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23.08.2020

What does a Recruitment Consultant do?

Recruitment Consultant Job Specification 

Job Title: Recruitment Consultant 
Purpose of the Role:  Your role exists to support the talent acquisition strategy of clients, attracting candidates to job roles with client companies, delivering a quality experience and generating revenue in line with agreed targets. 

Responsibilities of the Role: 

• Ensure all necessary administration, payment and aftercare services are concluded in line with company policies 
• Understand and meeting agreed KPIs 
• Seek and providing feedback in a professional manner at all times to candidates and clients 

Client: 
• Generate fees in line with agreed targets 
• Build awareness of the business in the marketplace through digital communications using appropriate social media 
• Build a personal brand and reputation with clients 
• Become an expert in the chosen sector 
• Developing a pipeline of potential clients who could become clients of the business and create opportunities to do business 
• New business development - turn prospects into clients 
• Negotiating contracts and appropriate commercial terms 
• Managing or making arrangements for the advertisement of vacancies 
• Manage and deliver excellent experiences for our clients 
• Build relationships with clients which influence their loyalty towards us 
• Developing long term relationships and partnerships with clients by building an understanding of their structure, culture, hiring needs and preferences 

Candidate: 
• Build awareness of the business in the marketplace through digital communications and digital marketing 
• Build a personal brand and reputation with candidates 
• Develop and own a process which generates a sufficient pool of candidates to place 
• Headhunting potential candidates 
• Interviewing and assessing prospective applicants and matching them with client vacancies 
• Developing a consistently excellent candidate experience 
• Screening candidates and drawing up shortlists of candidates for clients to interview 
• Organising interviews and/or selection events 
• Helping applicants to prepare for interviews 
• Maintaining the candidate database and promoting jobs to new and existing candidates 
• Developing strong relationships with candidates 

Team: 
• Support colleagues on every occasion 
• Choose you attitude every day 
• Know and love the business Values 
• Own your own personal development 

Success – how is the role measured? 
• Number of placements 
• Fees generated in comparison to targets 
• Ratios (CVs to interviews, interviews to placements etc.) 
• Relationships clients 
• Margins 
• Client and candidate feedback 
• Retained work with clients 
• Relationships with clients 


Qualities required to excel in the role: 

Knowledge – what do you need to know? 
• Knowledge of industry 
• Knowledge of clients and their businesses 
• Knowledge of competitors 
• Product knowledge 
• Knowledge of internal systems, processes and the recruitment processes 

Skills – what do you need to do well? 
• Strong sales skills 
• Relationship-building 
• Communication – written and verbal; listening, questioning and influencing 
• Negotiation 
• Engage a passive candidate 
• Personal effectiveness 

Attitude – what mind set do you need? 
• Positive 
• Tenacious 
• Resilient 
• Opportunistic 
• Personable 
• Approachable 
• Hard working 
• Patient 
• Confident 
• Inquisitive 
• Ambitious and determined to achieve targets and objectives 
• Determined 
• Adaptable
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