Total 12 Fresh/Entry Level Human Resources job vacancies in Plymouth, Devon, PL1 1HY

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Please note, a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Please note, a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Please note, a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

A market-leading £1.7 billion group, known for being the premier league in their sector, are looking for a business-minded and target-driven Sales Trainee to join their successful business in Barnstaple. Selling a wide range of electrical products sourced from leading manufacturers, you'll be joining a dynamic industry that is competitive, social and successful.

The business you'll be joining is the UK's leading distributor of branded electrical equipment to trade and industry. With over 4,000 employees across the UK, they believe their people are their greatest and most valuable asset. Their team deliver excellent customer service and product solutions to a broad customer base ranging from small local 'one-man-band' electricians to large multi-national mechanical and electrical contracting companies.

Role Responsibilities

As a Sales Trainee, you will:

• Learn about key areas of the business, market and the company's product range which includes lighting, cabling, wiring accessories, control and automation, ventilation, water heating, emergency lighting and fire detection and security access control, to name a few.
• Complete a programme of professional sales training that will equip you with all of the tools and skills needed to thrive in a successful sales career.
• Build strong relationships with and deliver excellent customer service to new and existing B2B clients.
• Manage current sales accounts, spot opportunities for growth and maximise profitability.
• Quickly progress to Area Sales Manager level with salary increases and a company car.

All of this should prepare you for a Business Manager position - becoming your own boss and being responsible for running your own multi-million-pound operation within the group.

Rewards

The package for this role includes:

• A starting salary of £27,500 - £29,000
• Your share of the company's profits in the form of a lucrative uncapped bonus
• Extensive training on the company, their products and the industry
• Continuous 'on the job' training and professional development
• Company car (upon progression to field sales role)
• Pension scheme
• 25 days paid holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Opportunities to progress quickly and build a successful career

Requirements

To be successful in this Sales Trainee role, you should be:

• A well-presented, sales-focused individual ideally with some sales or customer service experience
• An excellent communicator and networker
• Tenacious, driven and money-motivated
• Able to build strong relationships with a wide variety of people
• In possession of a full UK driving licence

Think you've got what it takes? Don't miss out - apply today to find out more!

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Please note, a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Sales to Recruitment - Trainee Recruitment Consultant Vacancy! SALES PEOPLE WANTED (Based in Exeter)

Do you possess an unwavering work ethic and the ambition to succeed in a fast-paced, competitive environment?

We are currently looking for ambitious individuals with a background in Sales, Retail or Customer Service to join our award winning team as Recruitment Consultants.

If you are smashing your current sales role but are looking for better progression, money and/or culture, apply today!

Salary: £23,800 to £25,000 per annum (dependent on experience + uncapped commission (1st year OTE = £28-32k)

Hours: Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week

Hybrid: After your initial training period you can choose to take advantage of our hybrid working policy.

Your new role as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant:

Client Growth: Foster lasting relationships, building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities. Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.

Candidate Engagement: Find and engage the best talent, attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies. Guiding candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.

Skilful Negotiation: Create win-win situations for clients and candidates, negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.

Target Achievement: Meet and exceed KPIs with zeal and efficiency. Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

Leadership Partner Expertise: Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.

About you to make it in this role:

• MUST HAVE A SALES BACKGROUND
• Sales-driven and relationship-focused
• Results-focused
• Possess an ambitious drive to succeed.
• Resilient, persistent, and determined.
• Passionate about people, outgoing, and confident.
• Ambitious, target-driven, and financially motivated.
• A proactive and results-driven approach

Why Choose Hays?

People are at the centre of everything we do. We don't just place people into jobs but invest in lifelong partnerships that empower you to realise your ambition. We're backed by over 50 years of success, and a workforce of over 10,000 people across 33 countries. There might be 12,000 employees across the globe, but here, everybody is welcome, and every voice is heard.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in.

