Senior Recruitment Consultant
Michael Page
Total years of experience :5 years, 2 Months
•After being with Page for 12 months I was promoted from Associate Consultant, to Consultant and finally to Senior Consultant.
•Specialist recruitment within Finance, HR, Business Support, Projects and Senior Management
•Consistently billing and meeting targets
•B2B Sales
•Arranging and attending client events
•Mentoring an Associate Consultant including holding weekly 121’s and setting daily/weekly KPI’s
•Training new team members on all aspects of recruitment
•Booking, arranging and attending meetings with HR Directors and CFO’s of national and international organisations.
•Covering the full end recruitment process for Finance and HR roles within the Midlands.
•Sourcing for candidates via LinkedIn, referrals and national advertising.
•Pre screening and interviewing candidates, including taking out full compliance checks (references, Visa checks and DBS checks). Also ensuring all candidates are within AWR guidelines once placed into a new position.
•Ensuring all candidate paperwork is correctly processed including liaising closely with the Payroll and Credit Control team for time sheets and collating PO numbers.
• Full 360 Recruitment Consultant for IT Infrastructure covering the Midlands
• My clients included SME’s to large international organisations
• Throughout the 6 months that I worked for Hays I built up the IT Infrastructure desk by networking with new, old and existing clients. I updated the Hays database to collate a variety of candidates that were applicable to the Infrastructure roles that I recruited for.
•I booked, arranged and attended regular meetings to discuss the Hays brand and other services that we could offer. The clients ranged from IT managers to project managers through to directors and CEO’s of the company. I brought new local clients into the company and managed new roles effectively from advertising the positions, to regular aftercare with the clients.
•I managed the whole recruitment process solely from sifting through CV’s that were held on the Hays database and Job websites, interviewing potential candidates, initiating the appropriate testing, taking references and CRB/DBS checks if applicable, managed the paperwork and timesheets for each candidate and provided regular aftercare throughout the contract period.
•I handled everything on reception from writing and replying to emails, sending out letters, confirming tables with customers and taking deposits for table and conference room bookings.
•I screened CV’s for restaurant posts prior to bringing them in for an interview with the management team.
•Responsible for greeting customers and ensuring a smooth transition for their visit to the restaurant
•I assisted the Event’s Organiser in showcasing the restaurant and the Private Dining Rooms. I would show potential customers the rooms we offered and discussed with them booking in their private dinners, conference meetings and Christmas parties.
•I kept our in house system up to date and maintained the Bank OpenTable reservation system regularly.
•I would deal with any complaints customers would have regarding the restaurant and was the first line of call in offering solutions to their problems.
•A small family run business where I was involved in most of the HR and Office duties.
•I would support the Nursery managers in recruitment and selection
•I conducted interviews for new Nursery staff and was involved in the selection process
•I updated timesheets and ensured all the information had been entered correctly
•Updated sick leave/absence forms and was in charge of getting authorisation for holiday requests
•Advising on staff development
•Advised on issues relating to the workplace relations and performance management
•Provided advice and assistance on the strict Nursery policies, procedures and legislation that had to be in place
•Provided Personal Assistant support to two Directors. This included diary management, email management, setting up meetings, taking minutes and arranging personal national and international travel.
Obtained a 2:1