Candidate Consultant Job Spec
We are a small but wonderfully organised recruitment agency based in Ringwood, looking for a new member of our team as one of our colleagues follows her dream of travelling through Europe and beyond.
The role involves establishing contact with new and existing candidates of The Work Shop and maintaining a clear and concise understanding of their situation regarding their current and future employment. This relationship needs to be maintained until the candidate is either placed in a job or finds their own position.
Consultants will then use this information to assist Recruitment Consultants in matching candidates to appropriate job roles.
Main duties
* Calling all new candidates registered on Reed / CV Library each morning and either leaving a message, sending an email, or conducting a full front screen. Chasing candidates who haven’t initially responded regularly.
* Calling all candidates who have recently signed in to Reed and re-establishing contact and updating their records as necessary.
* Downloading CVs to Red.
* Updating the database accurately and appropriately.
* Making a high volume of fast-paced outbound calls to reach all candidates in an appropriate time frame, bearing in mind that they will receive calls from many agents pitching the same job role.
* Establishing rapport and developing a relationship with the candidate to position The Work Shop as the preferred agency.
* Asking engaging questions to develop a real understanding of the candidate’s motivators for looking for work and using open questions to gather all relevant information that will impact their situation.
* Working closely with the Recruitment Consultants to carry out searches using the Job Boards and the Red database to identify suitable candidates.
* Sending emails through the Red database to stay in contact with candidates and monitor all responses.
* Maintaining regular contact with “hot candidates” and “immediately available” candidates.
* Responding appropriately to applications received from job advertisements.
* Inviting candidates in to register and conducting full interviews to ascertain candidates’ suitability.
* Scanning all relevant documentation into the candidate’s library.
* Gathering market information from candidates - where are they interviewing, what is happening in their company, and using initiative to understand the relevance of this information.
* Ad hoc admin duties.
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