Technology Recruitment Consultant

The opportunity:

We are seeking a sales-driven Entry Level Recruitment Consultant to join our Birmingham office, recruiting across the exciting and growing technology sector.

As a Recruitment Consultant, your primary focus will be to develop and nurture relationships with organisations across Birmingham and the wider region. You will be conducting business development (sales calls) to seek out and meet with recruitment teams, Directors, line managers, and other key stakeholders. As an Entry Level Recruitment Consultant, you will be recruiting the best and most experienced candidates. This is a sales-based role where you will enjoy commission alongside your base salary, with the potential to earn £30,000 - £40,000 in your first year.

Your new team:

This is an opportunity for a trainee Recruitment Consultant to join one of Hays' established specialist teams, recruiting across either Technology or Finance, with a strong client base and job flow. We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment, ensuring you are set up to succeed while being surrounded by expertise. Our Birmingham office is in the heart of the city and home to a team of ambitious, sales-driven consultants who work hard and celebrate success.Hays is the largest specialist recruiter globally and a multi-award-winning business covering 8 core markets in 16 geographies.
We are professional, people-centric and proud to be positively impacting our local people and businesses with the work we do.

Your new role:

The responsibilities of an entry-level recruitment consultant include:

• Making cold calls and sales calls to prospective clients to sell our services
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with organisations and key decision makers.
• Actively engaging in face-to-face meetings with in-house recruitment professionals, directors, and line managers.
• Sourcing, screening and recruiting top-tier candidates for roles.
• Draft reports, ensure compliance, and participate in internal projects.
• Working to daily targets and KPIs to achieve your monetary goals

We pride ourselves on hiring the very best talent in the recruitment space and therefore, you will need to meet the following criteria to apply:

• A genuine drive to work in a sales environment - our best people are motivated to work to targets and go the extra mile for clients and candidates
• The ability to communicate like a professional in the workplace
• An individual who is resilient and not afraid of challenges
• Has a good understanding of what 360 recruitment is and is passionate about pursuing a career within recruitment

What you'll get in return:

Hays is a multi-award-winning employer, and we believe as part of the employee and employer deal, we can give you a career with unrivalled progression. Our culture is a reason why so many of our people choose to stay and grow their careers with Hays. Our colleagues describe our culture as 'high energy', 'inclusive', and 'great people' with a 'growth mindset'.

In addition, you will enjoy:

• Uncapped individual commission paid upon invoice every 4 weeks
• Regular performance-based incentive programmes including all-expense paid international trips
• A culture underpinned with trust, which is based on expertise, training, collaboration, inclusivity and doing the right thing
• Industry-leading learning and development to maximise your performance and advance your career every step of the way
• A global brand with established PSL agreements and warm client relationships
• An adult approach to working with hybrid working models and flexible working hours
• The opportunity to work in any of our 32 other countries through our global mobility offering
• Diverse range of employee support networks, wellbeing initiatives and wider benefits

We know talented people want to work with the best: people, brand, tools, technology and infrastructure. They also want career development. Our culture is shaped and created by these features. We also know our people want to do interesting and meaningful work, increasingly in an organisation that is purpose-led. This is demonstrated in the work we have done through our commitment to DE&I, Net Zero and our global volunteering and fundraising programme, 'Helping for your tomorrow'.

What to do next:

Please apply now to become the next Recruitment Consultant or for more information on our roles.

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