The Recruitment Consultant will manage the recruitment process from the interview to offer stage and beyond. That includes sourcing and interviewing candidates, negotiating salary packages, and presenting suitable candidates to clients. Your goal is to build mutually beneficial relationships with clients and candidates and work as part of a passionate team to maximize our commercial performance.

Responsibilities:

• Using sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking to identify and attract business from clients
• Visiting clients to build and develop positive relationships
• Developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, their culture and environment
• Advertising vacancies by drafting and placing adverts
• Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships
• Advising on and selling the most appropriate solution for attracting candidates and maintaining a candidate database
• Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work
• Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy
• Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and tests and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client
• Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client
• Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job
• Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients regarding suitable applicants
• Arranging interviews for candidates as requested by the client and follow up results
• Negotiating pay and salary rates and finalizing arrangements between clients and candidates
• Offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training and career progression
• Networking to build business information that can be converted into commercial opportunities
• Working towards and exceeding targets that may relate to the number of candidates placed, a value to be billed to clients or business leads generated

 The ideal Candidate:  

We will consider any experience and any background, however, any potential recruitment consultant must possess:         

• A strong and proven track record in sales, networking and/or client development abilities
• Excellent time management (able to handle multiple priorities) and organizational skills
• Strong commercial business acumen
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Confident and self-motivated
• A passionate desire to succeed and build a successful career
• Ambition and determination to succeed
• The ability to overcome objections and be persistent