Placement Consultants and Recruitment Consultants Training Process
by Numero Uno Consulting OfficerPlacement
Consultants and Recruitment Consultants find contractors to fill temporary and
executive positions in the corporate world. They make money by earning a fee
when a contractor is found, and they often receive a bonus if that contractor
works out well for the company. Being a recruitment consultant means balancing
sales, customer service and management skills. You must be willing to put a lot
of time, energy and drive into this field. There are some ways that you can
ensure you're effective in this position. Find out how to succeed as a
recruitment consultant.
Remain professional. Many young recruitment consultants make the
mistake of trying to be friends with all of their potential contractors. You
are likely to lose respect and lose contractors if you don't focus on your best
business and meeting skills.
Focus on your attitude. A
positive and realistic attitude is important because you will be dealing with
people during a large part of your day. Come to work motivated, ready to listen
and focused on motivating others.
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The role of recruitment consultant is a highly social role. If
you are not driven to communicate with others and pitch to new clients, you are
unlikely to succeed.
Expect to work hard, especially in the beginning. Few
new recruitment consultants can get by with a 40 hour work week. While you are
developing your list of contractors and your business clients, you will need to
spend hours researching and contacting people, outside of producing job
descriptions, interviewing contractors and arranging appointments.
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Once you develop a good list of businesses and contractors, you
should start to get new customers through referrals. Once business and
contractor referrals are coming in regularly, you can cut back your time spent
looking for new business, in order to focus on keeping quality contacts.
Focus on developing
relationships with businesses. Market yourself to businesses where you believe you can
successfully place candidates regularly. Focus on producing a prospective
client kit, generating reviews from other businesses and keeping your business
contacts happy so that they provide you with a steady stream of positions to
fill.
Maintain excellent, open lines of communication. You
should be adept and phone calling, interviewing and emailing. Many recruitment
consultants struggle with finding a balance of keeping in touch but not
pressuring the contractors.
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Check in with your contractors to see if they are happy with
their job. If you are trying to find a job for someone who is currently
employed, their work situation can change weekly or monthly. Schedule times to
meet when you want a more in-depth view of their perspective.
Use a number of avenues
to fill your positions. Try recommendations from company employees, word of mouth,
job postings and developing your own website to post positions.
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