Summary
The purpose of this role is to represent Advance Staff in the recruitment market. Supporting clients with the recruitment of candidates into temporary and permanent vacancies. Advance Staff will look to develop the skillset of the apprentice to become a well-rounded recruitment consultant.
What you will do at work
- To develop candidate relationships
- Support candidates with their CVs, cover letters and applications for new roles
- To drive sales and increase business with both new and existing clients
- Full 360 Apprentice Recruitment Consultant role supplying temporary or permanent workers into Industrial and logistics positions
- Pre-screen candidate profiles, using CRM as well as available CV databases
- Meet with candidates, interview them for suitability of vacant positions
- Ascertain reference points and references, conducting due diligence on all represented candidates
- Collate “right to live and work in the UK” data to ensure candidate compliance and eligibility for vacant positions
- Negotiate salary with candidates, managing their expectations on market conditions
- Conducting aftercare meetings with candidates upon successful placements (contract and permanent)
- Business development, largely on the phone and email
- Winning new client accounts and managing client relationships
- Sourcing suitable candidates for client vacancies
- Negotiating fee and/or margin structure for services
- Pre-screening candidate suitability for interview
- CV presentations to clients, giving a detailed description of why candidates are suited to vacant positions
- Negotiate salary with clients, ensuring candidate and client reach an agreement to offer
- Maintaining client relationships throughout the recruitment process and beyond
- Advertise roles on job boards
Training
- Recruitment Consultant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard NVQ & Certificate
- End Point Assessment
- Maths and English functional skills if required, which will be delivered via online training sessions for 1 hour per week
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Engaging Personality
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Adaptable
- Intuitive
- Flexible attitude to work
- Ability to communicate at all
Qualifications
- GCSE English & maths (4-9) – desired
About this employer
With a wealth of expertise in logistics and industrial staff supply, Advance Staff are continuing to expand.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression into a full-time position may be offered upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
Things to consider
This vacancy required an applicant to have a good level of confidence, the ability to build relationships with customers and would entail a heavy use of the telephone. If you are not confident in speaking on the phone, this is not the role for you.