As a result, we are proud to say:

• We partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity
• We also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.
• Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.
• #HaysHelps We're committed to making a positive impact on the communities we live and work in. As part of this, we have a volunteering scheme, #HaysHelps, which gives employees two days of paid leave per calendar year to volunteer.

Award winners of:

• Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement
• Glassdoor Best Places to Interview

As a Hays consultant, you will benefit from:

• commission scheme structure (uncapped paid x13 times a year, increases with promotions)
• built on rewarding success and the opportunity to influence your earning potential
• Best technology in the industry and a renowned training programme to support success and drive rapid career progression and ongoing development
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• Opportunity to take your career globally
• Incentives and rewards to recognise performance both locally, regionally and nationally
• Broad range of employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Referral bonus scheme
• Community of internal support networks.
• Paid volunteering days for all employees under our Working for Your Tomorrow Initiative.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

Are you looking to kick-start your career as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant?

Do you possess an unwavering work ethic and the ambition to succeed in a fast-paced, competitive environment?

Are you a self-starter with a sales background looking to maximize your earning potential?

If these aspirations resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you!

Specialism: Education or Technology

Location: Exeter

Salary: £23,800 - £25,000 per annum + uncapped commission = OTE 1st year, £28-32k, 2nd year = £32-42k)

Hours: Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week

Hybrid: After your initial training period you can choose to take advantage of our hybrid working policy.

Your new role as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant:

Candidate Engagement: Find and engage the best talent, attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies. Guiding candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.

Client Growth: Foster lasting relationships, building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities. Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.

Skilful Negotiation: Create win-win situations for clients and candidates, negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.

Target Achievement: Meet and exceed KPIs with zeal and efficiency. Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

Leadership Partner Expertise: Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.

No day is the same and you will gain experience across a varied range of skills. You really can influence your own earning potential, by getting out what you put in. Your energy and dedication will be rewarded in a culture built on celebrating success.

Why Choose Hays?

People are at the centre of everything we do. We don't just place people into jobs but invest in lifelong partnerships that empower you to realise your ambition. We're backed by over 50 years of success, and a workforce of over 10,000 people across 33 countries. There might be 12,000 employees across the globe, but here, everybody is welcome, and every voice is heard.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in.

As a result, we are proud to say:

• We partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity
• We also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.
• Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.
• #HaysHelps We're committed to making a positive impact on the communities we live and work in. As part of this, we have a volunteering scheme, #HaysHelps, which gives employees two days of paid leave per calendar year to volunteer.

Award winners of:

• Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement
• Glassdoor Best Places to Interview

As a Hays consultant, you will benefit from:

• The most comprehensive training programme in the industry
• Fast track promotions, progress your career up to Director level within 8 years!
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• The backing of a Global Company, established for over 50 years
• Significant growth potential of salary after year 1
• Best Technology in the Industry including a 'salesforce' CRM
• Opportunity for global relocation - Dubai, Australia, New York!
• Referral bonuses of up to £2000 per individual

Social & Incentives

• Black Tie Summer Ball and Christmas Parties
• Opportunity to win a 5* luxury trip with top performing colleagues - Hays Elite i.e Croatia, South Africa, Italy
• The opportunity for recognition at local, regional and national awards
• Incentives and rewards - celebration dinners / Team lunches
• Parents@hays support network
• Disability confident employer with established disability and long term ill health employee network (REACH)
• Hays Pride our LGBTQ+ network

Time off

• Buy and sell holiday - up to 5 extra days per year!
• 23 days per calendar year (plus bank holidays) annual entitlement increases with length of service

Health & Wellbeing

• Gym discounts
• Access to virtual doctor unlimited times per year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee loans to buy Tech/Rail/Tram travel
• Internal Learning & Career Zone for self development

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

Are you looking to kick-start your career as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant?

Do you possess an unwavering work ethic and the ambition to succeed in a fast-paced, competitive environment?

Are you a self-starter with a sales background looking to maximize your earning potential?

