Recruitment refers to the process of finding right people for the right job or function, usually undertaken by recruiters. Essentially, Employment Agencies provide employers with candidates, which they can employ for a fixed, pre-defined feeRecruitment Consultants are responsible for finding the candidates, whether it is through on-line searching, direct applications, referrals or headhunting.
The Recruitment Consultant is then responsible for selling the role and the client to the candidate and then selling the candidate onto the clients. Working, as a Recruitment Consultant is very varied you will also be responsible for preparing the candidates for interviews, negotiating the salary, and conducting closure to the searchTo summarise, a recruitment consultant's role is demanding, it involves: Canvassing for new business through research and cold calling, Identifying employers recruitment needs, negotiating the terms of business, marketing the roles though a variety of means, developing long-lasting relationships with candidates, preparing them for interviews and then closing the sale. Typically with Recruitment-to-Recruitment you will be dealing with some of these roles:-
Recruitment Administrator - CV Editing, searching and developing new business lists.
Candidate Consultant - Candidate searching on internet sites and/or registering applicants applying to the agency.
Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Developing new business, searching for and interviewing candidates.
Recruitment Consultant Graduate
Recruitment Consultant
Senior Consultant
Recruitment Manager
Search and Selection - Calling competitor companies to discover whether a person in a similar role at a competitor may be interested in your clients' role.
Executive Head-hunter - As above and typically involving an upfront "search" fee.
Branch Manager
In Recruitment you will be placing people in the same profession to yourself, this will give you the chance to really relate to your candidates and you will have excellent knowledge of the industry. You will be speaking with candidates who are tenacious, money motivated and target driven and as Recruitment is an industry that utilising a great deal of transferable skills you will get the chance to liase with professionals from a variety of industries – giving you excellent diversity.
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