The Role
This is a sales role, where you will be sourcing top talent for clients across your area of expertise. The role requires cold calling to bring on new clients, and you will need to sell your services, competing against other Recruitment agencies in the industry.
Once a client decides they would like to work with you, you will discover what they need in a candidate, and use advertising, headhunting and networking to find the perfect candidate for the position. Selling your services to the candidate will be essential, as it is likely they will have been approached by other recruitment consultants – why are you the best person to help them find their next role?
Liaising with both candidates and clients, you will find the most suitable time slot for the interview. To ensure your candidate aces the interview, you will prepare them, so they feel confident in telling their story and demonstrating their skillset in the best way possible.
Guiding your candidate and client through the process, hopefully you will secure your candidate their dream role and secure your client with the top talent for the role.
You will have targets to reach by securing deals and you will earn commission from this. It is a competitive role, so having a driven mindset is crucial.
The Skills
This is an entry-level role, meaning you are not required to have any prior experience (although if you have experience, we are very keen to hear from you!)
You will receive training from successful Recruiters with years of experience behind them, meaning you will learn the best techniques to succeed in the industry. However, there are skills you will need to bring to the table to truly become the best Recruitment Consultant.
These include:
Resilience – you will face a lot of rejection, but can you see the end goal?
Financial drive – why do you want to have control of your earnings? Do you want your first Rolex?
A brand-new car? Your first property?
A willing mentality – where can you demonstrate your competitive nature?
Strong communication skills
Confidence to pick up the phone and to meet clients/ candidates in person Whilst the job role does not require Recruitment experience, you will need to be either a graduate or someone with 1+ years B2B sales experience (both is ideal!). A sporting background is favoured as there are many transferable skills.
The Rewards
The world of Recruitment is tough. You will be working long hours, and handling rejection daily. There will need to be serious hard work to see results. However, this doesn’t go unnoticed. The industry is hugely rewarding, not only with uncapped commission, but incentives and great benefits as well. A few examples of these are as follows:
Holiday incentives across the world (all expenses paid)
Monthly lunch clubs for the top billers (dining at the top restaurants in London)
Ski trips
Gym memberships
Early finish Fridays
Christmas / summer parties
Annual awards
Each company will offer different incentives and benefits to care for their employees.
To find out more about the role of a Recruitment Consultant and the opportunities we haveavailable, send through your CV today.
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27 Talent specialise in placing experienced and graduate talent into leading recruitment consultancy
and executive search agencies. We work with a variety of exciting firms ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations. We are market experts and take pride in building strong relationships with our clients and candidates so we match the best people to the best organisations. We will listen to you and advise you throughout your job search so that you feel confident, prepared, and can ultimately secure the best position for you.
The positions we recruit for include Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Graduate Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Graduate Scheme, Junior Associate, Researcher, Headhunter, Recruitment Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Managing Consultant, Principal Consultant, Business Manager, Associate Director, Director and more.
We recruit into specialist sectors including Accountancy and Finance Recruitment, Banking Recruitment, Change and Transformation Recruitment, Construction and Engineering Recruitment, Digital Recruitment, Executive Search and Selection, Human Resources Recruitment, Legal Recruitment, Life Sciences Recruitment, Public Sector Recruitment, Procurement and Supply Chain Recruitment, Sales Recruitment, Sports Recruitment and Technology Recruitment.