Recruitment Consultancy

Have you ever wondered what the profession of 'Recruitment Consultant' entails? For those of you that believe all they do is put people into jobs all day, then you've only acknowledged the tip of the iceberg. This review is designed to give you a holistic and accurate account of the role of a Recruitment Consultant from a man that has been doing this role for years. In virtually all towns in the UK, you will find a recruitment agency. The most common are Reed, Adecco, Manpower, Brook Street and, the one I work for, Randstad. These agencies are populated by Consultants sat behind desks, who are ... more

In my career I've had various dealings with recruitment consultancies/agencies over the years in varying capacities; as a young woman unsure of what career path to take deciding that temping would help make a decision and then several years later actually working as a recruitment consultant. IN THE LATE 90s My role was made redundant and I registered with several high street agencies including a local agency in Ealing called Directions. They found me some really good temp jobs including working at Warner Music and Transworld Publishing (the latter which was one of the most fabulous temp ... more

Recruitment consultancy's more commonly recognised as agencies come in all shapes and guises, big, small, local, national and multi-national. WHAT CAN A RECRUITMENT AGENCY DO FOR YOU? They deal in temporary and permanent vacancies and make their money from the charges they impose on the customer, aka the employer, NOT the employee. PERMANENT Often, within an area, a number of local agencies will advertise the same vacancy, and seek CV's from applicants to submit to the company. At the initial point of advertisement, the agency will sift applicants and select a number, (dependent on client ... more

~ ~ OK. Back in the mists of time, (1970’s) and long before the “mad cabbie” took to driving a taxi for a living, he used to make his shillings by flogging all sorts to unsuspecting punters. (Translated; I was a salesman) One day I wandered into this recruitment agency in Edinburgh called Reed Employment. I had just lost yet another sales job, which wasn’t uncommon in those days as I had a drinking problem the size of the Empire State Building. After fabricating my career details on their application form, I had a sit down with a consultant, and told him I was looking ... more

Okay, you've got that triumvirate of the most loathsome professions known to man in the 21st Century - 1st is estate agents with their unintelligible secret language; second, you have the insurance salesmen, the ones who come round your house with their expert totally unbiased financial advice (have you seen their little trick where they will always try an dget their head and eyes at the same level as yours so they can operate at your level - I remember once, I was sitting in the only chair at home when an insurance man came to call; he insisted on squatting on his haunches so that his head ... more

I have to be careful when writing this because there is a chance that if I give away too much information about which agency I am writing they will sue me. Hence, for the purposes of this opinion all names have been changed to protect the innocent (that is me). I worked as a recruitment consultant. I apologise now and I know that I will need to do a lot of good stuff to stop me from going to hell now. You see the problem with recruitment consultants is as soon as they are given the job they have to legally hand in their soul. Recruitment agencies are not a bad thing. In many ways they do a ... more