ReThink Recruitment - Experience and advice please
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Hi All
Thought I'd post this up to the PH Massive as I'm through to second round interviews for a Recruitment Consultant role with them on Wednesday. Has anyone worked for ReThink or had experience of dealing with them with your business? I'm trying to ascertain their reputation within the industry at the moment to see if they're the type of organisation I would like to work for.
Secondly, I've been asked to produce a "Business Plan" 10-15 min presentation, the general brief is that it needs to cover these three points:
How would you go after the market? How would you structure your day? What activities you would do and what you would expect to achieve?
I come from a B2B Sales and Management background so this is my first job within the industry so I don't have an exact idea of what to fill the presentation with but here is what I've got so far:
Marketing: Learning the marketplace, understand the requirements of my prospective clients, learning where best to find applicants from (this is for interim contractor roles), cold calling potential applicants from these mediums, meeting and interviewing them to ensure they are what my potential clients need. Finally using ReThink's CRM to cold call prospects and try and pick up leads, when the lead is found I'll try to sell the idea of an individual I've met that particular company - this would be done through meetings and calls. Then it's a case of managing the interview process and meetings between interviewee and client.
Structuring Day/Activities: Will clearly vary according to workload but a stab in the dark (being new to this kind of work) is: Mornings, hitting the phones to call around and find leads for myself to develop. Finding more prospects to upload onto CRM database. Afternoon: Calling potential applicants for vacancies I've got, meeting applicants. Meeting clients to discuss applicants.
Expect to Achieve: Initially gaining a good understanding of the marketplace I'm hoping to operate within so I can effectively pitch to them. Building up a list of warm leads for new clients that I can then cultivate. Build up a portfolio of applicants that are suitable for the marketplace.
That's all I have currently but I'd appreciate thought on the above from anyone who's been in the industry and can steer me in the right direction. Cheers!
Thought I'd post this up to the PH Massive as I'm through to second round interviews for a Recruitment Consultant role with them on Wednesday. Has anyone worked for ReThink or had experience of dealing with them with your business? I'm trying to ascertain their reputation within the industry at the moment to see if they're the type of organisation I would like to work for.
Secondly, I've been asked to produce a "Business Plan" 10-15 min presentation, the general brief is that it needs to cover these three points:
How would you go after the market? How would you structure your day? What activities you would do and what you would expect to achieve?
I come from a B2B Sales and Management background so this is my first job within the industry so I don't have an exact idea of what to fill the presentation with but here is what I've got so far:
Marketing: Learning the marketplace, understand the requirements of my prospective clients, learning where best to find applicants from (this is for interim contractor roles), cold calling potential applicants from these mediums, meeting and interviewing them to ensure they are what my potential clients need. Finally using ReThink's CRM to cold call prospects and try and pick up leads, when the lead is found I'll try to sell the idea of an individual I've met that particular company - this would be done through meetings and calls. Then it's a case of managing the interview process and meetings between interviewee and client.
Structuring Day/Activities: Will clearly vary according to workload but a stab in the dark (being new to this kind of work) is: Mornings, hitting the phones to call around and find leads for myself to develop. Finding more prospects to upload onto CRM database. Afternoon: Calling potential applicants for vacancies I've got, meeting applicants. Meeting clients to discuss applicants.
Expect to Achieve: Initially gaining a good understanding of the marketplace I'm hoping to operate within so I can effectively pitch to them. Building up a list of warm leads for new clients that I can then cultivate. Build up a portfolio of applicants that are suitable for the marketplace.
That's all I have currently but I'd appreciate thought on the above from anyone who's been in the industry and can steer me in the right direction. Cheers!
Goodsteed said:
Hi All
Thought I'd post this up to the PH Massive as I'm through to second round interviews for a Recruitment Consultant role with them on Wednesday. Has anyone worked for ReThink or had experience of dealing with them with your business? I'm trying to ascertain their reputation within the industry at the moment to see if they're the type of organisation I would like to work for.
Secondly, I've been asked to produce a "Business Plan" 10-15 min presentation, the general brief is that it needs to cover these three points:
How would you go after the market? How would you structure your day? What activities you would do and what you would expect to achieve?
I come from a B2B Sales and Management background so this is my first job within the industry so I don't have an exact idea of what to fill the presentation with but here is what I've got so far:
Marketing: Learning the marketplace, understand the requirements of my prospective clients, learning where best to find applicants from (this is for interim contractor roles), cold calling potential applicants from these mediums, meeting and interviewing them to ensure they are what my potential clients need. Finally using ReThink's CRM to cold call prospects and try and pick up leads, when the lead is found I'll try to sell the idea of an individual I've met that particular company - this would be done through meetings and calls. Then it's a case of managing the interview process and meetings between interviewee and client.
Structuring Day/Activities: Will clearly vary according to workload but a stab in the dark (being new to this kind of work) is: Mornings, hitting the phones to call around and find leads for myself to develop. Finding more prospects to upload onto CRM database. Afternoon: Calling potential applicants for vacancies I've got, meeting applicants. Meeting clients to discuss applicants.
Expect to Achieve: Initially gaining a good understanding of the marketplace I'm hoping to operate within so I can effectively pitch to them. Building up a list of warm leads for new clients that I can then cultivate. Build up a portfolio of applicants that are suitable for the marketplace.
That's all I have currently but I'd appreciate thought on the above from anyone who's been in the industry and can steer me in the right direction. Cheers!
