Agency Recruitment Consultant

Complete with job descriptions, skill profiles, and interview templates. Use this Agency Recruitment Consultant hiring guide to help you make the right decisions, fast.

HOW TO HIRE A AGENCY RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT

What does a Agency Recruitment Consultant do?

An Agency Recruitment Consultant takes on both the role of a recruiter and a salesperson. They will actively field incoming queries from companies looking for staff, and also calls from people looking for work

Usually, an agency recruitment consultant will answer incoming customer calls, respond to emails, and conduct interviews of potential candidates. They will also make outbound sales calls to potential clients and conduct on site visits in order to sell in a candidate or to offer their services in sourcing a candidate for a role.

Day to day tasks of a Agency Recruitment Consultant

Utilize cold, warm and hot leads to make outbound sales calls
Take requests from existing client for new staff
Run recruitment drives
Screen candidates to ensure they will meet quality expectations with clients
Run virtual interviews and assessing candidate suitability for roles
Coordinate pre-employment checks to ensure candidates ready to work
Assist candidates with the onboarding process by providing support
Maintain daily reporting on activity to aid in providing transparency to customers
Coordinate with clients to keep them across progress on recruitment drives (from top of funnel through to placement)
Actively look for potential new clients and candidates through a variety of channels (LinkedIn, Seek)

Recruitment guide role overview illustration

AGENCY RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT DEFINITION

An Agency Recruitment Consultants’ primary responsibility is to build relationships with employers and candidates in order to place candidates in jobs so they can meet sales targets.

HIRING PROCESS

Agency Recruitment Consultant Hiring Process

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STEP 1

Build the Ideal Candidate Profile

To find the best person for the role, you need to understand what the role involves. You can complete this with the hiring manager to define the role, its contribution, and the skills needed.

STEP 2

Write A Job Description Based On Skills

Once you understand the requirements for the role, you’ll need to understand the skills for success. You can then write an effective job description to promote your role.

STEP 3

Selecting The Ideal Candidate

See which applicants have the right skills for the role. Send all your applicants a Vervoe skills assessment from the expert library, or customize one for your organization.

STEP 4

Interview Top Performers

Your skills assessment results will identify top performers. Focus your time on interviewing those that have met or exceeded your requirements. Assessment results will also help guide which skill areas to focus on in the interview.

STEP 5

Making An Offer

Once you assess your candidates against these skills, you’re ready to offer the top performer(s). You should base your offer on the value that the candidate would bring to your team and your business as a whole. It is also important to ensure your compensation and benefits packages are competitive in the industry and help you attract and retain the top talent.

BUILD THE IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

Skills needed for a Agency Recruitment Consultant

An agency recruitment consultant must be customer-focussed and empathetic. Because the role is sales driven, an agency recruitment consultant needs to have skills in resilience and learning agility. They must also have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Relationship Building
Strategy
Communication

WRITE A JOB DESCRIPTION BASED ON SKILLS

How to write a Agency Recruitment Consultant job description

Once you’ve determined the skills required for the role, you can write the job description to advertise for your position. Here’s what to include in your Agency Recruitment Consultant job description:

Job Title: What position are you hiring for?
Summary: What makes your company unique? What would it be like to work for you?
Responsibilities: An overview of the role’s day-to-day activities, and how the position contributes to the organization
Requirements: Skills a candidate must have to perform the job successfully
Benefits: Details of compensation, benefits, and any perks on offer

Use our sample Agency Recruitment Consultant job description

SELECTING THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

Sample skill tests for a Agency Recruitment Consultant

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Question 1

Communication

Question Type: Audio

Please record an audio of yourself rejecting a candidate that has interviewed for a role and was not successful.

Question 2

Relationship Building

Question Type: Text

You have recently been assigned to assist a jobseeker, Melvin, who has previously worked with another Employment Advisor that has now moved to another role. You had your first meeting with Melvin, but he seemed distant and asked why he got assigned to you. What would be your approach to building a trusting relationship with this client?

Question 3

Strategy

Question Type: Text

You are taking a reference for a candidate that you have recently placed in a role. The contact that you are speaking with is the Director at an organization of one of your target clients. What else could you be doing on this reference call?

INTERVIEW TOP PERFORMERS

How to interview a Agency Recruitment Consultant

Once your Vervoe skills assessment has surfaced the most qualified people for your open role, you can focus on interviewing these candidates. The interview should focus on any skills that require development that were highlighted from the skills assessment.

Now you know that candidates can do the job, the interview becomes more of a relationship building exercise where you can get to know the candidate on a more personal level, understand their motivations, and how they would fit in with the team.

MAKING AN OFFER

How much does it cost to hire a Agency Recruitment Consultant?

The US average for an Agency Recruitment Consultant is $60,837 according to Salary.com while the reported average salary on Glassdoor amounts to $68,500. Ninety percent of agency recruitment consultants earn above $55,000 with the top 10% percent receiving approximately $90,000.

United States

Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in the United States range from $55,000 - $90,000 (USD). Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in the U.S vary a lot depending on the experience of the employee and the sales commission structure.

Source: Source: Glassdoor

United Kingdom

Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in the United Kingdom range from £26,663 - £36,2620 (GBP). Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in the UK vary a lot depending on the experience of the employee and the sales commission structure.

Source: Source: Reed

Australia

Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in Australia range from $49,000 - $77,000 (AUD). Agency Recruitment Consultant salaries in Australia vary a lot depending on the experience of the employee and the sales commission structure.

Source: Source: Payscale