Recruitment Consultant
What the work is
Interviews applicants to determine their job requirements and suitability for particular jobs, and assists employers to find suitable staff.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Receives and records job vacancy information from employers, such as details about job descriptions, wages and conditions of employment
- Writes and places advertisements for jobs
- Provides information on current job vacancies in the organisation to employers and job seekers
- Arranges interviews for job seekers
- Searches, vets and introduces highly qualified candidates to companies
- Seeks out candidates for senior, executive and other highly specialised positions
- May act as an agent for people seeking work in various fields, including photography, film, theatre, television, radio, literary, modelling and sports
- May represent talented individuals and individuals with specialised skills in negotiating contracts and finding employment
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional recruitment agency that places people in office, warehouse and trades jobs. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You ring someone to say they got the job, and you can hear them smile
- A hard to fill role is matched with exactly the right person
- A client who was frustrated with other agencies says you finally understood the role
Hard days
- You have to ring a candidate who was perfect on paper and say they were not chosen
- A client asks for something that is not fair to candidates, and you must say no
- A phone that does not stop while your targets sit in the back of your mind
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 222231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.