Recruitment Consultant

Job Title: Recruitment Consultant

Reports To: Branch Director/Office Manager
Applicable Site: Aylesbury

Job Purpose
Recruitment Consultants provide a vital link between clients and candidates.

Duties and Responsibilities
The role is demanding and diverse and involves:
➢ using sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking in order to attract business from client companies;
➢ recording & updating database entries;
➢ visiting clients to build and develop relationships;
➢ developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment;
➢ advertising vacancies by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media, for example newspapers, websites, magazines;
➢ using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates and employers;
➢ 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 in question;
➢ preparing CV’s and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants;
➢ organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client;
➢ informing candidates about the results of their interviews;
➢ negotiating pay and salary rates and finalising arrangements between client and candidates;
➢ Confirmation of Assignment documents;
➢ Confirmation of Supply documents;
➢ offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training and career progression;
➢ 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;
➢ reviewing recruitment policies to ensure effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment programmes.
Qualifications
➢ No formal qualifications required.