Student Placement Hays Plc

Job description

Ambitious Undergraduate
Impact On The World Of Work

Fixed term - one year
Start - summer 2013

At Hays, we are the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people. Our deep expertise across a wide spectrum of specialised industries and professions makes us unparalleled recruiters in the world of work.

To continue our growth and success we offer exciting opportunities for students who are required to do a year out in industry in their 3rd year to join Hays. On this one-year Fixed Term Contract. You will gain exposure to the business and we will invest in developing you into a recruiting expert through a first class learning and development programme designed to develop your skills and knowledge. We’ll give you every opportunity to reach your potential to learn to transform lives and businesses, and if you perform well we may offer you the opportunity to return to a permanent role with us after graduation. Success will be achieved by managing your own workload, sourcing candidates in a specialized sector and advising decision makers from global organisations to achieve business outcomes. You’ll be driven by a passion to bring the right person together with the right job and make an impact on the world of work.

Company information

Hays is the leading global specialist recruiting group. We employ over 7,800 staff in 245 offices across 33 countries. Last year we placed 550,000 people in permanent jobs and nearly 182,000 in temporary positions. We are the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled work.

We work across 20 different specialist areas, from healthcare to telecoms, banking to construction and education to IT.

We operate across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Our recruiting experts deal with over 150,000 CVs every month and more than 50,000 live jobs globally at any one time.

Qualification and experience requirements

Essential:

• Penultimate year at University studying for a BA/BSC/BEng
• Driven to achieve commercial results
• Experience of working in a sales or customer service environment
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player with enthusiasm and motivation

Desirable:

• Some knowledge of the recruitment sector

Accepted degree subjects

Any