Recruiter - Graduate Trainee

Established in 2004, The Curve Group are the UK’s largest privately-owned Recruitment and HR provider. We deliver agile, ethical and configurable people solutions across the entire Recruitment and HR spectrum. Our mission statement, or quest as we would say, is to “Create Extraordinary People Solutions that Transform Working Lives”.

We have been recognised as an innovative and disruptive company – in our own industry and across every sector. We’ve won numerous awards and received notable recognition over the years including ‘Most Innovative Recruitment Company’, ‘Recruitment Process Outsourcer (RPO) of the Year’, ‘Best Customer Focus’, ‘Best Employer’ and ‘Best Customer Service’.

Team Curve are a force to be reckoned with. They are an incredibly talented and committed group of people who choose to live and breathe our CAPE values every day to:

• Create Relationships…with their colleagues, candidates, clients and partner organisations

• Realise Ambitions…by pushing themselves and the people they interact with to learn more, think smarter, move out of their comfort zone and grow as individuals

• Be Passionate…about everything that they do and genuinely care about how they leave people feeling i.e. Curved!
• Explore Possibilities…by coming up with innovative ideas, helping our customers to think about things differently and creating solutions

For further information on The Curve Group please visit our website at www.thecurvegroup.co.uk or our social media pages on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Job Purpose

As a talented and ambitious Trainee, you will want to be challenged. It will come as no surprise that we choose our Trainees very carefully and have created a development environment to support you be the very best you can be.

The Curve Group will value your creativity, listen to your ideas, and encourage you to stretch your capabilities. Guided by managers and mentors, you will gain career-defining experience and deal with clients and customers at practically every level. How far and how fast you go really is down to you.

As a Trainee Recruiter, you will actively source and recruit the best talent in the market, pre-screen candidates and arrange interviews with hiring managers and maintain high levels of candidate experience.

Good academic credentials are important, of course, but you will also need to demonstrate a keen interest in recruitment, the operation of the business and have the initiative and drive to take on new challenges and work to tight deadlines. You need to love talking to people!

Key Responsibilities:

§ Engage in search campaigns to generate quality candidates at pace

§ Advertising jobs where appropriate on key jobsites

§ Communicate and qualify candidates for specific assignments

§ Assess candidate suitability for jobs through gauging interest levels and screening

§ Effectively market candidates to clients

§ Organise interviews with both the client and candidate

§ Offer management

§ Dissect briefs and get to the heart of what the client is looking for

§ Provide market intelligence

§ Use the appropriate technology

§ Involvement in wider Curve activities and projects

§ A commitment to developing a career in recruitment

§ An excellent telephone manner and love speaking to people

§ Good written and oral communication

§ Resilience, pace and tenacity

§ Ability to engage in a positive way with candidates

§ Determination and drive

§ The intellect, flexibility, and sense of humour necessary to overcome difficulties

§ Energy and enthusiasm about Curve and our clients, but with the maturity and gravitas to be credible

§ Ability to use technology and appreciate its range and scope of commercial applications

§ Strong planning and organisational skills, with attention to detail are essential.

§ As part of the role you will be required to handle sensitive data and therefore pre- screening / vetting may be required

§ Ability to engage with our customers and delight them