recruitment consultant

Randstad Staffing; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Warm starting base

Culture & stability

Growth and earning potential

Flexibility

Annual leave per year of service

Birthday day off

Volunteer leave

Parental leave

Share purchase plan

Gym discounts

Health & wellbeing programs

Job summary

Randstad South Australia is expanding and seeking a proactive Recruitment Consultant to take over a warm, fast-paced 360 SME public sector desk within our Industrial team in Wayville. This role focuses on supplying skilled blue-collar talent across day, afternoon, and night shifts.

You will drive full-cycle recruitment, build strong candidate networks, and conduct on-site client visits while nurturing long-term relationships with clients and candidates across SA.

Qualifications

• Background: Open to experienced 360 Recruiters OR commercial sales, account management, retail, and travel industry professionals looking to transition into agency recruitment.
• Agility & Drive: Ability to multitask, pivot quickly, and manage multiple urgent placements in a fast-changing environment.
• Communication Skills: Confident on the phone, strong face-to-face presence, and a genuine passion for building relationships with candidates and clients.
• Transport: Must hold a valid driver’s license and have your own reliable vehicle for client site visits.

Responsibilities

• 360 Desk Management: Drive full-cycle recruitment, balancing client business development with proactive candidate sourcing.
• Business Development & Promo Calls: Follow up provided leads from weekly state catch-ups, make outbound promo calls, and conduct on-site client visits across Adelaide CBD and Southern Suburbs.
• Candidate Pipelining & Engagement: Go beyond job boards—build strong candidate networks through referrals, pre-screening, and maintaining an active pool of trade industrial talent ready to deploy at short notice.
• In-Person Pre-Employment Assessments: Conduct physical pre-employment checks and capability assessments in our Adelaide office to ensure candidates are work-ready.
• Account Care: Build authentic, long-term relationships with both candidates and clients across the South Australian market.

Job description

About the Company

Join Randstad, the world’s leading recruitment and HR services company. We are known for developing high performers, promoting from within and recognising hard work. You’ll be supported by market‑leading tools, strong leadership and a culture that values ambition, inclusion and success.

Together We Grow. At Randstad, we believe growth is a collective journey. We are a certified Great Place to Work 2024/2025/2026 and a Forbes World’s Best Employer, dedicated to a culture where everyone succeeds together.

About the Role

Are you looking to launch or elevate your recruitment career by running a desk that feels like your own mini‑business? Randstad South Australia is expanding, and we are looking for a proactive Recruitment Consultant to take over a warm, fast-paced 360 SME public sector desk within our Industrial team in Wayville. This role focuses on supplying skilled blue‑collar talent such as Forklift Drivers, Production/Assembly Workers, and Warehousing/Stores personnel - across day, afternoon, and night shifts. You will step into a warm desk with huge potential for additional growth.

Key Responsibilities

• 360 Desk Management: Drive full-cycle recruitment, balancing client business development with proactive candidate sourcing.
• Business Development & Promo Calls: Follow up provided leads from weekly state catch‑ups, make outbound promo calls, and conduct on‑site client visits across Adelaide CBD and Southern Suburbs.
• Candidate Pipelining & Engagement: Go beyond job boards—build strong candidate networks through referrals, pre‑screening, and maintaining an active pool of trade industrial talent ready to deploy at short notice.
• In-Person Pre-Employment Assessments: Conduct physical pre‑employment checks and capability assessments in our Adelaide office to ensure candidates are work‑ready.
• Account Care: Build authentic, long‑term relationships with both candidates and clients across the South Australian market.

What We Are Looking For

• Background: Open to experienced 360 Recruiters OR commercial sales, account management, retail, and travel industry professionals looking to transition into agency recruitment.
• Agility & Drive: Ability to multitask, pivot quickly, and manage multiple urgent placements in a fast‑changing environment.
• Communication Skills: Confident on the phone, strong face‑to‑face presence, and a genuine passion for building relationships with candidates and clients.
• Transport: Must hold a valid driver’s license and have your own reliable vehicle for client site visits.

Why Join Randstad South Australia?

• Warm Starting Base: Inherit active temp placements and revenue from day one.
• Culture & Stability: Join an established, highly supportive team led by long‑tenured managers with decades of combined Randstad market expertise.
• Growth & Earning Potential: Clear commission structure and pathways to progress into Senior Consultant roles.
• Flexibility: A supportive, family‑friendly work environment that offers practical day‑to‑day flexibility.
• An extra days leave for each year of service
• A day off on your birthday
• Volunteer leave
• Parental leave
• Access to the share purchase scheme - Randstad contributes 100% of what you put in!
• Discounted gym memberships and Bupa healthcare
• Free access to Randstad's health and wellbeing programs including Employee Assistance Program, Internal Referral Program, Yoga, Pilates, Meditation classes etc

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

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