Pretoria: Recruitment consultants (R9 000 to R15 000 + commission) (Recruitment): posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

A well-established and phenomenally successful recruitment agency is urgently seeking for Recruitment Consultants who can assist in all consultant duties at our offices in Pretoria. The role involves developing solid relationships with clients, providing advice on salary levels, training requirements, and career opportunities, and identifying and evaluating clients’ recruitment needs.

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

• Experienced
• Working Independently
• Self-confidence
• Ambition and drive
• Excellent communication skills – especially negotiating and influencing
• Eagerness to learn and handle responsibility
• The capacity to handle multiple priorities
• Flexibility and commitment
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Mentors for Trainees
• Good telephone skills and experience in marketing or customer service-related roles can be advantageous.
• A driving license is a MUST.

Salary & Benefits

R9 000 to R15 000 + commission