The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals

by Katrina Collier, Shannon Pritchett (Foreword)

FINALIST: Business Book Awards 2020 - HR & Management Category

In a world of work where recruiters are constantly hearing that their role is at risk from AI, robotics and chatbots, it has never been more important to effectively attract and recruit the right people. Leveraging the power of social media and digital sourcing strategies is only part of the solution, and simply posting a job or sending a LinkedIn InMail is no longer enough.


The Robot-Proof Recruiter shows you how to use the tools that reveal information that can be used to grab a potential candidate's attention among the overwhelming volume of material online. Full of expert guidance and practical tips, this book explains what works, what doesn't, and how you can stand out and recruit effectively in a world of technology overload.

The Robot-Proof Recruiter will enable you to become the recruiter that candidates trust and the one they want to talk to. It contains essential guidance on overcoming obstacles - including how to recruit without an existing online presence, how to work effectively with hiring managers to improve the candidate experience, and how to use technology to support the candidate's journey from initial outreach, to application, to employee, and through to alumnus. This is an indispensable book for all recruitment professionals and HR practitioners who want to recruit the right people for their organization.

Genres: Recruitment, Historical Romance, Business, Professional Development, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2019

About the author

Katrina Collier is the acclaimed author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter and Reboot Hiring and a global keynote speaker and facilitator renowned for championing human connection in hiring and mental health. In her debut memoir, The Damage of Words, Katrina shares her 12-year healing journey, detailing her recovery from narcissistic abuse, complex PTSD, and self-loathing. She explores diverse healing modalities, past lives, DNA-level trauma, and her spiritual gifts, offering research-backed insights and hope to inspire others to transform pain into empowerment and reclaim their worth.

LinkedIn: @KatrinaCollier | Instagram: @KatrinaMCollier

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book for every recruiter. I had a lot of ideas during the reading process. It’s well-structured and covers every aspect of a recruiter's life.

[Mark Hopkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book. Working in the recruitment industry for a very long time, you can sometimes get stuck in your lane, and not expand your mind.
What Katrina has done here, is put together over 70 industry experts, building a book of knowledge to move recruitment forward into a world that is ever changing with technology.

If you work somewhere in the the recruitment process, from hiring manager to External recruiter and all inbetween. I highly recommend you reading this book.

[Oscar Pettersson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of practical advise, apps, services, and reflections.

[Amy Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you work in talent acquisition? YOU NEED THIS BOOK. There's something in it for everyone, promise. Katrina brings real world scenarios and solutions you can act on immediately. Filled with stories, humor and straight talk, this is a must have for anyone working in recruiting. Buy this book for your coordinators, your sourcers, your bosses, and an extra copy for yourself. Grab some sticky notes and a highlighter because you'll be tagging paragraphs you'll return to again and again!

[Diep Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful book with good, relevant advice. As a recruiter myself, I get inspired by Katrina’s passion for the job and for delivering great experience for both candidates/ clients. She has put her experience into useful guidelines for recruiters to build personal branding, and she also helps to review the principles of talent acquisition process.

[Jamie J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

In The Robot-Proof Recruiter, Katrina Collier (eloquently) puts into the words my frustrations with recruiting and HR leaders who use technology like a silver-bullet rather than one of many tools. Page after page, Collier illustrates the importance of returning humanity to work as a compliment to rapidly advancing technology and significant power shifts from the employer toward the candidates and employees.

At first, I saw The Robot-Proof Recruiter as a book intended to shift perspective on technology and artificial intelligence tools. By the end of the book, I realized it is a modern field guide for recruiters & sourcing professionals that provides step-by-step instructions on how to survive in a tech-obsessed world.

This book should be highlighted, dog eared, and have notes scribbled throughout. It's a book that should be taken in wholly but can also be referenced later by chapter. The author uses permalinks to reference sources and extra reading in a way that allows you to access a curation of the most relevant content about recruiting & sourcing in the past few years.

I would highly recommend this book as a desk reference guide for each HR leader, recruiter & sourcing professional in your organization. I would also recommend The Robot-Proof Recruiter for anyone trying to understand how to thrive in the human world where others argue their skills won't be relevant as tech continues to advance.

[Glenn Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading The Robot-Proof recruiter reminded me of how great it is to be working in the talent acquisition and recruitment industry - the community of practitioners that Katrina has crowdsourced for this exceptional book is really inspiring! With Katrina's common theme of #BeHuman she provides the reader with her opinions and observations from a successful career and underpins these with facts, a wealth of reference material and she continues to challenge the thinking of what it is to be a talent acquisition and recruitment professional in 2019.

