When we tell ourselves that we’re recruiting because we like to help other people, we ought to make sure we don’t fall into the trap of presenting ourselves as doing a favor to the candidate. Helping is something we do without seeking or wanting a payback in return. Recruiting is a service of attracting, screening, and presenting qualified candidates to organizations for a fee. Sometimes, we offer helpful advice within the constraints of recruiting, like when recruiters clean up a person’s resume and give helpful interview tips; this is all for the benefit of the end goal – which is presenting a hire-able and qualified candidate to an organization.
