Life In Recruitment Agencies

Being the employee or aiming to be the part of any recruitment agency can be a worthy job if the person is familiar with all pros and cons of the recruitment agency jobs and dealings. Here are some useful key features of recruitment agency for you as an employee.

Large multinational recruitment agencies:

Large multinational recruitment agencies benefit from economy and employ hundreds and possibly thousands of staff worldwide. The majority has established brands in their markets and they are likely to employ a business development specialist to generate new customers. Recruitment consultants in these companies are likely to have a fairly fine role with resources searching databases initially, consultants doing the final selection for submitting to the client, with the recruiting manager ultimately managing the relationship. Many of the large recruitment agencies have established internal training schemes in place, including initial training courses and on-the-job training. Furthermore, successful recruitment consultants will have development opportunities, with promotions.

Smaller cross functional recruitment agencies:

Usually starting from a sector specific agency which has expanded to offer services to other areas for example, an agency that specializes in salesperson recruitment may open a graduate recruitment department. In these smaller functional recruitment agencies the jobs may bring in greater responsibility with the added pressure to go with it. Smaller recruitment agencies tend to offer less training, so often seek to employ those with job specific experience.

Temporary recruitment agencies:

Temporary recruitment agencies cover a range of services usually dealing in contract work such as construction, social care, manufacture and pharmacy. In these roles you will have candidates employed by your agency on behalf of the client generating frequent but usually on less pays. You also have the responsibility of managing candidates, whose performance for the client enhances or damages you status as a recruitment consultant. A temporary worker who fails to show for work would not do you any favor; but repeated appointments of reliable workers will help to establish a relationship between you and the client.

If you have ambitions of a career in recruitment, it would be worthwhile to experience different types of recruitment agencies at ground level. Agencies differ greatly in their work practices and cultures; the types of tasks and the amounts of pressure you will face may vary greatly from place to place.