This book is for everyone that has the responsibility for hiring - this includes in-house HR and Talent Acquisition and Recruitment team members, Hiring Managers, HRD's all the way up to CEO's - your people make your company and Katrina covers every aspect of ensuring you are a people-centric company that will continue to grow and thrive in every competitive market. The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals

[Debi Easterday · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is SO important right now. In #robotproofrecruiter, Katrina Collier gives her readers not only a much-needed gut-punch perspective that details the multitude of ways in which many recruiters are failing both their candidates and clients/employers, she forces the proverbial mirror in front of the conscientious recruiting professional, who will likely find himself/herself in a contact state of introspection asking "am I doing this?".

Unlike many writers who fixate only on the reasons traditional recruiters are globally loathed, Katrina provides a resolution that comes in the form of a single-source compilation of relevant and effective best practices. She gifts the reader with access to conversations and insights that she has gleaned from industry experts, all effectively referenced. She poses important questions and offers creative (and current) answers to questions that many recruiting professionals already have. This isn't another standard "how to" manual...this is a call to action. Katrina clearly wants to create a legion of BETTER recruiters who produce higher quality placements resulting in a happier (and more productive) workforce.

Moving forward, I will ensure that every member of any team I manage receives a copy of this book. I'm NOT sharing mine.

[Vanessa Raath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you a Recruiter worth talking to? This is my favourite question that Katrina asks continuously throughout her book. This is such a great question because if you do not stand out as a Recruiter worth talking to, you may as well leave the Profession. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! This book is an amazing read for anyone who is starting out on their career journey in Recruitment to someone who is a seasoned player in the game who thinks that they 'know it all!'. The research and time that Katrina has invested in this book is quite phenomenal! She substantiates all of her work with real-life examples from Key Players in this industry. It really is such a privilege to see my name mentioned in this incredible book. Thank you for taking the time to write this book, Katrina - our industry is enriched by having this book to guide us!

[Kasia Tang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apart from a few paragraphs and the reaction of the author when I shared what I didn't like, I enjoyed the book. It's fairly easy to read (but do not get it as an ebook from the publisher... It wouldn't work on my e-reader) and contains lots of examples. Ironically, it seems to focus a lot on the tools and technology you can use in recruitment, but considering the number of tools out there it's nice to get details about a couple of options. Lots of recruiters are quoted, to give you a wide perspective on the topics discussed. Definitely recommend this for people within the industry.

[Sophie Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Robot-Proof Recruiter is a fantastic call-to-action for any recruiters looking to keep the edge on our AI competition. Full of insight from Katrina Collier and leading industry peers, and backed up with examples, easy-to-do-why-don’t-you-do-it-already ideas and data, as a practitioner I highly recommend this to anyone looking for ways to up their game as a rounded recruiter, in-house or agency.

[Francisco · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good book that not only underlines the basics of recruitment and sourcing professionals but also encourages people to see talent acquisition as a fully dedicated field with plenty to do and to develop.

For all the new recruiters, this is a must-have on your library but not also for hiring managers who might consider that recruitment is a basic process or wanting to know how they can also use best recruitment practices to bring better talent to your team.

[Elene Murvanidze · Rating 5 out of 5]

As author said these days recruites are required to wear so many hats: hats of sourcers, recruiters, marketers, community builders... And you should know that this book is all about to understand on how to wear these hats successfully in a way to still stay a recruiter worth talking to. I've just finished reading it, but I believe will revisit it over and over again 🙏

[Krzysztof Orzechowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good guide for a beginner recruiter in the corporate world. And should be treated like that. Read if you feel you are behind recruitment trends or if you want to see working tools of another recruiter. Catchy title is the reason I bought the book but I am afraid it won't save recruiters from AI.

[Louisetriance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Katrina Collier has written a must-read business book for the modern recruitment professional. Highly practical, thoroughly enjoyable and engaging; this is a real page turner - read this book - and become a recruiter worth talking to.

[Dani B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Katrina is human. Recruiting is meant to be also and isn't. Why and how could a robot take over if a human is trying and failing? Let's be human in recruiting, why? Because we are all human. Well....at least I'd like to think so 🤔😉

[Colin Cerniglia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a book about recruiting so it can be dry at times, but the author does a terrific job of breaking out the chapters to properly fit the various topics. I have been in the recruiting industry for 10+ years and this is easily one of the better resources I've read!

[Svetlana · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read for a recruiter.