Recruitment Agency

[Quddos]

Hello,

In many years to come I would love to setup my own Recruitment Agency, but right now do not have the funds.

I would like to know if anyone has their own recruitment agency that would train me as a recruitment consultant?

Jack

 

[Richie N]

HI Jack

What experience do you have?

 

[Quddos]

HI Jack

What experience do you have?

I don't currently have any experience in the Recruitment sector, but am very eager to learn. I have worked in Data Entry and in a Call Centre. I would like to take a course in Recruitment however I cannot afford college fees as well as paying rent etc.

I just want to know if anyone would give me the chance to train as a recruitment consultant or even offer me a temporary work experience which I can fit around my current work.

Many thanks

 

[Richie N]

I would recommend joining a national agency, such as reed or blue arrow, get their training and experience under your belt.
Preferably join an agency who can put you forward for the REC exam, which is a recognised qualification. Check out www.rec.uk.com for more info.
Also, go over to www.ukrecruiter.co.uk there is a forum on their site and you might come across someone who needs a trainee.
Good luck...

 

[Quddos]

Thanks for that information Richie01 looks like it is going to be hard to find a company who will train me as most of them require applicants to be a graduate. I can't even afford college, let alone University.

 

[GlennLindley]

We would consider taking on a trainee but it would be on a very low salary and high commission rate which with you being based in Worthing I doubt would be much good to you.

Good luck

Glenn

 

[miss moss]

Hi Quddos,

I work in recruitment and we have hired candidates with little or no experience in the past.

Some of our most successful consultants have been people that we have brought in from outside the recruitment industry, some of them with very little in the way of qualifications and trained them up. There is hope!

Can I ask why you want to own your own recruitment business if you have never worked in recruitment before?

MM

 

[Quddos]

Hi Quddos,

I work in recruitment and we have hired candidates with little or no experience in the past.

Some of our most successful consultants have been people that we have brought in from outside the recruitment industry, some of them with very little in the way of qualifications and trained them up. There is hope!

Can I ask why you want to own your own recruitment business if you have never worked in recruitment before?

MM

It's just something I find I would love doing, I have helped my brother and father get a job, mind you that was just by searching and searching on the internet and I enjoyed finding the jobs for them. I have signed up with different agencies and I love the atmosphere of them and would just love to own my own recruitment agency.

 

[Richie N]

It's just something I find I would love doing, I have helped my brother and father get a job, mind you that was just by searching and searching on the internet and I enjoyed finding the jobs for them. I have signed up with different agencies and I love the atmosphere of them and would just love to own my own recruitment agency.

Before you do that, get plenty of experience and training under your belt, try and get into a specialist so you are working in a niche sector.

So many want to set up an agency without any recruitment experience and then they fall flat on their face, as it's harder than most seem to think.

 

[Joe E]

So many want to set up an agency without any recruitment experience and then they fall flat on their face, as it's harder than most seem to think.[/quote]

I would ignore this advice at your peril, Richie is so right! I have 6 years recruitment experience made a decent amount of money in that time and gave serious thought about my own show last year but after consideration decided against. the current climate suggests that to start an agency now will be tough in the extreme even though I'd know what I'm doing.

 

[shammycool]

I have been running a small teacher recruitment company. I am a qualified teacher also and thge credit crunch meant that I had to take up a maternity cover post myself and therefore had to suspend the business. I am now available again and want to set up again with a few other people. The structure of the business and all the resources, invoicing, payroll etc are all there. I am looking for people to work from home (as I do) to try to develop the business in their areas and we could work on a commission basis initially. I have been wanting to find commission only sales people but this is proving difficult. I either need partners or sales people to take on new schools. I have a database of about 400 teachers. I'm based in Bradford.

 

[eventdomain]

I have helped my brother and father get a job, mind you that was just by searching and searching on the internet and I enjoyed finding the jobs for them.

Big mistake, if you think working in the Recruitment sector is about helping others - you will get the shock of your life.

Recruitment is SALES. The majority of your time will involve doing sales, contacting company after company selling the agency you work for. You will be doing this most of the day - EVERYDAY, trust me on that one.

Employment or Recruitment Consultants (as they are known) match candidates to their client's job brief (as its known), which is just a list of job analysis type questions, so agencies know what to look for when choosing a candidate.

