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Recruitment Consultant
Alternative Titles:
Recruitment Officer
Recruitment consultants interview applicants to determine
their job requirements and suitability for particular jobs,
assess their training needs and help employers to find
suitable staff.
Recruitment consultants may perform the following tasks:
- interview people looking for work and record relevant
personal and work details
- receive and record job vacancy information from
employers, including details such as duties involved,
working conditions, hours, pay, any experience needed and
training that is available
- organise advertising, interviewing and selection
processes for recruitment campaigns
- interview job seekers and prepare shortlists of
candidates for referral to prospective employers
- provide applicants with information about the job
including hours and pay, tasks, responsibilities and working
conditions
- check references and suitability of applicants before
referral to employers for interview
- prepare resumes and correspondence to forward to
employers in respect of suitable applicants
- arrange interviews with employers for applicants
- conduct and analyse psychometric tests
- advise job applicants of the success or failure of their
application
- advise job seekers regarding personal presentation at
interviews and about their written applications and resumes
- answer enquiries from employers and job seekers about
the consultancy's services and provide information on
current job vacancies
- assist with sales and marketing duties designed to
increase the client base, including visiting employers to
discuss consultancy service and fees, and assess working
conditions
- provide outplacement services for medium to large
organisations reducing staff levels
- prepare job descriptions and letters of appointment
- discuss recruitment policies with superiors to ensure
effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment
programs
- observe jobs to obtain information about job
requirements
- arrange appropriate training in job skills
- organise security passes and identification
- prepare rosters and duty statements.
With experience and sometimes further training, it is
possible to become a supervisor or manager.
Recruitment consultants may specialise in helping
particular groups of job seekers such as youth and Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Island people.
A Case Manager is an experienced recruitment
consultant who provides in-depth, intensive assistance to
clients who are having trouble finding work because they have
been unemployed for a long time or are disadvantaged.
Recruitment consultants in private industry may also
specialise. Some may work primarily with office and clerical
job seekers, while others work only with professional and
executive level recruitment. It is possible to specialise by
industry. For example, several consultancies recruit
exclusively in the computer industry.
Consultants in private industry often work long hours to
interview job seekers who are not available during normal
business hours.
Required Skills - Recruitment Consultant
- good intuition and understanding of people's qualities
- good analytical and decision-making skills
- good oral and written communication skills
- confidentiality, tact and discretion when dealing with
people
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