Recruitment Consultant
Cardiff
Yolk Recruitment is an award-winning, specialist recruitment business and for more than 15 years we've worked with start-ups, scale-ups, established businesses, and enterprise clients to reshape their recruitment.
Our Engineering & Technical operation is one of our largest and highest performing divisions, focused on supporting a diverse manufacturing and engineering landscape across the UK. We solve recruitment challenges in advanced and emerging markets, in high-demand talent-short fields including Design, Quality, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement & Supply Chain, and Maintenance and Automation.
At Yolk, we believe in nurturing and developing our talent, supporting you to reach your full potential. Our employees strive to be the Brightest, Boldest, and Best version of themselves, and we are committed to providing the resources and guidance to help you achieve greatness.
What sets us apart? We offer the best basic salaries in the recruitment business, recognising the value of our exceptional team. On top of that, we believe in rewarding our staff generously with bonuses, promotions, exceptional commission rates, and a comprehensive benefits package. We invest in the best tech, tools and training to help Consultants achieve their highest ambitions in a culture that embodies high standards, where everyone wins and celebrates success together.
Whether you're an experienced recruiter or looking to make a move into a career in recruitment, we have opportunities to join us on a journey where we can continue to grow together.
What can Yolk Recruitment offer you as a Recruitment Consultant?
1. Salary in line with experience
2. Uncapped commission
3. A clear career progression/promotion pathway
4. A training programme tailored to your experience level
5. Hybrid working with flexible business hours between 7 am - 7 pm Monday to Friday
6. Free on site parking
7. 22 days of annual leave to start. This rises by 1 day for every completed year
8. Christmas shutdown days in addition to annual leave
9. An extra day off to celebrate your birthday
10. Charity days to support our CSR initiatives
11. Great social events throughout the year
12. Quarterly adventures for our top performers and support staff
13. A fully expensed summer party
14. Company holiday - when we hit our yearly target everyone enjoys an all-inclusive company holiday with us!
15. Sage Employee Benefits worth up to £1k
16. Private medical healthcare plan including on-demand GP, Optical and Dental cover
17. Pension advice from our expert at St James Place
This is what you'll be doing as a Recruitment Consultant:
As a recruitment consultant at Yolk, you will become a specialist in your area by building and managing clients and candidate relationships within that sector.
18. Maintain relationships with our existing clients
19. Business development calls to win new business
20. Build and grow a client portfolio to understand their current and future recruitment needs
21. Attend client meetings to build relationships and pitch for business
22. Consult with clients to ensure they are using the best strategies for finding the right candidates for their business
23. Negotiating rates with clients
24. Networking to become an expert in your market
25. Candidate engagement - identify and attract potential candidates
26. Interview candidates to understand their requirements and assess client fit
27. Supporting both candidates and clients through the interview and offer stage
28. Providing a thorough post-placement care service to both client and candidate to check everything is running smoothly, and identify further business opportunities
29. Work as an integral member of a team by motivating colleagues and communicating effectively
The experience you'll bring as a Recruitment Consultant:
30. You will have experience in the recruitment industry, or relevant sales experience and a desire to learn
31. Experience in achieving targets and high levels of activity
32. Experience within a professional services environment
Here are some must-haves to work for Yolk Recruitment:
33. Bright, Bold, and Better in everything that you put your mind to
34. Common sense, intelligence, initiative, and urgency
35. Resilience and positivity when faced with difficult situations
36. A committed approach to achieving targets
37. Team spirit and culturally aware
38. Individuality, it's the 'U' in USP
39. Effective communication skills in all forms including face-to-face, telephone, video calls and written
40. Great rapport builder