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    Sales Executive to Recruitment Consultant

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    Job Description

    Sales Executive To Recruitment Consultant – No Prior Recruitment Experience Needed

    This an opportunity to join our team with no previous recruitment experience required. Datacenter People is a niche headhunting firm with offices in Devonshire Sq, London. 

    As the name suggests we recruit for the global datacenter industry. Datacenters are those facilities that house all the emails and images you send, and are the home of the Cloud that you read so much about. Datacenters underpin the internet and you'll have heard of the some of the largest operators - Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook. And the datacenter industry is booming!

    Key Attributes

    • A hard work ethic
    • An entrepreneurial spirit
    • A strong business acumen
    • Highly motivated
    • Strong communication skills
    • Drive and ambition
    • Sales experience

    The Role

    • Developing an excellent understanding of client companies, work cultures and environments, working out their USP for attracting great staff
    • Headhunting new candidates.
    • Pre-screening candidates through face to face or telephone interviews.
    • Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and creating shortlists of candidates for submission to client
    • Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client
    • Visiting clients to build and develop relationships

    Candidates MUST be eligible to live AND work in the United Kingdom

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