The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Content of Recruitment Consultancy

The industry

  • the development and diversity of the modern recruitment industry
  • regulation and legislative compliance
  • the services of recruitment consultancies
  • employment business – overview of temporary supply
  • employment agency – permanent recruitment processes

Profile of a recruiter


  • competencies and core behaviours
  • motivators and performance drivers
  • commission, ethics and achievement
  • quality indicators for selecting recruitment agency partners

Developing the relationship

  • creating relationship opportunities
  • development and enhancement of the relationship
  • common problems and example solutions
  • getting the best from your partner agency

 Achieving your objectives

  • sources of enquiry and search methods
  • objective matching and presentation of candidates
  • candidate management procedures
  • managing the recruitment process via an agent