Resourcer

As a Resourcer, it will be your job to support the principal recruitment consultant with tasks like candidate name gathering, interviewing, candidate management, database maintenance and searching CVs online.

Typically, you'll be carrying out these types of duties every day:

• Source and select candidates
• Network and advertise to potential candidates
• Identify skills to match appropriately with vacancies

It's up to you to find the right applicant for each position, and that means screening lots of potential candidates before recruiting them. You'll be liaising with a whole range of people, getting as much information as possible to make the perfect match.

You could be dealing with permanent, contract and temporary placements, and finding suitable candidates at a range of different levels.

Skills and interests

To be a good Resourcer, you must:

• have good communication skills
• be able to gain people's confidence and put them at ease
• be persuasive, persistent and patient
• be of smart appearance
• be able to cope with pressure
• be flexible and adaptable
• have good organisational and administrative skills
• have the ability to prioritise
• have good IT skills
• be able to work to deadlines