Researcher
Executive Search, Financial Services
City of London
Permanent
1-jRes/HEAM
Up to 32K, dependent on experience
Our client:
A leading boutique, headhunting and advisory firm with a friendly, hardworking, and ambitious team is seeking to hire some additional team members! They have grown fast over the last couple of years and the Research Team is a growing quickly as a result.
The Researcher Role:
This role will give you exposure to some of the most recognisable businesses in the world. You will speak and advise some of the brightest and most interesting professionals on a daily basis. Your core responsibilities will be ensuring complete oversight of the company's candidate market and keeping on top of who the best candidates are within that sector. You will:
- Develop an understanding of what makes an appropriate candidate
- Develop an understanding of the asset classes they cover, and the clients they work with, within them
- Learn to assess candidate CVs for their relevance and suitability
- Learn to screen candidates over the phone
- Attend candidate interviews with a consultant
- Learn how to build relationships with candidates in order to maintain maps, get referrals, compensation data and/or any other relevant candidate market data
- Use & maintain the CRM
- Develop search execution skills; learn to build long-lists, gain exposure to clearing & persuasion, shortlists, prep, feedback, scheduling and offer management
Skills needed:
- Hold strong university academics
- Organisational and communication skills; must be able to multi-task and pre-empt issues to successfully manage candidate and consultant expectations
- Time management; must be capable of setting priorities and working under pressure
- Ability to work well in a team
- Proactivity
- Must have a high level of attention to detail ensuring all work produced is client-ready (i.e. updated, accurate and always ready to send out if required)
- Must be comfortable speaking to both new and existing candidates over the phone
- Must demonstrate curiosity
The Details and Benefits:
- Standard hours - 9:30am - 6:30pm
- Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home
- Salary: Up to 32K, dependent on experience, + benefits
- Regular work socials!
If you want to work in a professional and high-achieving team, and in a company with opportunity for progression then please send us your CV!
