Researcher
£25k-£35k
•Full Time
•Holborn
•Recruitment & Staffing
The Company & Role
We are recruiting for a number of Researchers for an executive search firm who specialise in sourcing and placing junior to mid- senior professionals into the Alternative Asset Management space.
As headhunters, our client’s job is to identify the most talented professionals in the industry, and provide support and guidance to both candidates and clients. As a member of the research team, you’ll be at the front line of this process. Therefore, a tenacious attitude and unrelenting desire to keep searching for the answer are useful attributes. You’ll spend a lot of your time information-gathering on the phone and in person, trying to find out as much about the industry and the people in it.
Profile
- Must have an undergraduate degree from a top university. Minimum 2:1 degree, no preference for subject.
- 6 months to a year prior work experience is a plus
- Highly organised and detail oriented
- Excellent telephone manner; good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Hard working and proactive with high standards
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong computer skills – Outlook, Excel
Responsibilities
- Supporting the consultants on existing and upcoming projects: pulling together market maps & longlists, sourcing new candidates and clearing candidates for specific opportunities, pulling together CVs and profiles, scheduling, preparing candidates for interviews and gathering candidate/client feedback
- Under the Consultant’s direction, contacting selected candidates on the database to discuss potential opportunities
- Keeping the database up to date with candidate activity, and client assignment activity
- Generating new candidates through utilising LinkedIn, the database as well as your candidate networks. You will also be responsible for booking in a meeting with any new candidate(s) you generate
- Attending candidate interviews (with a Consultant for at least the first 6 months) and writing up candidate profiles
- Working on specific research projects over the year: gathering information from candidates, asking for referrals, mapping the market etc
Skills required
- Computer skills; familiarity with Word, Excel and Powerpoint – Online research/ website research
- Open and friendly personality with good sense of humour
- Hard working and self-starter attitude
- High professional standards
Benefits
- Learning directly from an experienced team
- Room to progress quickly and take on increasing responsibility – Retained and exclusive mandates with top tier funds
- Enjoyable office atmosphere with a strong team spirit
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