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Recruitment Consutlant Review

by Hays

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Speaking to a range of candidates who are looking for work. Speaking to clients day to day to ensure you are able to place the sourced candidates and build rapport. Completing compliance for placed candidates and filling in spreadsheets to track fees.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Confidence, social skills and persistence all massively grow in your year doing recruitment as these are all tested day to day.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • There was times were I wished I had been given more responsibility by my manager. Towards the end I was allowed to run the desk by myself which progressed my skills.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received a lot of support during my time. However, I wish I was managed slightly better and was having meetings with my manager to look at my progress and see how I could have improved.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Really social company, great people around you. really enjoyed this aspect of my placement year.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • There were certain parts of my internship I really enjoyed including the client side of the business. However, there were also aspects at times that became quite stressful and draining.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Hays
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Hays to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hays
  • Being confident is the most important thing, also just be yourself this industry isn't for everyone and you shouldn't change the way you work to get into a company like this as it may not work out long term.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

London

July 2025


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