Recruitment Consultant - Perm

Who are Wise Employment? Wise Employment have been specialising in in the supply of temporary and permanent staffing solutions to local businesses for over 25 years. Their Exeter Branch are an expanding team who pride themselves on selecting the best personnel to provide a quality and customer focussed service to everyone they interact with – treating work seekers in an understanding and effective manner, and delivering exceptional customer care to their clients. What is the job role? In a nutshell you will be constantly interacting with people over the phone and face to face, in the pursuit of securing people new employment opportunities. This means constantly talking to work-seekers and employers in the local area, and helping the former find work with local businesses, and the latter hire new employees for their employment opportunities. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong Sales and Customer Service; as you will be expected to maintain and develop relationships with both current clients and work-seekers. You will also be sales driven and able to work to targets, in order to initiate new trading relationships with companies we don’t currently trade with. You will pro-actively plan and implement recruitment strategies using online platforms, social media and local events to attract the best work seekers in the market, and work hard on their behalf to find a new role for them. Working as part of a team, you will have your own area, and be responsible for creating and owning your own business, and encouraged to have meetings with clients to help with this. You will strive to work directly with businesses bringing local talent to market, as well as equally supporting the top talent in the area to find them new jobs. What attributes and skills will I need to have? Communication skills – you need to interact with a variety of different people at different levels, and be able to tailor your approach accordingly Writing skills – you will need to be able to write engaging and persuasive content for advertising placed on-line, as well as delivering informative and well-presented information about work seekers to clients. IT Proficiency – everything you do has to be recorded, using MS word applications, and a CRM system. Attributes: Tenacity – sometimes a work seeker might change their mind, not every employer is going to say YES to you – you must be able to grit your teeth and continue to inform companies about your talented work seekers Likeability – you need to be someone who gets along with others well and can convince people that you will do a good job for them, be they work seekers or employers. We offer a great basic salary plus uncapped commission, quarterly incentive schemes, and promotional possibilities for the right people. If this sounds like you then please send your CV as soon as possible