Recruitment Agency Jobs
What qualities do you need?
Well there are no formal qualifications, no natural progression into the trade, there is no training that can prepare you. The only things you need is to be able to think quickly on your feet, to be able to sell, have a nose for gossip, an ability to talk to people and get them to open up, a desire to win and to be able to take many, many knock backs.
Why would you want to be a recruitment consultant?
There is only one reason…… Money. There is no other business (other than Politics) where someone with no qualifications can make a lot of money. There are very few people who get into this business with honourable intent of wanting to help people.
So what’s it like?
Its a very tough job, in fact one that you are never able to switch off, for example I am always listening to people to hear what they do for a living and if it’s relevant to me either them as a candidate or who they work for.
In the first two years you can expect low pay, and bad conditions. For example in the first year you can expect to work 10 or 12 hours days. After a few years in the business you are able to relax but you can never take your foot off the pedal as there is always some young buck ready to take your place.
The are a lot of highs and a lot of lows. But the highs are very high and the lows, very low. For example the day your client calls you to say that they are cutting heads in the business and the first to go are your 10 contractors.
