Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant

Cardiff, CF10 5BT

£27,937 – £38,700 + commission!

Welcome to Hays!

At Hays, we believe in being long-term partners with our people as well as our customers. With over 50 years’ experience Hays operates in 16 countries within 6 core industries and a selection of local specialisms.

We are better together: we support, celebrate, and share with each other to create stronger outcomes for all. Launch your career with the world’s leading specialist recruitment & workforce solution organisation. Join the Hays team!

The role

We are looking for a driven and commercially minded Recruitment Consultant to join our Technology team in Cardiff. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving the next phase of growth within the Software market.

The Software market continues to be one of the most active and skill-short areas within Technology recruitment, with strong demand across C#, .NET, Javascript and React Node. By growing our current capability, we will increase market coverage, strengthen client and candidate engagement and unlock greater growth potential within a growing and resilient sector.

Your New Team

The Cardiff office is a well-established, highly collaborative business with strong tenure and extensive market coverage. We are home to seven different teams specialising in finance, technology, marketing, human resources, procurement, construction and property and business support recruitment for customers across South and West Wales.

The high performing team consists of 20+ consultants who are all committed to providing first-class recruitment services, 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 and universities, supported Cardiff foodbanks, veterans’ charities and other community associations.

Outside of the excellent results they produce, the team also do a lot outside of work, from scavenger hunts to 10k runs, from cook offs to Padel Tennis competitions. They run an array of incentives on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, rewarding excellent results and contributions across the team.

The Opportunity

What can I expect day to day?

As a recruitment consultant you will gain exposure to a range of different activities whilst being supported by a structured training and development programme from day one. Some of your main responsibilities may include:

• Source, interview and match high-quality candidates to roles
• Identify and proactively partner with new and existing clients through new outreach and business development calls to build better, profitable outcomes by understanding their hiring needs and challenges
• Manage the recruitment process by guiding candidates and Clients through the full recruitment process from taking a brief to negotiating offers
• Be bold and curious, developing specialist market expertise by actively seeking to understand your customer’s market
• Take accountability for meeting targets and delivering your monetary goals that contribute to the growth and profitability of Hays
• Be part of vibrant and inclusive culture that cheers on progress by celebrating personal and team performance

Who are we looking for?

You’ll be ambitious pushing outside your comfort zone and willing to experiment. It’s not just about who you are, but who you want to become.

• Effective communication skills and interpersonal skills, having honest conversations
• Customer centric by understanding clients’ needs and delivering tailored solutions
• Have a strategic mindset to spot opportunities and drive profitable outcomes
• Open to change being comfortable in a fast-paced target driven environment
• Develop new business relationships and maintain your network of client companies through business development calls, client visits, networking and entertainment events.
• Collaborative in spirit, people focused with a sales-driven mentality.
• Be resilient, bold and curious

What you’ll get in return – The Hays Deal

Believing that personal growth leads to professional progression, you’ll feel heard, valued and assured that we care about your wellbeing, inan inclusive environment where you can be your authentic self.This will enable you to reach your full potential, broadening your ability to make a positive impact leading to your own personal success.

• Access to team leadership trainingfor you to evolve your career
• Cutting-edge tools and technologyto enable you to make an extraordinary impact
• Flexible work arrangements: Hybrid working policy
• Generous leave entitlementsto take advantage of parental leave, volunteering days and your birthday off!
• Celebrate success: Culture built on rewarding success with the opportunity to influence your earning potential with uncapped commission in addition to base salary
• High Performer Incentives including local and international trips. Montenegro 2024, South Africa 2025 and Mauritius this year!
• Global career opportunities -make your mark locally or explore international opportunities with Hays
• Thrive in a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone feels welcome
• Wellbeing rewards:Benefit from health, leisure and lifestyle partnership discounts
• Employee Resource Groups and Working Groupsfor you to connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues

What to do next

If you strive for performance, see things through whilst acting with integrity? Hays is the place to be. Joining Hays meansjoining a business that’s going places.Apply today!