Trainee Recruitment Consultant in Stockport

This advert reads like we talk. It does swear. We take work incredibly seriously; we take ourselves less so. This isn’t how we talk to our clients or candidates, but this is to work FOR us, so I wanted 'us' to come out in the advert. If you don’t like the occasional profanity, maybe don’t read on.

Resourcer (Trainee Consultant) Stockport Centre

Learn how to make a great living, recruiting for some of the world’s biggest food and drinks brands.

THE JOB, IN ONE SENTENCE

Your job is to be brilliant, and also to be honest. When someone looks back on an interaction with you, they should think — they were good. If someone were to ask them what it’s like working with Silven, they should say, ‘fucking brilliant’. They should be compelled to swear because it was so good. This will reflect on you. If you constantly do the right thing, then it’ll happen. If you take shortcuts, if you are lazy, if you chase a quick win instead of doing the right thing, then people will say, ‘Meh’. ‘They were fine’.

ON MISTAKES

Some people are going to hate us. That’s fine. It comes with having a voice. You’re going to make some mistakes. You’re going to mess up. That’s fine too. You’re a human. Own up to them, notice them, draw attention to them, and we’re in a good place. You won’t be in trouble unless you hide them.

WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE

You’ll be in the office five days a week. At first: a lot of shadowing, listening, copying, and training. Then speaking to people on the phone. When you get into the swing of it, you’ll be a resourcer. This means:

• You’ll be using the internet, the phone, email, LinkedIn, and your own creativity to find the best possible candidates.
• You’ll get in touch with them via text, email, phone, video, voicenote, the whole shebang.
• You’ll understand where they are in their career and figure out together if this will improve their situation.
• If they aren’t looking, you’ll find out what may turn their head.
• Providing exceptional service.

You’ll also be sending mailshots, coding the system. About 50% phone, 50% admin, depending on how you work. We will teach you some genuine mind tricks which will make this easier. Plus you’ll call a lot of people, but with a purpose. You’ll be rewarded for doing a brilliant job. You’ll write brilliant adverts and send brilliant messages.

PROGRESSION

This isn’t a job in a factory where the less we pay you, the better we do. The better you do, the more revenue you generate — so the happier we are to pay you more. We need managers, consultants, leaders, and people to grow and develop. You’ll be trained through a structured programme, which will develop you quickly. The likelihood is that if you do what we ask, you’re going to be finding CVs of people who make placements within the first two months at most. If you want to be a recruitment consultant, you can be hitting that level within six months to a year. On average, it takes around four years to become a department manager and around four years to make a six-figure salary.

US

We’re a specialist recruitment business placing people in management positions in food and drink manufacturing, and the associated supply chain. Half our serious competition was trained by us. So we train people very well. We take our work seriously, but ourselves less so.

YOU

You need to be willing to give it everything. You can’t be ringing in sick every two days. You can’t be turning up late. You have to take responsibility for your own actions. You can make mistakes. You can find it hard. You can think you can’t do it — the truth is, if you were good enough to get hired, you were good enough to succeed. We will have your back.

You need to be willing to work longer than your friends sometimes. Because you’ll be rewarded better than they will. You will need to put your career first, for now. This means you can’t be rushing off home every day at 5.30pm because your partner is making you a casserole. Some days you can — just not every day.

Also: being okay with the managing director swearing is going to help. You’ll also need to be bright, able to hold a conversation, determined, willing to do things that make you uncomfortable, and able to write a decent email. And you need to want to impress. You need to believe that if you put in the effort to change and grow, then you can.

SALARY

At first it’s rubbish. You’ll get bonuses for the fees you bring in. Your tea and coffee is covered. We’ll take you out for drinks and various other things. Basically — the better you do, the more you’ll get. If you do brilliantly, you’ll be paying for meals out and cool clothes. If you do badly, you’ll be complaining about the bus fare. It will come, though, if you stick at it, with the right attitude.

SOUND LIKE YOU?

Send your CV and a covering note that tells us why you’re the person we’re looking for. Not a template. Something that makes us want to meet you. The covering note is the most important thing for this role. If you don’t send one, it’s a no. You do not have to copy the tone of this advert; just be you. Or pop me a little video saying why you’ll be great. That’ll increase your odds of interview.