What is a Recruiter? Consistent with the established principle that people are good at what they enjoy, first and foremost a Recruiter is somebody who enjoys dealing with people and more precisely, helping people. The goal of a Recruiter is to find a place where a Candidate will enjoy going to every day, working and a job they want to do. On the other hand (there are always two hands), a Recruiter needs to match that person with a Manager and a corporation that need, appreciate and respect the Candidate. You could say a Recruiter is a Matchmaker.

Absent these appetites, it is impossible to succeed at becoming a Star Recruiter. Someone can push paper (resumes in this case), but will hardly ever result in a person with a passion for his/her work, and somebody a Hiring Manager on the Client side, will like to partner for a long run.

Like in most jobs, your ideal job is the one you do as a hobby after work hours, what you do (or would do) for free and out of sheer pleasure. Not many people would submit candidates to companies ‘for fun’, but they would participate in social networks, research on Google for subjects they are interested in, make and maintain acquaintances, maybe do some actual ‘match making’ among friends, etc. These are the activities and interests which structured and guided by the job requirement, make up the core of what a Recruiter does.
When you have a history of doing (and enjoying) these activities on your own initiative and ‘just because’, you have the potential to become a good Recruiter.