Recruitment consultant Review

by Hays

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Sourcing new and existing candidates and job vacancies and matching effectively. Targets set of about 100 calls a month and 25 interviews wherein you register candidates and learn their motivators.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • This sales role has improved my confidence and resilience as it requires you to be quick thinking in a fast pace environment. Remaining professional and tailoring advertising to limit bias is another tool mastered in this role.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Completely, we were given arguably as much responsibility as any one applying to Hays. This was quite nerve-wracking at the beginning but you were well supported throughout.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received amazing support. From the beginning you have lots of people you can call on and it was nice to have other placement students in a similar position to you. The training is tough but effective and is continuous throughout the year.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The culture was good, every single person I have met I have got on with great.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I had never pictured myself in recruitment prior to this role but the skills I have learnt are invaluable. It has shown me how I work in a way that academics did not. Though I want to go into the creative field I feel as though my time was well spent here but a whole 12 months is a bit intense.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Hays

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Hays to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hays

    • It is a bit overwhelming at the beginning but after a month or two your confidence sky rockets and one the hybrid working comes in (post 12 weeks for 2 days a week) the work/life balance improves massively. You will be given a lot of work to accomplish but success is highly celebrated and the feeling of helping a candidate get their dream job is great.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

Yorkshire and Humberside

March 2022

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