Graduate Recruitment Consultant

  • Apprenticeship Reference: 1583663182-2
  • Date Posted: 21 February 2025
  • Apprentice Employer: WR HVAC
  • Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
  • Apprentice Pay: £30,000 to £50,000
  • Apprenticeship Sector: Civil Engineering, Commercial & QS, Construction, Engineering, Health and Safety, Project Management, Social care
  • Apprenticeship Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time

About this Apprenticeship

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Building Services

White Recruitment is a market-leading recruitment agency that has several specialist brands that are 'household' names within their field. The Building Services division, consisting of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) and M&E (Mechanical & Electrical Engineering) is recruiting for a graduate recruiter.

This is suitable for an ambitious, driven graduate who possesses strong communication skills, organisation skills and commercial aptitude

You will learn 1 to 1 from a Senior Recruiter who possesses over 15 years industry knowledge, gaining understanding of the recruitment processes and what's required to be successful

You:

Degree qualified (commercial preferred but anything considered)

Aptitude for learning - You will learn an entire industry and terminology that you won't be familiar with, it's going to take a while

Comfortable talking to people - On the phone, in-person and via email - phone calls, Teams meetings, client visits and emails - if the thought of that puts you off, this probably isn't the job for you

Experience of using AI - Familiarity with ChatGPT is essential - AI has been a game-changer in the recruitment industry and you will use it a lot

Organised - You will spin a lot of plates, if you're not organised they will inevitably fall on your head

Driven - The first 6 - 12 months of any sales job, recruitment included, is a bit of a slog. You will be building your desk, learning constantly, you've got to really want to be successful

Resilient - You're going to experience failure and negativity and that's okay, it's part of the job. You've got be able to take it on the chin and move on

What you will be doing:

Researching companies

Headhunting candidates

Advertising jobs on job boards and LinkedIn

Using artificial intelligence software

Operating a recruitment data base

Some of the software we use includes Microsoft Word, Google Drive, ChatGPT, Vincere, Hunter

Package:

Realistic salary in year 1, 30,000

Realistic salary in year 2, 40,000

Realistic salary in year 3, 50,000

Structured and flexible career progression that offers routes into management

Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 5.30pm

Friday 4.30pm finish

Private health insurance

Regular work social events including horse racing in the summer and a Christmas party

WR HVAC M&E are recruitment partner for HVAC jobs. Our customers include a range of large and small M&E companies, manufacturers and suppliers of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. We recruit UK wide for sales, management and technical jobs.

WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.