Recruitment Consultant, Richmond, £ Competitive + Benefits for Mind, Body and Soul

Are you looking for a fresh challenge? Would you like to transfer your existing skills to the world of recruitment? We are looking for a consultant to join our friendly team here in Richmond!

Based in Richmond, Stopgap is the UK’s leading independent marketing recruitment agency. We’re matchmakers not brokers, guided by our hearts as much as our heads.  Run by ex-marketers, it was the first specialist freelance marketing recruitment agency in the UK.  This role is a superb opportunity to join a company famed for its Positively Different approach. We’re guided by our hearts as much as our heads, meaning a genuine interest in people as human beings is an essential requirement in any Stopgap Recruitment Consultant.  

Interested? ...you’ll need these key skills:

…good organisational ability; can multi-task; can build relationships; good intuition; perception; good negotiation ability; good written and verbal communication; good attention to detail; the ability to provide coaching / mentoring to candidates.

...you’ll share our guiding principles:

Daring
You will actively take a path less travelled if it helps you get where you want to be and you won’t be afraid of change if it is needed to help you get there.

Passionate
You will always be prepared to go the extra mile and have the drive and determination to succeed.

Integrity
You will have a genuine interest in people as human beings and appreciate the need of honesty even if this is hard. You will be brave enough to challenge but in a sensitive, caring way.

Collaborative
We are not a place that is interested in ranking boards, competitiveness or egos. We want someone who is bothered about their team – not themselves.

Agile
We’re flexible to the needs of those we work with, adapting and evolving, ever ready to respond to any issue.

...and you are looking for a job where

You spend a lot of your day talking to people both in person and on the phone. You get a buzz out of helping others and understand, and are happy, that there is a fairly hefty administration element to recruitment. You know how to strike the balance between having fun with their team, and getting your head down.

So, do you think you’ve got what it takes to be part of the Best Medium to Large Recruitment Firm to Work For - 2009?  We ask everyone to write us a letter to send along with their CV and salary expectations – an interview before the interview if you like. In your letter we’d like you to answer the following questions:

1.    Why the Stopgap Group – why are we right for you?
2.    What are you passionate about?
3.    What are 5 key words that best describe you?

Thanks, The Employee Relationship Team

Recruitment Coordinator, Richmond, £ on application

Are you an outstanding communicator who would like to join a company that’s, well, positively different? Fancy making a real contribution to the smooth-running of the business? Then this role supporting two of our key teams could be just the job for you!

Based in Richmond, Surrey, the Stopgap Group is the UK’s leading independent marketing and HR recruitment specialist, providing clients and candidates alike with a positively different experience of marketing and HR recruitment. Dealing with different people every single day, you’ll form a key part of our recruitment team, supporting 4 Consultants. Duties include:

* Shaping the first stage of relationship-building with candidates by sending job specs through to them and following up with a phone call
* Providing Consultants with candidate information and all the materials they require to interview
* Liaising with both candidates and clients to arrange interviews
* Assisting candidate interview preparation by ensuring that candidates have all the necessary information ahead of their interviews with our clients
* Managing our client-specific online recruitment portals to ensure a seamless flow of information between Consultants and clients
* Verifying candidates by obtaining references via email
* Celebrating our candidates’ success by arranging gifts where appropriate
* Acting as the team’s backbone by picking up telephone calls for other members, covering their emails and responding to client and candidate enquiries where you can.

Although background experience isn’t the be all and end all for this role, you’ll have worked in an office environment before and have acquired sound admin skills as a result. You’ll also need to be comfortable dealing with people at all levels and possess:

* A strong service ethic with a natural understanding of how to deliver excellent customer service
* The ability to multi-task and a real attention to detail – both in verbal communication and written communications – emails, database entries etc.
* Excellent time management – the ability to ensure work gets delivered against tight timeframes!
* The willingness to go the extra mile and ensure work gets done well
* An ability to work well under pressure and to use your initiative

If you’re able to offer all of the above and would love to come and be part of our family, please send your CV and a bit about yourself (including your salary expectations) to coordinatorjobs@stopgapgroup.co.uk