-: I myself was a communications major.
I have people on my team
that were sociology majors,
that were English majors,
that were journalism majors.
Really, whatever major that you have
that helps you be able to work
on your communication and to work on your people skills
is a good major for recruiting.
So, each company has their own software
and their own tools that they use.
So just being well-versed
on basic things such as Excel,
and just having some experience with learning software
so that you when you get to your new company,
you're able to pick up their software quicker.
I've worked with a number of different
application tracking system softwares
throughout my career.
They're all pretty similar,
but they all have their own differences.
So being able to pick up quickly is a big thing,
and just having that background
of working with a number of different softwares is huge.
So I actually did not start out in recruitment.
I started out as an HR Operations Specialist
at Target Corporation,
so I learned a little bit about a lot of things
within the HR world.
From there, I decided that my favorite aspect of HR
was the people part, was the recruitment part,
and so that's what I focused on.
I met with a number of people
within Talent Acquisition
both at Target and both outside of Target,
just friends, or family friends, or friends of friends
that I knew worked in the area,
and I did some shadowing
as well as just having conversations,
asking a ton of questions,
and just really making sure
that this was something
that I wanted to pursue.
So I would say that networking is a huge thing.
If you know what you want to do,
find someone who does it,
and just talk to them
and ask them all the questions that you have
because you might find that it's not for you,
or you might leave the conversation
being even more excited about it
and knowing that this is something
you want to pursue.