Are you ready to bring your A game to the lovely, driven, and charismatic Stoke team? Based in our incredible Keele office, we’re welcoming our next Recruitment Consultant to manage and lead their own perms desk.

This branch is looking for an organised, motivated and people centred individual who have a keen interest in social media, are creative in thought but motivated in sales!

Location: 1^st Floor, Med IC3, Stoke-on-Trent, Keele, Newcastle ST5 5NP. 3 days in the office / 2 days working from home

Salary: negotiable depending on experience (plus commission!)

Driving License required.

Your recruitment journey begins in the Stoke team building out the perms desk.

Collaborating with your Branch Manager and Temps Consultant, you’ll receive comprehensive training in securing new business, and how to carve your name in the area and within Adecco.

No prior recruitment sales experience is required, but knowledge and demonstrated sales enthusiasm is essential such as cold calling, being face to face or confident with customers.

The Team

Led by the lovely and enthusiastic Branch Manager, Marianne, alongside her Principal Recruitment Consultant Rebecca, and the Senior Candidate Consultant, Ella, the team are known for their resilience and fun! Despite its size, this close-knit team are phenomenally generous, sharing their candidates, strategy and ideas because there really is no ‘I’ in team!

They eagerly invite new talent to join, offering a collaborative space where success is within reach. At the heart of this branch is a passion for the work – making it the best place to establish yourself in the recruitment world!

Your responsibility will be overseeing a mixture of office, HR and logistics roles primarily within the manufacturing space.

Here sales aren’t forceful; they’re consultative, embodying confidence and accuracy. We need someone who is ready to be on the phones, dynamic in their approach to winning new business but not afraid to do so.

• Breaking down doors and securing new client wins.
• Identify sales leads for the team, achieve targets through consistent business development activity.
• Gain trust and consistency from clients through regular sales calls and networking.
• Identify suitable candidates through screening in accordance with the client’s requirements and agreed service levels.
• Carry out sales presentations at client meetings and be ready to bid to win a client.
• Creative - The team put email mailers together to send out to clients and candidates, so someone who is clever with words, and not afraid to be innovative in this regard.
• Social media – we often use LinkedIn to share everything that is going on in the office and the team. Finding ways to showcase this and having a knack for posting will be greatly appreciated!

In this role, authenticity is valued above all else. We seek an individual who embodies a self-assured approach, resilience and either possesses demonstrable sales expertise or the unwavering determination to excel in sales.

We expect you to be optimistic, ready and hopeful of your career and where you see yourself. Guided by your Branch Manager, you’ll be welcomed with open arms for the long run to the Adecco family.

• Ability to operate in a competitive environment. This is a small but successful team, so we want this candidate to be enthusiastic to build their own success for the branch and have the DRIVE to do so.
• Strong organisation skills and a methodical approach to all tasks.
• Ability to prioritise workload to ensure efficient delivery of candidates to your consultant.

• A positive, motivated, and charismatic attitude.
• An unwavering commitment to diligence, continuous learning and striving for excellence.
• Ambitious nature who can keep up a professional and consistent pace with clients.
• Resilient – this is a hard industry, so we need someone who can recover from ‘no’ from clients and candidates and bounce back.

• You will be entering a dynamic and fast paced environment. Not only will you be entering a vibrant industry, but you will constantly be engaged in diverse tasks, interacting with various professionals, and tackling new challenges.
• The fast-paced nature keeps you agile and offers continuous learning opportunities.
• If you like connecting with people, this is for you. You will be speaking with individuals from diverse backgrounds. You can make tangible impact on someone’s career while meeting the evolving needs of clients.
• Benefits: Company Pension Plan, Life Assurance, retail discounts, season ticket loan etc.
• Tailored programme of training and development.

We believe that understanding the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organisation with multiple different roles, our application process can vary. 

Interview Stages

1. Initial Teams / face to face call with the Branch Manager, Marianne.
2. Presentation (brief to be given ahead of time) with Area Manager, Alison Hogg.
3. Informal Teams with Head of Permanent Placement – Lisa Phelps

These processes may be condensed at any point depending on availability.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.

As one of the world’s largest employers we believe in talent, not labels, and focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, an environment where everyone can thrive and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. Our commitment to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity is part of our broader commitment to respecting fundamental human rights across our value chain. The Adecco Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Posting date: 01-04-2024