You need to be pro-active, creative, different and most of all persistent to shine bright to potential employers.

Tip 2

Always follow-up an application for a job by calling the contact name

Now this sounds obvious, however, Project Resource on average will receive 300+ CVs every month, so getting yourself noticed is paramount.  Astoundingly from this 300, only 2-5 of these applicants call us (that’s 1%).  It’s those pro-active people who normally get the interview, and in many cases get the job with us.

So, pick up the phone and give me a call (01628-477744), be pro-active, sending your CV alone is not enough.

What are you prepared to do to get the job?

More Career Advice here.

Here I thought I would highlight a simple idea that if you are looking for a new job, you can try, to make a difference and get yourself noticed, STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD.  It’s a noisy world now with the internet (hundreds of job boards, social media, company careers pages), traditional media (newspapers, TV) and so on.  You need to be pro-active, creative, different and most of all persistent to shine bright to potential employers.

Tip 1

Take a psychometric assessment

With reference to working for us.  If you of your own accord conduct a psychometric assessment, then if the results indicate that you are suitable for a sales job, attach the psychometric assessment, with your CV and cover letter, send it to me, and it is highly likely that we will want to bring you in for an interview.  If you are proactive and do this, then it gets you noticed above the hundreds of other applicants that we receive every month.

On average Project Resource will receive 300+ CVs every month, so getting yourself noticed is paramount.  What are you prepared to do?

Pick up the phone and give me a call (01628-477744), be pro-active, sending your CV alone is not enough.

More Career Advice here.

We are looking for people to join our Birmingham office, which we opened in March 2008 and which is going from strength to strength.

It’s a great time to join our company, and specifically the London office.  It is so exciting to be working for a growing company, knowing that you are part of its success, your input is valued and makes a real difference.

In my role as internal recruiter for Project Resource I really do see the impact of the job I perform for the team.  My role is to source and first interview every person that we hire to join the team.  I have interviewed thousands of people by phone, review hundreds of CV’s each week, and see the people that we hire flourish in our entrepreneurial work environment.

From all our office Managers, to Sales Director, to our more recent Trainee Recruitment Consultant hires, all have been sourced then recommended by me for interview.

We are always interested in talking to experienced recruiters who really want their careers to take off in a big way.  We also want to hear from ambitious, focused and hard-working non-experienced people.

If you are reading this, please feel free to call me on 01628-477744 to discuss yourself or maybe a friend, or friend of a friend, working for us.  Alternatively you can email me, connect to me on LinkedIn or just review our current Birmingham office jobs.

Until we speak, good luck.

We are looking for people to join our Reading office, which we opened in October 2002 and which is also our HQ.

It’s a great time to join our company, and specifically the Reading office.  It is so exciting to be working for a growing company, knowing that you are part of its success, that your input is valued and that it makes a real difference.

In my role as internal recruiter for Project Resource I really do see the impact of the job I perform for the team.  My role is source and first interview every person that we hire to join the team.  I have interviewed thousands of people by phone, review hundreds of CV’s each week, and see the people that we hire flourish in our entrepreneurial work environment.

From all our office Managers, to Sales Director, to our more recent Trainee Recruitment Consultant hires, all have been sourced then recommended by me for interview.

We are always interested in talking to experienced recruiters who really want their careers to take off in a big way.  We also want to hear from ambitious, focused and hard-working non-experienced people.

If you are reading this, please feel free to call me on 01628-477744 to discuss yourself or maybe a friend, or friend of a friend, working for us.  Alternatively you can email me, connect to me on LinkedIn or just review our current Reading office jobs.

Until we speak, good luck.

We are looking for people to join our Central London office (near Oxford Circus), which we opened in August 2011 and is going from strength to strength.

It’s a great time to join our company, and specifically the London office.  It is so exciting to be working for a growing company, knowing that you are part of its success, your input is valued and makes a real difference.

In my role as internal recruiter for Project Resource I really do see the impact of the job I perform for the team.  My role is source and first interview every person that we hire to join the team.  I have interviewed thousands of people by phone, review hundreds of CV’s each week, and see the people that we hire flourish in our entrepreneurial work environment.

From all our office Managers, to Sales Director, to our more recent Trainee Recruitment Consultant hires, all have been sourced then recommended by me for interview.

