Dive Brief:

• A recent study from LinkedIn found that recruiters are more satisfied with their work (78% for recruiters versus 72% for other professionals), yet those same workers also are 2.4 times more active as job seekers than other professionals.
• Various experts in an HREonline article offered several reasons why recruiters are happy, yet seem to be looking for their next job.
• For example, Brendan Browne,vice president of global talent acquisition in LinkedIn's San Francisco office, says there is a consulting population of recruiters who go from gig to gig every six to 12 months. And for those who aren't contractors, it likely has to do with the nature of the work.

Dive Insight:

Kathy Kalstrup, executive vice president of recruiting process outsourcing and point solutions at Aon Hewitt, told HREonline that her firm does an annual engagement survey, and recruiters are within the highest engagement level of all of its employees. She added that the company's recruiters display an exceptionally high employee-retention rate.

Often characterized as independent types who often work from home, recruiters are on the cutting edge of the job market, Kalstrup says. Of course, if you want to keep top recruiters from jumping ship too often, the most important thing to do is value their work and the talent acquisition process in general.

"It's important to treat talent acquisition as a strategic partner," Browne told HREonline. He also recommends having alignment on providing healthy resources to the recruiting team, a capacity model, so recruiters don't burn out.