Working as a Recruitment Consultant at Walters People: what does it entail?

What does a Recruitment Consultant do?

Gitte: "As a Recruitment Consultant at Walters People you are responsible for managing and expanding your client portfolio. This means that you manage to bring in new clients for Walters People and find new staff for them. You mediate between these two parties and aim for a perfect match between client and candidate.

You publish client jobs and look for suitable candidates by actively approaching them via LinkedIn for example. You screen the reactions that come in and interview candidates, to get the best possible impression of them. Once you have found a good match, you link this person to a suitable company within your portfolio. 

In the meantime, you have a lot of contact with your clients; they like to consult you about their recruitment needs. You listen carefully to the client's wishes and give appropriate advice, without losing sight of your own objectives. In the initial phase, you make sure that matters such as the salary for the position and the deadline by which you must deliver candidates are clearly agreed.

You will be part of a specialised recruitment team that focuses, for example, on Finance or Business Support vacancies. This will enable you to develop substantive knowledge of the field you are recruiting in and to properly advise employers and job seekers. The team consists of colleagues with various levels of experience, from whom you can learn.”

Teamwork

Gitte: "The above may seem a lot at first glance, but there is an entire team behind you. After all, teamwork is particularly important at Walters People. Everyone, and especially school leavers who start with us, receive personal daily guidance from managing consultants and the team manager. But there is more: regular training sessions are organised in the other offices of the Robert Walters Group. This allows you to get to know colleagues abroad and gain a broader understanding of the job. Because you learn the most from each other, right?

This team spirit is not only found in our work, but in everything we do. Hard work: yes, but we have just as much fun! Kicker tournament at the office, afterwork drinks to celebrate big and small successes, team lunch, team building days with all employees, and of course our legendary Christmas parties and international incentives."

What do we expect from you?

• Bachelor or master's degree
• Strong communication and commercial skills, and affinity with sales
• Excellent level of Dutch and/or French and English 
• Competitive, persuasive, enthusiastic, result-oriented, empathic

What can you expect from us?

• Being part of a top team with a family atmosphere
• A training and career path mapped out for you
• Participation in regular teambuilding activities and international incentives
  
• The chance to be part of an international group with great growth opportunities

And of course:

• A competitive salary, including bonus based on your results
• Company car and fuel card
  
• Holiday pay and end of year bonus
• Meal vouchers
• Group and hospitalisation insurance
• Tablet 

The recruitment process at Walters People

• Telephone interview with the internal recruiter
• After 1-2 days you come to one of our offices for an initial interview with the recruitment team
• Within 1-4 days we arrange an interview with the hiring manager
• After 2-6 days, an interview with the Managing Director Belgium, followed by an interview with the Managing Director Benelux & Germany
• If the interview goes well, you will receive an offer