Role of a Recruitment Consultant
This is an exciting sales-driven role. If you are results focused with an entrepreneurial personality and a desire to succeed Robert Walters is the ideal organisation to develop your career.
In short, the role of a recruitment consultant is to act as an intermediary between organisations wishing to recruit staff (clients) and professionals (candidates) seeking a career/job change. The objective of a recruitment consultant is to meet the needs of both the client and the candidate to ensure the best mutual fit. This is not simply a case of skills matching but one of truly understanding a client's business and its culture, as well as the career aspirations and expectations of a candidate. A recruitment consultant's key responsibilities include:
Candidates
- Providing general career advice and guidance
- Identifying and educating candidates on current opportunities
- Briefing candidates on suitable roles and preparing candidates for client interview
- Marketing roles and Robert Walters services to both new and existing candidates
Clients
- Acquiring new clients through business development both on the phone and in person
- Developing long-term and trusted relationships with clients by attaining a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the organisation, its culture and resourcing requirements
- Receiving and consulting on client resourcing briefs and communicating details to relevant candidates
- Developing and implementing short-term and long-term recruitment campaigns on behalf of clients
- Managing the recruitment process - from candidate screening through to interview, performance feedback and offer negotiation