The Interview.
No, not a movie, but my interview I had today LOL
It went for 42 minutes.
It was interesting to say the least. Hays Recruitment is quite a professional outfit and I learned quite a bit about recruitment companies/consultancy/industry in that interview.
Hays apparently according to my contact interviewer there is the largest in the Australia/Asia-Pacific Region. Their Sydney division has 110 staff alone, with six regional managers in NSW. According to her, there are about 1000 recruitment companies operating in Sydney/NSW, which makes it quite a strong competition field of work. They are also one of the few companies that use what they call the 360° Recruitment method, which encompasses a business development, sales and followup segments between the client and candidate.
One of the things that was strongly pushed was sales. At every step along the way, something is being sold. Clients are sold the services of the company, sold the ability of the recruitment consultant, and sold the candidates profile/ability. Candidates are sold the services of the company, sold the ability of the recruitment consultant, and the offer from the client. Everything is about sales.
The big point was about personal interaction, having the ability to build rapport between the client and candidates. I have those skills, but no real experience in the selling of one's self, or much else besides information and popcorn LOL.
We did a role-play of a phone conversation, and I think I did ok, not great. We then broke the role-play down to see what I was lacking and so forth. Interesting to see what was missing, and the simple things that are part of the process. I think I would probably do better the next time if I was to repeat the exercise, but also the language used is part of the training required.
Training required? Yes, it was then explained to me, if I was to take them up, I would be required to do 9 months training..... the pay and whatnot was then also explained to me, the structure of advancement etc.
It wasn't very pretty. At least not to my expectations for someone of my qualifications. Certainly it is reasonable to some extent, but I don't really want to do 9 months of training since I have already spent neigh on a decade in 'training' already, especially for pay that is considerable lower than what even I was expecting. In any case, they told me to consider it and get back to them in a few days.
At this present point in time, I think I will decline to proceed, though I have the potential for it, but the training period simply does not appeal, nor the lower-than-expected pay.
What I did learn was the complexity, and the mentality behind a top level recruitment company. So that at least was an experience, and I thank them for the opportunity to observe the requirements to be successful in that occupation.
No, not a movie, but my interview I had today LOL
It went for 42 minutes.
It was interesting to say the least. Hays Recruitment is quite a professional outfit and I learned quite a bit about recruitment companies/consultancy/industry in that interview.
Hays apparently according to my contact interviewer there is the largest in the Australia/Asia-Pacific Region. Their Sydney division has 110 staff alone, with six regional managers in NSW. According to her, there are about 1000 recruitment companies operating in Sydney/NSW, which makes it quite a strong competition field of work. They are also one of the few companies that use what they call the 360° Recruitment method, which encompasses a business development, sales and followup segments between the client and candidate.
One of the things that was strongly pushed was sales. At every step along the way, something is being sold. Clients are sold the services of the company, sold the ability of the recruitment consultant, and sold the candidates profile/ability. Candidates are sold the services of the company, sold the ability of the recruitment consultant, and the offer from the client. Everything is about sales.
The big point was about personal interaction, having the ability to build rapport between the client and candidates. I have those skills, but no real experience in the selling of one's self, or much else besides information and popcorn LOL.
We did a role-play of a phone conversation, and I think I did ok, not great. We then broke the role-play down to see what I was lacking and so forth. Interesting to see what was missing, and the simple things that are part of the process. I think I would probably do better the next time if I was to repeat the exercise, but also the language used is part of the training required.
Training required? Yes, it was then explained to me, if I was to take them up, I would be required to do 9 months training..... the pay and whatnot was then also explained to me, the structure of advancement etc.
It wasn't very pretty. At least not to my expectations for someone of my qualifications. Certainly it is reasonable to some extent, but I don't really want to do 9 months of training since I have already spent neigh on a decade in 'training' already, especially for pay that is considerable lower than what even I was expecting. In any case, they told me to consider it and get back to them in a few days.
At this present point in time, I think I will decline to proceed, though I have the potential for it, but the training period simply does not appeal, nor the lower-than-expected pay.
What I did learn was the complexity, and the mentality behind a top level recruitment company. So that at least was an experience, and I thank them for the opportunity to observe the requirements to be successful in that occupation.
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