Trainee Recruiter

Are you a team player with a can-do, progressive attitude? Would you be interested in starting a career in the exciting field of recruiting? If you are a natural people person with exceptional communication skills, then Platinum Recruiting wants to hear from you!

Platinum Recruiting is one of the Okanagan’s largest and most well-established recruitment agencies. We are looking for a Trainee Recruiter to join our team in Kelowna in the beautiful Okanagan Valley.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing high-impact recruitment strategies
• Follow up and qualification of marketing generated client/candidate leads
• Research client/candidate leads; identify key players and generate interest
• Supporting the business with cold/warm calling, generating client leads, and reaching key decision makers
• Pro-actively build and maintain list of client/candidate leads using a variety of methods
• Actively and regularly contact list of client/candidate leads and opportunities over the phone, LinkedIn and email.
• Actively follow-up with client/candidate leads and opportunities
• Accomplishes individual, department and organization goals
• Sourcing and identifying best-qualified candidates
• Developing candidate pipelines
• Sourcing diverse candidates and leveraging diverse candidate pipelines
• Regularly track and report on activity and results
• Help develop additional Human Recourses Services that Platinum can offer to clients
• Attend networking and professional development events and training.
• Stay up to date on current legislation, standards and trends in the Recruitment and Human Resources sector.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong phone presence and experience in creating a connection with people quickly
• Strong listening and presentation skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Displays a strong level of professionalism and ability to work with high-caliber executives
• Proven track record of over-achieving quota
• Proactive, self-motivated, and self-starting
• Flexible and able to change direction and focus with ease
• Willingness to help the team where needed

Skills and Competencies

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 1-2 years experience in roles that support customers/clients directly
• Post-secondary education or equivalent work experience
• LinkedIn aptitude is desirable
• Able to achieve targets in a results-driven environment
• Experience of CRM or ATS systems is beneficial.

Attributes

• A self-motivated individual expected to help develop some recruitment strategies and recruitment processes to support it, as well as then managing the process end to end
• Excellent relationship building skills and proven ability to provide value added consultative service
• Results oriented with a sense of urgency
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to interact effectively up to the executive and director level

What we are offering

• The successful candidate will be offered a great competitive salary + commission package. The role is F/T 40 hours per week with standard hours being 08:30 – 5:00pm Monday to Friday and a probationary period of the 90 days. This is an amazing opportunity to work with an exciting, fun, supportive and growing team, in a progressive recruiting agency!

Please email your resume to admin@platinumrecruiting.ca, if this role sounds like the role  for you!