We are always interested in talking to experienced recruiters who really want their careers to take off in a big way.  We also want to hear from ambitious, focus and hard-working non-experienced people.

If you are reading this, please feel free to call me on 01628-477744 to discuss yourself or maybe a friend, or friend of a friend, working for us.  Alternatively you can email me, connect to me on LinkedIn or just review our current London office jobs.

Until we speak, good luck.

We are looking for people to join our Manchester office, which we opened in July 2011 and is going from strength to strength.

It’s a great time to join our company, and specifically the Manchester office.  It is so exciting to be working for a growing company, knowing that you are part of its success, your input is valued and makes a real difference.

In my role as internal recruiter for Project Resource I really do see the impact of the job I perform for the team.  My role is to source and telephone interview every person that we hire to join the team.  I have interviewed thousands of people by phone, review hundreds of CV’s each week, and see the people that we hire flourish in our entrepreneurial work environment.

From all our office Managers, to Sales Director, to our more recent Trainee Recruitment Consultant hires, all have been sourced then recommended by me for interview.

We are always interested in talking to experienced recruiters who really want their careers to take off in a big way.  We also want to hear from ambitious, focus and hard-working non-experienced people.

If you are reading this, please feel free to call me on 01628-477744 to discuss yourself or maybe a friend, or friend of a friend, working for us.  Alternatively you can email me, connect to me on LinkedIn or just review our current Manchester office jobs.

Until we speak, good luck.

Tell me all you know about our company?

Why do you want to work for our company?

What is your greatest success to date?

Where would you like your career to be in 2 years and 5 years time?

What three words would your current manager/ best friend/ partner (delete as appropriate) use to best describe you?

So, now that you have read the questions, do you have well thought our answers?  If you have any interview related questions that you would like answered, ask away and I will help you as best I can.

Does this figure surprise you?  Well it’s not that surprising to me because I speak to Recruiters every day and this is of about our profession.   Most recruiters did not start on their career journey saying “I want to be a recruitment consultant”. It’s great job, of that there is no doubt, and I think that it will, in time, become as well known as more traditional careers.

Most recruiters start their recruitment job, like it, and keep doing it for years.

Well speaking for myself I didn’t plan a career in recruitment, but I have been working in recruitment since 1995 and loved every minute of it.  My current job involves sourcing and qualifying people to come and work for Project Resource.  We have grown to 4 offices and we are always looking for bright and ambitious people to join us as we continue on our journey to grow and be the very best we can be.

Bill Wynn, a Project Resource Director stated: “I finished university, my first job was working as a teacher in Further Education.  I realised after 1 year of doing that job that it was not for me long-term, so I approached a recruitment agency to find me a job that would suit my skills, personality and ambition.  I was advised to interview for marketing jobs or recruitment jobs.  I had a few interviews for both job types, was offered each job I interviewed for, but chose to work in recruitment, and what a great choice it was.

We say “the first job you take, the second job/career you choose”. I never regretted my decision to work in recruitment.  How about you?  Did you fall into recruitment or was it planned?

What a great opportunity!

• To work in one of the world’s most cosmopolitan, dynamic and vibrant cities;
• to join a relatively new office (opened in August 2011, although we have traded in London since 2002);
• the chance to grow and develop your own team;
• the chance to own shares in the business and reap the rewards of the companies and your success.

If you are reading this and would like to know more then please call me in strictest confidence on 01628-477774.  Alternatively, if you know someone who you think will be interested in this job, if you can recommend them to me you could earn up to £1000 if we employ them via your recommendation.

I’m working 24/ 7 right now, it’s recruit, recruit, recruit as far as Project Resource is concerned and it is my job to find our next future leaders.

It’s a very exciting time to join our growing business, and right now we have job openings in all four of our offices (London, Birmingham, Manchester, Reading).  Having been with the business since very near the start in 2002/3, I have seen the company grow from 3 people and 1 office to become the multiple office business, with many of the junior team members progressing through the company to head up those new offices and in Andrew Szklarek’s case become a Director of the business, when prior to working with us he had no recruitment experience.

You do not need recruitment experience to be a success in recruitment, but you do need the right attitude, values and the right company environment (which Project Resource certainly has).

So, if you or someone you know is looking for a great career move, we would love to hear from you.  If you would like to discuss potentially joining our growing and ambitious business then I am happy to answer any questions you may have, call me on 01628-477744 or send me an email.