Recruitment Consultant

Location: Frederick Street Sunderland Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm or 8.30-5pm Hybrid (3 days in the office & 2 days WFH) with initial training in the office full time Salary: £26,000 + Uncapped commission Are you someone who wants to enter a sale focused role? Do you think you will enjoy the challenge of matching the right talent with the perfect opportunity? Are you someone who wants to turn a 'no' into a 'yes' with your persuasive communication skills? Do you have the resilience to keep pushing until you find the perfect candidate for your client? This role involves managing a Perms desk, primarily focuses on the Industrial sector, supporting local businesses in Sunderland and surrounding areas. You'll excel in face-to-face client meetings, fostering and expanding relationships by engaging with lapsed, existing, and potential clients. This position demands adaptability in a fast-paced environment, readiness to seize the day, and a strong drive for progression within the recruitment industry. Success will involve leveraging sales skills to maximise your personal financial outcomes. The ideal candidate will thrive in competitive settings, demonstrate initiative and a willingness to engage in door-to-door efforts when necessary for client wins. Attitude is key; we're seeking someone with enthusiasm for the job, a love for relationship-building and exceptional communication skills. Team You will be part of a supportive, established, and award-winning team, where you are free to control and manage your own desk, with the support, training and development from the Branch Manager, Emma Laws, and Temps Consultant Louise Mann. What you will be doing Developing long term professional business relationships with both clients and candidates. Providing a specialist consultative service by developing a thorough understanding of your Town/City. Sourcing and successfully placing permanent candidates into roles. Delivering a high level of customer service to all clients, candidates, and colleagues. Using sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking to attract business from companies. Visiting companies to build and develop working relationships. Develop a good understanding of companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment. Advertising vacancies by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media, for example websites and magazines. Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work. Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and tests and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client. Meeting and briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question. Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants. Offering advice to both clients and candidates on pay rates, training, and career progression.About you You don't need to have recruitment experience; you can be someone who has come from a soft-sales background or someone who wants to enter the rewarding role of recruitment! More than anything we need someone who is strong on the phones, wants to pick up the phone and speak to people to offer recruitment solutions. You will be working on warehouse roles primarily, but a focus on engineering roles would be ideal whether you have an interest to learn more about that trade or have worked in it previously. It's incredible what knowledge of an industry will do to pull in a candidate, prepare them for the role and make your client(s) very happy with their new hire! A positive, motivated, and charismatic attitude Desire to be successful within the recruitment industry. Ambitious nature who can keep up a professional and consistent pace with clients. You will be open to support from an experienced, long-tenured team member who will assist in your integration and success within the team.Why choose us. You will be entering a dynamic and fast paced environment. Not only will you be entering a vibrant industry, but you will constantly be engaged in diverse tasks, interacting with various professionals, and tackling new challenges. The fast-paced nature keeps you agile and offers continuous learning opportunities. If you like connecting with people, this is for you. You will be speaking with individuals from diverse backgrounds. You can make tangible impact on someone's career while meeting the evolving needs of clients. Hybrid working Uncapped commissions TagU - An amazing platform which offers thousands of life & work skills for free - Want to learn a new language? Go for it! LinkedIn Learning - Access to thousands of courses to fine tune your skills - Free for you! Range of discounts via our own benefits platform (buy & sell holidays, discounted shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, etc) Private healthcare option Free counselling/legal and financial advice Huge incentives - league tables, quarterly incentives, award & conference events Monthly incentives lead by the Branch Manager, as well as quarterly team incentive funded by Adecco to celebrate success! Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explaining how we will use your information is available on our website