Recruitment Consultant

Hays; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hays as a Recruitment Consultant in Maidstone and take advantage of a collaborative environment while driving your recruitment career forward. This role focuses on client growth and candidate engagement, making a significant impact in the recruitment industry. With an emphasis on sales and relationship building, you'll have the chance to thrive in a diverse and inclusive culture, supported by ongoing training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Commission scheme structure

Best technology in the industry

Renowned training programme

Paid volunteering days

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• MUST HAVE A SALES BACKGROUND.
• Possess an ambitious drive to succeed.
• Experience in a results-driven environment required.

Responsibilities

• Foster and nurture client relationships while pursuing new business opportunities.
• Attract top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies.
• Meet and exceed KPIs working in a collaborative, high-performing team.

Skills

Sales-driven

Relationship-focused

Results-focused

Resilient

Outgoing

Confident

Ambitious

Target-driven

Proactive

Job description

Working in our Maidstone office at Hays offers the unique advantage of being supported by a team of experienced consultants. This wealth of expertise across various sectors makes it an ideal environment to start or advance your recruitment career, all while enjoying our office situated on a beautiful estate. With over 9 years of tenure across our South East region, you'll be surrounded by experts specialising in construction, professional services , and education. Our collaborative and supportive atmosphere ensures you have the resources and mentorship needed to succeed and thrive in the recruitment industry. Join us and be part of a team that celebrates every success, making your career journey both rewarding and fulfilling.

This is a sales-based role so we are looking for individuals that are passionate about talking to people, winning new business, and building lifelong partnerships with clients. If this sounds like you, we'd love to talk to you. Apply now to receive a call back from our Talent Acquisition team to discuss the role further.

Your new role as a Recruitment Consultant:

Client Growth: Foster lasting relationships, building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities. Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.

Candidate Engagement: Find and engage the best talent, attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies. Guiding candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.

Skilful Negotiation: Create win-win situations for clients and candidates, negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.

Target Achievement: Meet and exceed KPIs with zeal and efficiency. Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

Leadership Partner Expertise: Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.



About you to make it in this role:

* MUST HAVE A SALES BACKGROUND
* Sales-driven and relationship-focused
* Results-focused
* Possess an ambitious drive to succeed.
* Resilient, persistent, and determined.
* Passionate about people, outgoing, and confident.
* Ambitious, target-driven, and financially motivated.
* A proactive and results-driven approach



Why Choose Hays?

People are at the centre of everything we do. We don't just place people into jobs but invest in lifelong partnerships that empower you to realise your ambition. We're backed by over 50 years of success, and a workforce of over 10,000 people across 33 countries. There might be 12,000 employees across the globe, but here, everybody is welcome, and every voice is heard.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in.



As a result, we are proud to say:

We partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity

We also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.

Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.

#HaysHelps We're committed to making a positive impact on the communities we live and work in. As part of this, we have a volunteering scheme, #HaysHelps, which gives employees two days of paid leave per calendar year to volunteer.



Award winners of:

Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement

Glassdoor Best Places to Interview



As a Hays consultant, you will benefit from:

* Commission scheme structure (uncapped paid x13 times a year, increases with promotions)
* Built on rewarding success and the opportunity to influence your earning potential
* Best technology in the industry and a renowned training programme to support success and drive rapid career progression and ongoing development
* Opportunity to take your career globally
* Incentives and rewards to recognise performance both locally, regionally and nationally
* Broad range of employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits
* Community of internal support networks.
* Paid volunteering days for all employees under our Working for Your Tomorrow Initiative.



Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let's work together to create it!

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.