Recruitment Consultant
Assess candidates to establish their job requirements and eligibility for particular roles, and help employers find suitable staff.
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- What's it like to be a Recruitment Consultant?
- How to become a Recruitment Consultant
- Latest Recruitment Consultant jobs
- Top skills and experience for Recruitment Consultants
- Is Recruitment Consultant the right role for you?
- Recruitment Consultant role reviews
What's it like to be a Recruitment Consultant?
Recruitment Consultants are responsible for attracting candidates and matching them to jobs with client organisations.Did you find this video helpful?
Tasks and duties
- Arranging for advertising of job vacancies in a wide range of media.
- Headhunting, networking, and using CV searching techniques to find relevant candidates.
- Reviewing and assessing CVs and preparing them for submission to clients.
- Managing interviews, screening candidates and running background checks.
- Creating a shortlist of candidates for the client.
- Briefing candidates about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question.
- Undertaking negotiations on terms and conditions of employment.
- Developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment.
- Negotiating pay and salary rates and finalising arrangements between client and candidates.
- Maintaining personnel records and associated human resource information systems.
How to become a Recruitment Consultant
You don’t need a formal qualification to become a Recruitment Consultant and most agencies offer on-the-job training. However, some employers may prefer candidates with a relevant qualification or certificate.
- Gain your Senior Secondary Certificate of Education.
- Consider completing a relevant qualification. This could be a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course, such as a Certificate IV in Human Resource Management (BSB40420) or Diploma of Human Resource Management (BSB50320). A relevant degree, such as a Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management), may open up a broader range of career options.
- Alternatively, complete a training course offered by an industry body, such as the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association Australia & New Zealand (RCSA) or Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Recruitment Consultant employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. End to End Recruitment
Interviewing
360 Recruitment
Relationship Management
Relationship Building
Talent Sourcing
Results Focused
Sales
Communication Skills
Social Media
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Latest Recruitment Consultant reviews
Dec 2018
Recruitment is fulfilling if you are organised and resilient
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Business and Commerce
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationAccounting
The good thingsRecruitment is fast paced and you need to be proactive as well as resilient
Good things:
- Account management gives you the opportunity to deal with many different types of stakeholders at various le...
The challengesChallenges:
- If you are not proactive in your search for top talent then you will find that you will not be able to fill many jobs
- If you are afraid of doing business development then you will stru...
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Nov 2018
It’s a life changer! Not all hero’s wear capes! Sometimes it’s as small as finding someone their dream job
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate IV in Business
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationHR, admin, sales, finance, customer service
The good thingsthis Role is an incredible one that offers job satisfaction in so many forms. This ranges from offering a candidate the job of their dreams, helping a business source that “unicorn” applicant for thei...
The challengesYou certainly need to feel comfortable selling and picking up the phone to s client. One of the hardest parts of the role is both telling a candidate they are unsuccessful and the multitude of phone c...
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