You'll start off as a junior RC, sometimes known as a JobSourcer (its very basic stuff), likely on reception or near, meeting job-seekers, passing CV's to actual Consultants, you won't be given anything exciting to do, just the boring stuff - you could start on £14k upto £20k , but they'll have you doing sales and lots of it, so forget the 'Consultant' bit, as you won't be interviewing or giving sales presentations as a junior sourcer.

What happens is job-seeker hands in CV, consultant says "Sorry, you don't meet our client brief", jobseeker gets nothing from it, and agency gets another CV to add to their growing database, that they use to impress clients and justify their fees.


Hope I haven't put you off, but it is a heavy sales type of work.

I did it for 4 months, sussed it all very quickly, made some fast cash and got out damn quick. Too many wide-boys thinking their God for my taste.

In all honesty, Agencies are only interested in the top 10% of job hunters - the rest, no matter how skilled or qualified are just fodder.

But then again you might like the job, it can be interesting at times, will give you some very useful skills and the money can be good, if you love sales and are prepared to work your behind off

 

[BGCOnline]

If any one know's any London based Companies that are willing to give a chance to someone who wants to get into the Recruitment game can you please contact me many thanks,

i have wanted to get into Recruitment for the last 3 years so i have done work to get into that level like Marketing Research (Phoning up companys getting them to add them self to our datebase), and Data Entry plus getting people into work as well i have been out of work long enough in my short life already so i can understand how hard it is to get in,

i want to get trained up in the recruitment game and move to places like the job centre use to get people of the jon seekers into work

 

[bilinguarecre01]

Hi Jack,

We have an recruitment agency in London. What is your experience.
For more you can visit my site Bilinguarecruitment.com.



Thanks
Willbert

 

[writecombination]

Here's a small insight into recruitment. I have a friend who worked in sales in the motor trade and become reasonably senior. He wanted to run his own business and was underwhelmed by the quality of most recruiters in his sector.

So he set up his own business, as a recruitment agency. His only experience was from the other side of the fence - the employer - but he had enthusiasm and is a natural salesman.

The business is still going, nearly ten years later. He is now well-respected in the motor industry and works with several premium motor brands. He manages a small team but never wanted to build a huge empire. They're surviving the recession, despite insisting in a high ethical standard which means they are constantly being undercut by other recruiters who see their ads and try to steal their business.

 

[LeeJ]

Poor recruitment consultants will say that it is all 'sales' and play a numbers game.

I worked for a highly pressured agency once upon a time, was there top performer and spent less time on the phone selling then anybody else.

I have a sub 2:1 interview to placement ratio, thats not selling, that's business accumen combined with recruitment skills.

Now where did I put my trumpet, I need to blow it!

That said, when trying to get your first job in recruitment, as gok won would say "its all about the attitude" Smart companies will recruit for attitude and train for skill.

People dont last in the industry because they are lured in by the big bucks and dont realise that it is damn hard. I had two new candidates today comment that it was nice to be spoken to by an adult who took the time to understand them and what they were seeking.

The job can be fun rewarding and I believe that part of my role is sincerley helping people improve their lives through a new career / job, now that might sound airy fairy, but if you come in this purely for the money, you are not going to last.

 

[alliance four]

im a trained professional in design but fell into recruitment 14 years ago - no looking back and no regrets - its a fantastic thing to do if it floats your boat - and yes it did mine, once i started to enjoy it...

set up my own firm three years ago, yes things are tough now, but i still love it, and we will be busy again! If you can, you adapt and change according to your market.... and we have and we will again...

i will have a read properly thru this thread later to see if i can offer any salient advice but in the meantime, ....
a few simple quick points ...

1. yes it is sales job but a succcessful recruiter never sells
2. yes the numbers count but a succesful recruiter never counts the numbers.
3. specialisation will be better than high street, if youre learning...
4. buut high street is valuable dont disregard it.
5. as someone above said we only look at the top 10% and the rest are just fodder.... well thats not true of all recruiters, we shouldnt be all tarred with the same brush.

we are looking for a trainee, if anyone wants to learn the trade with a small niche recruiter in east london

attitude, integrity and initiative more important than experience ....

let me know if anyone is interested....

 

[Richie N]

Could'nt agree more with Alliance, I also started recruitment 14 yrs ago and am a qualified professional in the industry.
Niche is the best way to go rather than high street, although high street /national agencies can offer excellent training, depending on the company of course.
Best of luck...