Graduate Recruitment Consultant

Package: £27-30K Basic + Commission (£45K OTE Year 1) (£55K OTE Year 2) (£70K OTE Year 3)

The Company

Established in 2015, our client was born out of a desire to bring innovation and creativity to recruitment within the Property & Construction sector. Their passion lies in offering added value to their customers rather than putting 'bums on seats’. They offer best practice advice and support in the design and implementation of market leading recruitment campaigns and programmes that will not only attract and recruit the best talent but also retain and re-energise existing teams.

They provide innovation in candidate sourcing on a range of white-collar roles for leading Housing and Construction companies across the UK.

They have split their divisions to have a team of 360 Recruitment Consultants who work in typical recruitment fashion and a Client Services team who work with long term retained clients to meet their recruitment needs.

The Role

• This role is working with the client services team meaning you are only working with existing clients from day 1 who have paid a retainer to have all their recruitment needs met by Andersen James
• Recruiting/ Sourcing/ Head-Hunting top talent on behalf of clients
• Consulting between candidates and clients - coaching them on the interview process, gathering feedback, managing expectations and negotiating offers
• Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders in client businesses
• Understanding client needs and helping shape their talent acquisition strategy
• Working towards headcount and placement targets as well as other typical recruitment KPIs

The Benefits

• Hugely competitive basic salary with fantastic earning potential
• Excellent commission structure - no thresholds
• Monthly afternoons and evenings in top restaurants and bars for hitting targets
• Bi-annual targets for trips abroad - Ibiza, Majorca, Las Vegas, Prague, Barcelona etc
• Fast growing start-up business looking to double in size this year which will bring fantastic progression opportunities
• Really dynamic and versatile role rather than your typical recruitment roles which allows you to work with existing customers and allows you to dig under the bonnet to consultatively sell market leading solutions

The Requirements

• Sales/Recruitment Experience
• Resilient
• Competitive and goal orientated
• Strong relationship building skills
• Great work ethic
• Financially motivated
• Excellent communication skills

Virtus Talent are here to guide you through the interview process, make sure you are fully prepared for interviews and coach you on how to get your transferable skills and traits across in the interview. We will aim to secure you several interviews with several companies that you like the look of with the view of securing you several jobs offers.