"Hiring managers are generally responsible for identifying job openings and hiring suitable candidates. This involves screening and interviewing applicants, as well as negotiating with and hiring individuals. Hiring managers are also often tasked with organizing new hire onboarding and strategizing employee retention strategies.

Daily tasks

The day-to-day tasks of a hiring manager include:

Identifying open jobs and their requirements
Crafting well-defined job descriptions
Delegating tasks to and overseeing the hiring and recruiting team
Determining and implementing an interview process
Selecting qualified candidates and making formal job offers
Negotiating job and contract details with selected candidates
Managing the new-hire onboarding process
Analyzing hiring process for improved promotion, selection and retention strategies

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A hiring manager is the individual responsible for hiring candidates for a job vacancy within their organization. They are often part of the human resources (HR) recruitment team and collaborate with recruiters and other HR managers. If an organization doesn’t delegate hiring to HR, the hiring manager is the manager of a department or team with an open job position.

For example, the manager of the marketing department would be responsible for hiring for an open marketing associate position. The hiring manager’s primary responsibility is to oversee the selection, interviews and hiring of candidates.