Recruitment Consultant Review

by Hays

Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    2.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Calling candidates/clients to see how the market is. Mapping out the market mentally and on software like Excel & Powerpoint


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Cold calling, sales techniques over the phone, improved communication skills, how recruitment works, interpersonal skills, confidence, organisation, time management, resilience


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Yes


  • 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?
  • Fantastic support from my manager & team.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Not much of a culture but had great relationship with team. The culture seems to be drinking oriented which wouldn’t work for some religious people or people who don’t like drinking


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 2/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 2/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. Always very busy and learning new things. It’s a placement suited for ambitious individuals that want to make money and have good communication/organisation/time-management. I’m glad I did this instead of a marketing internship


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

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

  • 7. Would you recommend Hays to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hays
  • Sell yourself to them, they want to see your sales skills and how you can portray yourself to them. It would be similar to portraying yourself to a client or candidate.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

London

July 2023


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