Recruitment Consultant Review

I Seriously enjoyed my placement at Hays, form the Team to the Culture, it was a very positive experience. Being situated right in the City Centre its a fantastic place to work, being in the heart of the financial sector in the UK, there is a real feel of commitment and hard-work.

As soon as I started I felt each person I met was nothing but friendly and helpful towards me, which Is exactly what is needed at the start when finding you feet in the role. From my desk to other colleagues in and out of departments, the internal networking was great, and was backed by company incentives and functions.

From day one you are booked in on training courses, part of your 12 week training program, which is essential to becoming a professional consultant. From the training externally, to talks given by experienced consultants, it really felt you were invested in as an individual, helping achieve goals and learn more around the your market.

Extremely! Never a dull moment! Every day I have been set tasks and targets, which meant I was never clock-watching. Days would be extremely structured, from starting by pepping for the day between 8:30-9:am, to phone sessions and all the way through to 6pm finishing of the day and completing admin I was constantly pushed to get the best out of me.

Much more than expected, here at Hays as an intern you actively contribute to Hays making money, from sourcing the right candidate for the role. This in turn would mean going a meeting new/existing clients, building good re-pour and relation to keep a steady stream of jobs coming into your department and desk. You are also tasked with (if chosen) recruiting the next years batch of interns, this is added on to your already demanding schedule.

The skills I have learnt here at Hays have been very transferable. From soft skills to hard skills, I have dramatically improved my skills in advertising, marketing, stakeholder interaction, public speaking and picking up market knowledge. This I can transfer into my degree, improving my work ethic at university, realising how important it is to work hard and manage your time.

There were over 40 other interns in the office I was in, let alone the rest of the full time staff, this meant there was a large amount of people similar in age, which is great from an interaction and transferable point of view. The culture was very much work hard, play hard, so after a good days work, or the company had done exceedingly well that month, normally there was some sort of incentive put in plan by management to celebrate. Furthermore there has been organised football nights out, pitting departments against each other in 5 a side football, which is great fun and brings people closer together as a team.

London is an expensive place to live and work, no doubt about that,really in any area you go from Calpham,Fulham, Shoreditch, Brixton or Camdem. Your best bet is to find some one to live with either with Hays or on another placement. This would tie in same working hours, meaning socially it will be easier to go out and make plans. A night out can be really good value, it just depends what you are in to and what you like to do, and London really accommodates everything, from music to bars, clubs and restaurants.