.
Manage the internal data base system (ICIMS) maintaining high priority candidates as well as priority job openings.
Manage and negotiate contracts for all job boards including: Monster-SignOnSanDiego, YahooHotJobs, Careerbuilder, Jobing, and Craigslist.
Manage records of sales activities and follow-up on requirements by utilizing office specific HRIS technology.
Utilize ATS (applicant tracking software) for organizational recruiting efforts, reviewing applicant information and managing open requisitions.

Retirement assistant vs recruiter skills

Common retirement assistant skills

Retirement Accounts, 42%
ADL, 32%
Care Planning, 26%

Common recruiter skills

Applicant Tracking Systems, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Human Resources, 8%
Linkedin, 4%
Healthcare, 4%
Background Checks, 4%