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Sector Outlook
Recruitment is a key function of any HR depar tment as companies
seek to attract high calibre candidates to their business. People
are a company’s biggest asset and as such, many companies will
have their own recruitment teams as they source the best talent.
For operational reasons other industries may choose to outsource
this work to recruitment companies to act as agents in finding the
candidates they want.
Over 100,000 people work in this fast paced, dynamic and growing
sector. In the last year the industry saw sales of £31.5 billion and
an increase of 9% on the previous year with average sales per
consultant reaching £93,000. The most revenue comes from
recruiting IT, Engineering/Technical roles and managerial positions.
Recruiters can be found operating in every industry sector
supplying temporary and permanent contract positions.
Recruiters need to have a strong sales mentality, self-confidence,
tenacity, an ability to network, build rappor t and meet key
per formance targets. The industry needs individuals who can
organise their work load, manage data, and develop a technical
knowledge of the industry. The hours are long but come with
financial rewards for those who succeed. The sector offers work
based qualifications and graduate programmes in the larger
companies. Job vacancies can be found with recruiters such
as Ranstad, Adecco, Reed, Page and Hays but there may be
oppor tunities with smaller operations or looking through
specialist recruitment web sites.
Recruitment