Recruitment Consultant

Cardiff

Yolk Recruitment is an award-winning, specialist recruitment business and for more than 15 years we've worked with start-ups, scale-ups, established businesses, and enterprise clients to reshape their recruitment.

Our Engineering & Technical operation is one of our largest and highest performing divisions, focused on supporting a diverse manufacturing and engineering landscape across the UK. We solve recruitment challenges in advanced and emerging markets, in high-demand talent-short fields including Design, Quality, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement & Supply Chain, and Maintenance and Automation.

At Yolk, we believe in nurturing and developing our talent, supporting you to reach your full potential. Our employees strive to be the Brightest, Boldest, and Best version of themselves, and we are committed to providing the resources and guidance to help you achieve greatness.

What sets us apart? We offer the best basic salaries in the recruitment business, recognising the value of our exceptional team. On top of that, we believe in rewarding our staff generously with bonuses, promotions, exceptional commission rates, and a comprehensive benefits package. We invest in the best tech, tools and training to help Consultants achieve their highest ambitions in a culture that embodies high standards, where everyone wins and celebrates success together.

Whether you're an experienced recruiter or looking to make a move into a career in recruitment, we have opportunities to join us on a journey where we can continue to grow together.

What can Yolk Recruitment offer you as a Recruitment Consultant?

Salary in line with experience
Uncapped commission
A clear career progression/promotion pathway
A training programme tailored to your experience level
Hybrid working with flexible business hours between 7 am - 7 pm Monday to Friday
Free on site parking
22 days of annual leave to start. This rises by 1 day for every completed year
Christmas shutdown days in addition to annual leave
An extra day off to celebrate your birthday
Charity days to support our CSR initiatives
Great social events throughout the year
Quarterly adventures for our top performers and support staff
A fully expensed summer party
Company holiday - when we hit our yearly target everyone enjoys an all-inclusive company holiday with us!
Sage Employee Benefits worth up to 1k
Private medical healthcare plan including on-demand GP, Optical and Dental cover
Pension advice from our expert at St James Place

This is what you'll be doing as a Recruitment Consultant:

As a recruitment consultant at Yolk, you will become a specialist in your area by building and managing clients and candidate relationships within that sector.

Maintain relationships with our existing clients
Business development calls to win new business
Build and grow a client portfolio to understand their current and future recruitment needs
Attend client meetings to build relationships and pitch for business
Consult with clients to ensure they are using the best strategies for finding the right candidates for their business
Negotiating rates with clients
Networking to become an expert in your market
Candidate engagement - identify and attract potential candidates
Interview candidates to understand their requirements and assess client fit
Supporting both candidates and clients through the interview and offer stage
Providing a thorough post-placement care service to both client and candidate to check everything is running smoothly, and identify further business opportunities
Work as an integral member of a team by motivating colleagues and communicating effectively

The experience you'll bring as a Recruitment Consultant:

You will have experience in the recruitment industry, or relevant sales experience and a desire to learn
Experience in achieving targets and high levels of activity
Experience within a professional services environment

Here are some must-haves to work for Yolk Recruitment:

Bright, Bold, and Better in everything that you put your mind to
Common sense, intelligence, initiative, and urgency
Resilience and positivity when faced with difficult situations
A committed approach to achieving targets
Team spirit and culturally aware
Individuality, it's the 'U' in USP
Effective communication skills in all forms including face-to-face, telephone, video calls and written
Great rapport builder

Recruitment Consultant - Engineering & Technical