Interested in breaking into the competitive world of recruitment consultancy? If you’re trying to find an entry-level role within the recruitment industry, it’s best to focus on recruitment resourcer jobs.

In this position, you’ll assist a senior recruitment consultant with his duties and research and pick up some tricks of the trade at the same time.

Recruitment Resourcer Jobs: Recruitment Staff Role Profile

As explored above, the primary role of a resourcer is to provide support to a more senior professional. Therefore, this job role can be fairly varied depending on the needs of an experienced recruitment consultant on a week-to-week basis. However, key duties will include:

• Screening candidates and matching them to suitable job roles
• Sourcing job applicants from the database and exploring employment opportunities
• Contacting candidates to arrange interviews via telephone and email
• Establishing contacts to help build the client database
• Negotiate salary and benefit issues with job candidates
• Respond to general consultancy enquiries
• Arranging telephone and face-to-face interviews
• General data admin and paperwork

To succeed in this particular role you’ll need to be an excellent judge of character and be able to think on your feet to match candidates to relevant job opportunities quickly and effectively.  You should also be a confident communicator, as this role will involve constant interaction with a range of different people and personalities.

In terms of finding an entry-level position, it’s often advantageous to seek out a recruitment resourcer opportunity within a specialist industry (IT, finance etc) or to find a similar position in an HR position and gain the relevant experience with the recruitment process.

A recruitment resourcer will earn in the region of £15,000-£20,000 a year, although the potential for career advancement is extremely high in the recruitment consultancy world.

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