Recruitment consultant - Sales

Quest Employment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Birthday day off

Pension scheme

Perkbox membership

Free parking

Team lunches

Professional qualifications paid

Quest Perks

Job summary

Quest Employment is a leading recruitment specialist in the Midlands, offering temporary and permanent staffing across sectors. This Coventry role is full-time and on-site, with 8am–4:30pm hours, benefits such as extra holidays, a pension scheme, and Perkbox membership.

The role focuses on winning new business, client meetings and candidate interviews to drive branch success. The successful candidate will engage in heavy sales activity with a branch-based commission structure, supported by

Qualifications

• Experience in business to business sales is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Interviewing skills required.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team.
• Positive and can-do attitude.
• Experience in recruitment is beneficial.
• Driving licence and own vehicle are essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business development via sales calls, emails and meetings (80% of the role).
• Manage existing client accounts and advertise active roles.
• Actively source and qualify candidates for roles.
• Understand client needs and manage expectations.
• Attend client sites to improve service levels.
• Maintain relationships with workers, clients and colleagues.
• Ensure high levels of compliance in recruitment activities.
• Offer uncapped commission based on branch profits and bonuses.
• Support team with monthly lunches and birthday/off initiatives.
• Participate in training and professional development programs.

Skills

New business development

Interpersonal skills

Interviewing skills

Team player

Positive attitude

Recruitment experience

Driving licence

Job description

Quest Employment is a leading recruitment specialist within the Midlands, offering temporary and permanent staffing solutions across various sectors. With an emphasis on 'People are our Priority', Quest aims to match the right candidate to the right role for every client. The company has over 30 years of successful services and strong relationships with local and global brands, serving industries like Office Support, Accounting, Manufacturing, and more.

Role Description

Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 4.30pm

Benefits: 25 Holidays + Bank Holidays, birthday day off, attractive pension scheme, Perkbox membership

Reporting to: Branch manager

This is a full-time on-site role in Coventry for a Recruitment Consultant at Quest Employment. The role involves tasks such as new business development activity, attending client meetings, consulting with clients and candidates, conducting interviews, effective communication with stakeholders, and proficient recruiting activities. This would be an extremely heavy sales based role and you will primarily be tasked with winning new business for the branch.

The successful candidate will be walking in to branch based commission

Responsibilities

• New business development via sales calls, emails & face to face meetings and other means (80% of the role)
• Management of existing client accounts
• Advertise active roles through all available means
• Actively source and qualify candidates
• Manage the client's needs and expectations
• Regularly attend client sites to gauge & improve service levels
• Maintaining strong relationships with workers, clients & colleagues
• Maintain high levels of compliance
• Clear, uncapped & generous commission structure, based on branch profits rather than individual desks (individual commission p/annum - totally uncapped, plus individual sales related bonuses)
• Extra holiday (you get your birthday off, an extra day off for attending our AGM & an extra day holiday for each year you work for Quest)
• Free parking
• Monthly free team lunches
• Professional qualifications paid for by the business (NVQ's, REC etc.) & time given to study
• Internal & external training courses provided each year for every member of staff
• Quest Perks (or Querks) including; access to a 24/7 GP for you & your household, discounts on supermarkets & fuel, cashback & discounts on over 4,000 online retailers, free mental health counsellor, free physio therapy, discounted gym membership, money off cinema tickets & meals out... and much more
• Charity fundraising activities through optional team building activities

Requirements for applicants

• Experience in business to business sales is essential for this role - you must be comfortable and confident in your sales ability with a proven track record of success
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Interviewing skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• A positive & 'can do' attitude
• Experience in the recruitment industry is beneficial for this role
• Driving license and own vehicle is essential for this role

We are looking to hire as soon as possible