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Working in recruitment at Handle means you can support brands you love across the creative industries.
When starting as a resourcer, you don't need a degree or previous experience working in recruitment. You need a strong level of intellectual curiosity and great communication skills. There are a lot of transferable skills you can bring to the role from whatever industry you're currently in.
At Handle, we place creativity, authenticity and tenacity at the heart of everything we do.
Here are the qualities you'll need to suit a role in recruitment at Handle:
A passion of the creative industries
Research skills- the ability to resource candidates from LinkedIn and other platforms
Outgoing and compassionate personality - being able to speak to a variety of different people day to day, put your candidates at ease and maintain a professional but likable tone when speaking to clients.
Great grammar - to be proficient in both written and verbal communication and to produce social media copy / write strong job ads.
Networking & relationship building – to build a large pool of candidates, understand their needs individually, and promote yourself as the go for their job search.
Social media savvy - to implement content strategies to help grow your talent pool.
Data management - to handle large databases of candidate data. Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office is key!
Resilience - to have enthusiasm and impatience to get going. Being results-driven while maintaining a creative mind to solve problems along the way.
Thinking recruitment could be your next move?
Share your details below and if you are successfully shortlisted you will be invited to attend our next assessment centre.
About Handle Recruitment
Finding a new permanent or temporary opportunity at a great brand should be enjoyable & working with great people non-negotiable. We believe that everyone should be able to fulfil their potential and we have been helping great brands improve their talent processes and attract exceptional people since 1978.
We provide leading entertainment companies, social networks, global media brands, sports bodies, retailers, and tech platforms with talent solutions that make a difference. Our consultants focus on a unique specialism, from Finance, to Sales, Marketing, HR, Legal, Office Support, and Tech but are tied together by the industries we support.