Associate Recruitment Consultant

Hays Recruitment / Associate Recruitment Consultant / Education Division

Bristol City Centre (BS1 6DZ)

£21,700-£26,000 + uncapped commission (OTE 1st year = £30-40k)

Are you looking to kick-start your career as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant? We are looking for driven, sales focussed individuals who have a passion for succeeding. The desks that we are looking to recruit are extremely buoyant and perform very well on a monthly and yearly basis! If these aspirations resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you..

The Opportunity:

As a Recruitment Consultant, you will be the bridge between businesses in need of exceptional talent and job seekers seeking their dream roles. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities.
• Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.
• Negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.
• Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.
• Attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies.
• Guiding clients and candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.
• Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

Your new office

The Bristol team are one of the highest performing teams in the UK. Situated centrally (close to Temple Meads), the office has recently been designed with an agile feel to complement our Hybrid working policy. In the last 12 months, the office have delivered multiple records across the 15 industries they cover.

The high performing team consists of 50+ consultants which are all committed to working hard and doing the right thing. They work closely with local communities, in recent months they have worked on employability projects with local charities, donated equipment to schools, carried out employment workshops to school leavers, Ukrainian Refugees and local colleges, to name a few.

Outside of the excellent results they produce, the team also do a lot outside of work, from BBQ's to Bake Off's, from Quizzes to inter-team competitions. They run an array of incentives on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, rewarding excellent results and contribution across the team.

Why join Hays?

We are the UK & Ireland's largest and most successful recruitment business. Every day, we match thousands of candidates to the right jobs across 22 different specialist areas. Join over 9,000 Recruitment Consultants across 33 countries in over 250 offices, and begin your Hays story today.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in. As a result, we are proud to partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity, we also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.

Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.

We think that we are a great place to work, but don't just take our word for it! We have received awards in:

• Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement
• Glassdoor Best Places to Interview

What you'll need to succeed

• No previous recruitment experience is needed.
• Passion to succeed and be part of a fast-paced inclusive environment
• People focused with a sales-driven mentality
• Relationship focused with the confidence to build strong networks
• Collaborative in spirit with a growth mindset to develop a long-lasting career

What you will get in return:

• The backing of a Global Company, established for over 50 years
• Best Technology in the Industry including a 'salesforce' CRM
• Dell Laptop
• Internal Learning & Career Zone for self development
• Significant growth potential of salary after year 1
• Buy and sell holiday
• Uncapped commission paid x 13 times per year or an allowance and bonuses
• Incentives and rewards - celebration dinners / Team lunches
• Black Tie Summer Ball and Christmas Parties
• Premiership / Champions League tickets through our partnership with Man City FC
• Opportunity to win a 5* luxury trip with top performing colleagues - Hays Elite!
• The opportunity for recognition at local, regional and national awards
• Opportunity for global relocation
• Referral bonuses of up to £2000 per individual
• Access to a free well-being package
• Gym discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to virtual doctor unlimited times per year
• Employee loans to buy Tech/Rail/Tram travel
• Paid charity day #HaysHelps and working closely with charity partners
• Parents@hays support network
• Disability confident employer with established disability and long term ill health employee network (REACH)
• Hays Pride our LGBTQ+ network
• Strong environmental and social purpose

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.