Looking for a Sales & Recruitment positions in London? You’re in luck! Give a Grad a Go is searching for driven and ambitious Recruitment Consultant to join our team! Company profile – Give a Grad a Go In this Recruitment Consultant role in London, you will be joining us! We’re Give A Grad A Go - a market-leading recruitment agency and early career talent community. Our mission is two-fold: to help graduates secure their ideal graduate role, whilst helping their client's businesses grow by matching them to high-quality and well-suited candidates.
We work with a range of exciting companies, from large multinationals such as Google and Verizon, right through to some of the UK’s fastest-growing startups on the cusp of huge success! Having helped over 5,600 graduates find their ideal graduate job, we now want to continue our success by growing our UK team.
In our London HQ, you’ll find a hard-working and collaborative team of people working across three core sections of the business - Sales, Marketing & Operations. Although our day-to-day work responsibilities may be different, the glue that holds us together is the desire to collectively be the best at what we do and we are all committed to growing the company as a whole, and recognise that combining a collaborative attitude with a competitive edge is the best way for everyone to achieve their aims.
We take great pride in promoting positivity in the workplace – creating a fun and cooperative working environment that filters through to the way we help candidates find their ideal graduate jobs, and the support we give businesses in helping them to grow.
Our office is a lively and fun place to be (check out our Instagram & TikTok!) - filled with collaboration, supporting each other and an eclectic mix of music on the Sonos…. We understand how graduate drive, ambition and eagerness to learn can contribute to our success, and we’re continuously working to build a company culture that fosters these talents.
Throughout our three core teams - Sales, Marketing and Operations - we encourage collaboration and inclusivity to ensure that everyone has the space to flourish.
Job description - Recruitment Consultant As a Recruitment Consultant, you will be responsible for all stages of the recruitment life-cycle, from winning new business to providing vetted candidate shortlists, managing the interview and offer process, and fostering long-term client relationships. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys building strong client relationships, helping early-career professionals find their footing, and developing key sales and consulting skills.
You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with CEOs and senior executives within exciting multinationals, start-ups and innovative SMEs, advising them on hiring strategies, early-career talent acquisition, and recruitment trends. This role is not sector-specific, meaning you will gain exposure to a diverse range of industries and job functions, constantly learning about new markets and skill sets.
If you’re ambitious, commercially driven, and eager to become an expert in hiring trends and talent consulting, this is a fantastic opportunity. There is plenty of room for progression and you will have clear goals to hit in order to reach further promotions to Senior Consultant, Account Manager, Key Account Manager and beyond!
Key responsibilities - Graduate Recruitment Consultant In this Recruitment Consultant job, your responsibilities will include: - Contacting candidates via phone, video, and e-mail - introducing them to our services and explaining how the recruitment process works as well as conducting catch-up calls with existing candidates to ensure they are kept in the loop with new job roles they may have missed ( we receive 20,000 applications a month so we’re not short of people to chat to!)
- Attending client meetings to understand job briefs and create project plans
- Writing job descriptions and working with the marketing team to ensure they are advertised and reach the right candidate audience
- Sourcing suitable candidates (via the database, applications. LinkedIn and other job boards) and having in-depth discussions with candidates to understand their career aspirations, as well as discussing their suitability for roles and sectors.
- Managing your candidate applications and ensuring all candidates receive responses to their application
- Managing the offer process and negotiating with candidates and clients as well as keeping track of invoice payments
- Maximising your client accounts with top account management - including contacting your clients regularly to add value and share market insights, gaining external and internal referrals and checking in on your placed candidates to ensure a seamless aftercare service (to name a few examples!)
- Working to daily, monthly and quarterly revenue / KPI targets and ensuring you are delivering on project deadlines.
- Ensuring all CRM administration is up to date daily - our top revenue generators are both great communicators and exceptionally organised
- Identifying and researching new business prospects and creating new strategies to source leads and engage new clients
- Becoming an expert in your field and keeping tabs on industry hiring trends and news
Job requirements - Recruitment Consultant For this Recruitment Consultant role, we are looking for: - Evidence of having worked in a busy client-centric environment - we are ideally looking for someone who has prior experience within sales and has evidence of hitting and exceeding targets.
- A passion for sales – we are looking for driven individuals who are motivated by targets, commission and excelling in a goal-driven role.
- Commercial maturity - this role is heavily consultative. You will be working with candidates and helping them navigate the job market!
- Top organisational skills - you will be supporting a team of busy Consultants who will brief you on up to 12 roles at any one time.
- A positive mindset and self-motivation – you’ll need to be competitive and money-motivated, whilst being able to bounce back and adapt to rejections.
- Excellent time management and a high level of attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills - the ability to adapt and cope well with unexpected problems, to work through issues and around any objection.
- High level of empathy - showing empathy creates great relationships - showing you understand their unique challenges and perspectives.
Benefits of the job - Recruitment Consultant - A starting salary of £27,000 + commission, rising to £28,000 + commission after probation pass
- Hybrid working model; we will ensure you get set up with your own company laptop when you are required to work from home. You will work from home on Mondays & Fridays but will be required to be in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- We take your personal and professional development seriously - thanks to our regular reviews we help you to put together your own plan for how you would like to develop professionally during the placement period as well as providing an internal structured training plan as well as access to external training sessions from leading recruitment experts.
- We close between Christmas and New Year, and those days won’t come out of your holiday allowance.
- Your birthday day off - birthdays are for treating yourself so we make sure you relax and have the day off work.
- We finish early most Fridays - which makes your weekend feel that bit longer!
- Quarterly company-wide events - to keep everyone’s spirits high! Anything from Book club, bingo, axe throwing, rounders, dodgeball, baking, ping-pong, bowling, karaoke...and much more! Our social committee is on hand to help organise fun activities for everyone to get involved in!
- Rewarding excellence - we run lots of internal competitions and set ambitious goals to reward excellent work (with excellent treats!)
- 3 paid charity days per year - allowing you to take time out to volunteer and fundraise in the local community.
- Access to BUPA Healthcare after probation – this cash plan gives you access to a whole host of benefits including dental, optical, therapy, health assessments and BUPA Employee Assistance Programme. It also provides access to confidential support services for advice relating to finance, legal, family care and CBT.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 2 years’ service.
- Access to weekly virtual and monthly in-person Yoga classes – whether you want to take time during your breaks to relax in the office (we have yoga mats for everyone's use!) or in the comfort of your own home.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 30 days remote work abroad once you reach Account Management level - perfect for those who love to travel!
Are you a recent graduate with sales and communication superpowers? Kickstart your career in Recruitment with us today - we'd love to hear from you!
