Pretoria: Recruitment consultants Needed ASAP (R7 500 + commission) Recruitment: posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

A Recruitment Consultant’s role is demanding and diverse, involving a wide range of responsibilities that require strong business knowledge, communication skills, and attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

• Using marketing and business knowledge to extend company contacts

• Identifying and evaluating clients’ recruitment needs

• Negotiating terms of employment

• Interviewing potential candidates

• Phoning existing Clients to establish new recruitment requirements

• Documenting clients’ details and vacancy requirements in detail

• Clarifying and negotiating salary and benefits relating to the role

• Negotiating fees relating to work the consultant will undertake for the client

• Headhunting – identifying and approaching suitable candidates

• Reviewing applications, managing interviews, and considering candidates and shortlists

• Monitoring candidates once placed

• Collecting feedback from employers on the performance of candidates who have previously been placed with them

• Maintaining current records and personal statistics for review against performance targets

• Acting as a mentor, instructing, and training junior consultants

• Attending recruitment fairs and other events to expand the client base and develop new business

• Conducting one-to-one consultations with clients – these are usually in-depth consultations of around one hour’s duration, usually with several similar follow-up consultations thereafter

• Advising on career change or development by enabling clients to assess their skills and abilities, explore options for learning and work, and create action plans to take steps to implement decisions

• Helping people to understand and identify their skills, abilities, and interests and to make decisions based on what is suitable for their lifestyle and circumstances

• Administering psychometric tests of aptitude, personality, interests, learning styles, motivation, and team dynamics

• Interpreting psychometric test results and providing detailed personal feedback

• Making recommendations and discussing options based on psychometric test results and other information supplied by the client to assist them in making informed decisions suitable to their personal circumstances

• Providing information and advice on job search techniques, including looking for vacancies, making applications, creating CVs, and going for interviews

• Providing mock interviews and advice to improve clients’ interview technique

• Planning and delivering group workshops covering career management skills and creative job searching, including organizing external speakers

• Helping staff explore job opportunities through a placement service or agency

• Carrying out desk research and using the internet to respond to queries from clients

• Reviewing, updating, developing, and disseminating careers information resources, both in hard copy and for use on the internet

• Writing articles on career-related topics

• Entering of CV’s into templates

• Retrieving and identifying CV’s from database if required by senior consultants

• Offering counselling on issues affecting work and career, including stress management, difficulties in balancing work and home life commitments, redundancy, and retirement

• Working with external agencies or professionals on referral of clients

Requirements

No specific qualifications are mentioned in the original job description. However, a degree is implied as it is required to administer psychometric tests.

Qualifications

No formal education or certifications are explicitly mentioned in the original job description.

Salary & Benefits

The salary for this position is R7 500 + commission.