Recruitment consultant : Employers and vacancy sources

The industry has grown significantly in recent years and the number of recruitment agencies and consultancies has increased.

Employers range from national and international recruitment agencies to small local firms and from specialist sector-specific agencies to those that recruit for many sectors. Large consultancies such as Adecco, Blue Arrow and Michael Page International have branches worldwide and cover a variety of sectors, such as marketing, accounting, secretarial, IT, etc. Medium-sized consultancies have branches nationwide and small consultancies have perhaps just one office providing a broad-based service to a variety of local employers.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Careers in Recruitment  
• 4 Recruitment Jobs  
• Lifeinrecruitment  
• People Management  
• Recruiter  
• Recruitment Careers  
• The Global Recruiter  
• Onrec  
• The Recruitment Job  
• UK Recruiter  
• Guardian Jobs  
• Local and national press.

Specialist agencies that recruit for recruitment positions (known as recruitment to recruitment or Rec2Rec or R2R) are listed by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) . One such agency specialising in posts in Scotland is Leah Ley-Wilson .

Another useful resource is LinkedIn . As well as advertising jobs, this is primarily a professional networking tool, and most recruitment agencies now use it to build brand image and help source new candidates. This is a great tool to research potential employers.

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