Hi there,
I landed a Trainee Recruitment Consultant role a few weeks ago, within the 'Construction' sector. Had no idea about the 'Trades and Labour' roles within Consruction. I was very much out of my comfort zone as my previous experience was typically commercial/corporate working in Estate Agency, Public Sector and Retail. Part of the role requires going out on contractor sites and liaising with guys who are Labourers, Electricians, Site manager's etc. I like the fact they are down to earth and dont BS you.
However, I got approached by another recruitment agency to work for them (apparently this is typical once you get a recruitment consultant job), and it's to work within a more corporate division so I would be interviewing candidates, assessing CV and dealing more with 'professionals'. I love the idea of assessing people's CV's and interviewing them, whereas in construction, we dont interview or bother with CV's 99% of the time, we just ask for a relevant construction card.
I have never envisaged working in a sales-oriented role, making commission etc. For me, im a service provider, I like helping people and giving advice. I suppose I can do this in a Recruitment role but again, it's predominantly about sales - it's not a career advisor role.
Be interesting to hear other Recruitment Consultant's viewpoints within their own sector (Construction, IT, Law, Executive etc) and whether they have switched sectors.