Travel Recruitment Specialist

Travel Trade Recruitment Limited; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel recruitment agency in Stockport is seeking a Recruitment Consultant. Responsibilities include identifying clients and candidates, negotiating terms, and providing career advice. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience in the travel industry, preferably in a sales role. The position offers a competitive salary with uncapped commission and the opportunity to work from home on Fridays.

Benefits

Generous basic salary

Uncapped personal monthly commission

Quarterly incentives

Bonus in time for Christmas

Team incentives and nights out

Extra annual leave

Pension contributions

Work from home on Fridays

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years work experience in any sector of the travel industry, preferably sales.
• Bright, articulate, and computer literate.

Responsibilities

• Identify new clients and build rapport.
• Negotiate rates and terms with clients.
• Utilize travel industry knowledge for candidate search.
• Screen candidate applications and provide career advice.
• Facilitate interviews and offers of employment.

Skills

Sales orientation

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Job description

Overview

Recruitment Consultant - Travel industry

Stockport

A NEW CAREER IN TRAVEL RECRUITMENT. Fantastic opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading Travel Industry Recruitment Specialists.

Travel Trade Recruitment is an independent, successful recruitment company with a strong reputation for providing a first-class recruitment service to clients and job seekers working in all areas of the travel industry. We are currently looking for two travel industry professionals who are looking for a change in career with lots of variety, opportunities to progress and fantastic financial rewards. As the UK travel industry begins to recover and prepare for the increasing need for leisure and business travel, we are looking to add to the number of consultants based in our central Stockport office, with the addition of two ambitious sales professionals who possess drive and determination and who enjoy the satisfaction of account management plus the rewards of business development.

The ideal candidates will be bright, articulate, computer literate and have a minimum of 2 years work experience within any sector of the travel industry, preferably within a sales orientated role.

Responsibilities

• Gaining a strong commercial awareness of the local travel industry job market
• Identifying new clients using a variety of business development channels
• Building rapport with new and existing travel industry clients
• Negotiating rates and terms with new and existing clients
• Utilising your travel industry knowledge to identify candidates for your clients\' roles
• Screening candidate applications and providing career advice
• Presenting CVs to clients and providing further profile information
• Arranging interviews between the candidate and client
• Facilitating offers of employment to candidates on behalf of the client

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years work experience within any sector of the travel industry, preferably in a sales orientated role
• Bright, articulate, computer literate

What we offer you

• A new career utilising your travel industry knowledge where no two days are the same
• A warm desk with lots of existing clients and a variety of roles to work on
• A generous basic salary to start
• Uncapped personal monthly commission
• Fantastic personal quarterly incentives
• Uncapped personal annual bonus in time for Christmas
• Team incentives and nights out
• Extra annual leave each year
• Access to pension with employer and employee contributions (optional)
• Work from home on Fridays after initial training (Stockport office is within a short walk of the main bus and train station, or subsidised parking is available)
• Realistic first year earnings of £30,000 to £35,000, increasing in your second year. Basic salary to be discussed in interview

How to apply

Interested? If you are keen to be considered for this position and use your travel industry knowledge to help deliver a first class recruitment service, then please APPLY NOW with a copy of your CV and some brief information explaining why you are the best person for the job. All enquires will be treated in the strictest of confidence. Feel free to call Gemma Thelwell for a confidential chat on (phone number removed), or email