Days activities is arse about backwards... first thing in the morning is dealing with candidates who've applied overnight, calling them and getting CVs over to clients: you're in a race to get them to the client before some other bugger does.Thought I'd post this up to the PH Massive as I'm through to second round interviews for a Recruitment Consultant role with them on Wednesday. Has anyone worked for ReThink or had experience of dealing with them with your business? I'm trying to ascertain their reputation within the industry at the moment to see if they're the type of organisation I would like to work for.
Secondly, I've been asked to produce a "Business Plan" 10-15 min presentation, the general brief is that it needs to cover these three points:
How would you go after the market? How would you structure your day? What activities you would do and what you would expect to achieve?
I come from a B2B Sales and Management background so this is my first job within the industry so I don't have an exact idea of what to fill the presentation with but here is what I've got so far:
Marketing: Learning the marketplace, understand the requirements of my prospective clients, learning where best to find applicants from (this is for interim contractor roles), cold calling potential applicants from these mediums, meeting and interviewing them to ensure they are what my potential clients need. Finally using ReThink's CRM to cold call prospects and try and pick up leads, when the lead is found I'll try to sell the idea of an individual I've met that particular company - this would be done through meetings and calls. Then it's a case of managing the interview process and meetings between interviewee and client.
Structuring Day/Activities: Will clearly vary according to workload but a stab in the dark (being new to this kind of work) is: Mornings, hitting the phones to call around and find leads for myself to develop. Finding more prospects to upload onto CRM database. Afternoon: Calling potential applicants for vacancies I've got, meeting applicants. Meeting clients to discuss applicants.
Expect to Achieve: Initially gaining a good understanding of the marketplace I'm hoping to operate within so I can effectively pitch to them. Building up a list of warm leads for new clients that I can then cultivate. Build up a portfolio of applicants that are suitable for the marketplace.
That's all I have currently but I'd appreciate thought on the above from anyone who's been in the industry and can steer me in the right direction. Cheers!
0a][interview question said:
You are planning your day in terms of morning and afternoon, but surely this means you can't work on the hot candidate - the one that will convert to a job offer and earn you the commission? [end question]
Thanks for the input chaps. Not quite following this one though? Bit of an awkward question "How are you going to plan your day" to be honest when you haven't done the job and so clearly haven't the faintest. Don't really see what they're looking for out of it.Goodsteed said:
Thanks for the input chaps. Not quite following this one though? Bit of an awkward question "How are you going to plan your day" to be honest when you haven't done the job and so clearly haven't the faintest. Don't really see what they're looking for out of it.
My answer to a question like that would acknowledge that days will be variable so you need to plan 'planning and prioritisation time' at the start of each day, and 'wash up, tie off loose ends' at the end. The rest of the day would depend on client need, applicant need and business need and may include A, B, C, searching for new clients, coaching applicants, admin, X, Y, Z.stevenjhepburn said:
Goodsteed said:
Thanks for the input chaps. Not quite following this one though? Bit of an awkward question "How are you going to plan your day" to be honest when you haven't done the job and so clearly haven't the faintest. Don't really see what they're looking for out of it.
My answer to a question like that would acknowledge that days will be variable so you need to plan 'planning and prioritisation time' at the start of each day, and 'wash up, tie off loose ends' at the end. The rest of the day would depend on client need, applicant need and business need and may include A, B, C, searching for new clients, coaching applicants, admin, X, Y, Z.They most likely use a cloud based crm/ats meaning that as long as you have connection you can access your candidates.
The best systems will allow you to fully integrate your email with the crm meaning that all messages you send will be tracked against candidates/contacts, even those that are sent externally outside of the crm. This means that you can plan your day on the way to work from your noble or pick up contact details/task reminders directly from your phone.
I would also recommend using hotlists to group your hot candidates together so you can quickly action them at a later date, for example when your client rings with an opportunity to fill.
Hope that helps, good luck : )
The best systems will allow you to fully integrate your email with the crm meaning that all messages you send will be tracked against candidates/contacts, even those that are sent externally outside of the crm. This means that you can plan your day on the way to work from your noble or pick up contact details/task reminders directly from your phone.
I would also recommend using hotlists to group your hot candidates together so you can quickly action them at a later date, for example when your client rings with an opportunity to fill.
Hope that helps, good luck : )
Are you the sort of person who'll put someone into a role knowing they dont quite fit it, but if you dont, someone else will?
They're interested in you because of your sales experience, admin bulls
t can come later.
You need to be able to keep plates spinning. Can you get hold of a candidate who's got an offer from another agent's job and make him or her go to your interview and stop them speaking to the offering company?
Can you turn someone around who's been offered more money to stay where they are, and they dont want to rock the boat?
It's cut throat, I personally couldnt handle it and gave in after 6 months to go into B2B consultancy sales
They're interested in you because of your sales experience, admin bulls
t can come later.You need to be able to keep plates spinning. Can you get hold of a candidate who's got an offer from another agent's job and make him or her go to your interview and stop them speaking to the offering company?
Can you turn someone around who's been offered more money to stay where they are, and they dont want to rock the boat?
It's cut throat, I personally couldnt handle it and gave in after 6 months to go into B2B consultancy sales
Thanks for that chaps, all good food for thought. Second job post graduating and more of a "career" move so want to get it right. I think I can be pretty ruthless when it comes down to it, time will tell if it's a good idea or not. At the moment the commission potential is looking too interesting to pass up. 
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