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Trainee Sports Recruitment Con…

  • London
  • Posted 8 months ago
  • Salary: £24k basic, £45k OTE Yr1

RULE Recruitment

Trainee Sports Recruitment Consultant

A role that combines a sports enthusiast with sales. It is as simple as that!

Naturally as a sporting individual you are ambitious, competitive and you never like losing. Those traits run parallel with what it takes to be a good sales person. In order to be the best in a sales environment you have to work hard, much like training for an important match or event; you can never give up, which naturally compliments the attitude to being successful in sport; and always strive for more – the very best sportspeople never settle for their last achievement – and that is reflected in the environment in recruitment, you always want to do better!

As a sports recruitment consultant you will be placing candidates from middle management to Chief Executive and across a variety of functions, including Sales & Marketing, Event Management, Communications, TV Production & Distribution, Legal and Finance. A sports recruitment consultant does that through a combination of extensive international networking, headhunting and approaching the best in business to propel their careers to the next level. The testimonials of the company looking to hire are from leading chief executives of teams in the Barclays Premier League, sales directors in F1 franchises and entry level roles in marketing for companies that represent golfers presently at the Master’s.

What they need:

  • Sporting interest! Played sport or love it!
  • University Degree or sales experience or both
  • Strong communication skills, with an eloquence in the language in spoken and written form
  • Leadership
  • Drive, ambition and want for continued success
  • Highly motivated and financially driven
  • Fast learner

    • What you will be doing in the role:

  • Developing a deep understanding of the sports business sector and the way sports organisations are organised
  • Managing and actively working on the full recruitment process from start to finish; on brief, on time and on budget
  • Candidate engagement, interviewing candidates and gaining an understanding of their career history and aspirations
  • Produce accurate, informative and relevant candidate interview reports and present the candidates to the client
  • Ownership of the candidate experience
  • Desk based and telephone research to identify potential clients
  • Playing a proactive part in the business development of new clients
  • Client engagement, ownership of the client experience
  • Build relationships and regularly consult with clients and candidates where appropriate, to ensure their recruitment needs are met
  • Proposal creation and presentation to the client
  • Full cycle offer management with the final and successful candidate
  • Managing candidate expectations and managing the communication to unsuccessful candidates in order to guarantee a high standard candidate experience

    • More importantly what the role offers you:

  • £22,000 base salary with On Target Earnings of £45,000 in Year 1; £65,000 in Year 2
  • Up to 40% commission on all new business
  • Quarterly reward trips for high-achievers to Dubai – Miami – Val Thoren – Las Vegas
  • Monthly Lunch clubs at Michelin star restaurants
  • Free Gym membership and subsidised commute plans
  • Tickets to top sporting events
  • Ability to go to top HQ’s of the best Sporting Clients and network

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