The Skills You Need
The interesting thing about recruitment is that you need an incredibly broad and demanding skill set, but no specific qualifications.
To be a successful Recruitment Consultant you do not need a degree, any formal qualifications, any specific experience, or any letters after your name. However, you need intelligence, broad people experience, lateral thoughts, sensitivity, strength, empathy, resilience, hunger - in fact almost the entire gambit of human emotion. While it's true that almost every Brightwater Support Consultant would have at least a degree plus other experience (usually gained through work or travel) it is not actually a prerequisite for the job.
To clarify the above, to be an outstanding Recruitment Consultant you need to be:
Determined
Aggressive
Ambitious
Motivated
Empathetic
Subtle
Ruthless
Able to handle Stress
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Hungry
Focused
Eloquent
Brave
Manipulative
Have Integrity
Well Presented
Presentation skills
Responsible
Loyal
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Articulate
Competitive
Sensitive
Charming
Memorable
Creative
Intelligent
Likeable
Ability to write
Experience
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Many potential Consultants looking at the above may question whether they have some of the attributes in themselves. Naturally some of us will be stronger in some areas than others, but altogether we must be strong enough in every single one of them. NB: Remember that sensitivity does not mean soft, and that aggressive doesn't mean you are about to beat somebody up!
A successful Consultant has the broadest possible range of personal skills in order to be able to communicate with their customers, in fact, this is our core advantage - we have better communication skills than our customers. This enables us to be able to handle almost all people and business situations (when you can't, the Managers and Directors are there to help)!