So when an employer hires a job candidate that you brought to them, your recruiting firm gets a payout. And you get a percentage of that as commission, or at least you should! In both recruiting agencies I worked for, I was given a ton of freedom to prioritize my own day and decide what to work on.
This can be a good thing or a bad thing, of course. Being a recruiter for a recruitment agency is much more sales-oriented. I mentioned earlier that if you work for a recruiting agency, you get a commission when you introduce a job candidate to an employer and they get hired. Companies who are paying a recruiter want the BEST talent, which often means they want you to contact people who are happily employed.
You learn fantastic skills through this, though. And you can take those skills to continue working as a recruiter up to earning six figures and beyond… or you can pivot into a different area of sales… go into business for yourself like I did, or anything else.
I mention elsewhere in this article that you could transition into sales after this. You can also transition into recruiting in any other industry. The recruiting skills i. In fact, even if you followed the exact same routine each day, you would still experience a totally different day each time. And humans are by nature quite unpredictable! It never gets boring, I can tell you that much.
Many recruiters choose to specialise in a core market that fits with their knowledge, strengths and interest. Within recruitment there are a number of different roles that could be right for you, depending on your skills and personality type.
So, if you think you would just like helping people find work and building relationships with candidates, you can be a Resourcer or a Delivery Recruiter. If you want to do that as well as seeking out new business opportunities and forming long lasting relationships with clients, you can be a Recruitment Consultant. There are more options than these of course, but you get the gist. If you are doing your job right you should become a trusted recruitment partner to your clients and they should be listening to your guidance on their recruitment, because you are the expert.
In this manner you can have quite a bit of influence on how they recruit and their recruitment strategy. If your clients are large global businesses, you could soon find yourself finding talent for and shaping the future of some of the biggest brands in the world.
If I did ever open my own business, I would want to train graduates in Employability as I feel most universities fall so short. Some graduates start off in Recruitment and wouldn't dream of doing anything else, while others can't get out quickly enough. After working in Agency Recruitment, I'm much more commercially aware, confident, and ultimately better at my job than I would have been with purely administrative experience.
Recruitment as a long term career isn't for everyone. But, in terms of providing a great grounding for your career, a lot of transferable skills and a bit of spare cash in the bank, there's definitely worse things to do starting out as a graduate.
Jobs Employers Advice About Are you hiring? Sign In Join For Free. Often, that extra bit of motivation can make your job just that little bit easier. Number 4: Salary and opportunities. A Recruitment Career is not only emotionally rewarding through beating your competition but also financially rewarding, as there are big bonuses and salaries to be earned throughout your career. For the ambitious people under us, recruitment consultant progression opportunities are there in abundance.
You can become a senior consultant, a specialist recruiter in a specific field, or a manager for a bigger company. The options to progress tend to be a lot higher in a recruitment career than in any other sector.
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