If these aspirations resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you!

Specialism: Technology or Accountancy & Finance

Location: Exeter

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum + uncapped commission = OTE 1st year £28-£32k, 2nd year = £32-42k)

Hours: Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week

Hybrid: After your initial training period you can choose to take advantage of our hybrid working policy.

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Your new role as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant:

Candidate Engagement: Find and engage the best talent, attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies. Guiding candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.

Client Growth: Foster lasting relationships, building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities. Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.

-

Skilful Negotiation: Create win-win situations for clients and candidates, negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.

-

Target Achievement: Meet and exceed KPIs with zeal and efficiency. Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

-

Leadership Partner Expertise: Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.

-

No day is the same and you will gain experience across a varied range of skills. You really can influence your own earning potential, by getting out what you put in. Your energy and dedication will be rewarded in a culture built on celebrating success.

Why Choose Hays?

People are at the centre of everything we do. We don't just place people into jobs but invest in lifelong partnerships that empower you to realise your ambition. We're backed by over 50 years of success, and a workforce of over 10,000 people across 33 countries.

There might be 12,000 employees across the globe, but here, everybody is welcome, and every voice is heard.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in.

As a result, we are proud to say:

• We partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity
• We also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.
• Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.
• #HaysHelps We're committed to making a positive impact on the communities we live and work in. As part of this, we have a volunteering scheme, #HaysHelps, which gives employees two days of paid leave per calendar year to volunteer.

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Award winners of:

• Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement
• Glassdoor Best Places to Interview

As a Hays consultant, you will benefit from:

• The most comprehensive training programme in the industry
• Fast track promotions, progress your career up to Director level within 8 years!
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• The backing of a Global Company, established for over 50 years
• Significant growth potential of salary after year 1
• Best Technology in the Industry including a 'salesforce' CRM
• Opportunity for global relocation - Dubai, Australia, New York!
• Referral bonuses of up to £2000 per individual

Social & Incentives

• Black Tie Summer Ball and Christmas Parties
• Opportunity to win a 5* luxury trip with top performing colleagues - Hays Elite i.e Croatia, South Africa, Italy
• The opportunity for recognition at local, regional and national awards
• Incentives and rewards - celebration dinners / Team lunches
• Parents@hays support network
• Disability confident employer with established disability and long term ill health employee network (REACH)
• Hays Pride our LGBTQ+ network

Time off

• Buy and sell holiday - up to 5 extra days per year!
• 23 days per calendar year (plus bank holidays) annual entitlement increases with length of service

Health & Wellbeing

• Gym discounts
• Access to virtual doctor unlimited times per year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee loans to buy Tech/Rail/Tram travel

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

Hays Recruitment

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

£23,000 - £24,500 + uncapped commission

Are you looking to kick-start your career as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant? We are looking for driven, sales focussed individuals who have a passion for succeeding, and progression. The desks that we are looking to recruit are extremely buoyant and perform very well on a monthly and yearly basis! If these aspirations resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you..

• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• Holiday incentives to Croatia, South Africa and Paris, rewards to recognise performance both locally, regionally and nationally
• Fast track promotions, progress your career up to Director level within 8 years!
• The most comprehensive training programme in the industry - allowing for progressing from Associate to Director level in just 8 years

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a consultant to join our Professional Services team, managing the Accountancy and Finance desk. This is recruiting temporary placements across the senior finance space.

As a Recruitment Consultant, you will be the bridge between businesses in need of exceptional talent and job seekers seeking their dream roles. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building and nurturing relationships with clients while actively pursuing new business opportunities.
• Understanding client recruitment needs and providing strategic advice to ensure the best candidate matches.
• Negotiating terms and fees to create mutually beneficial partnerships.
• Becoming an industry expert through networking and staying ahead of market trends.
• Attracting top talent through effective candidate engagement strategies.
• Guiding clients and candidates throughout the interview and offer process, ensuring a seamless experience.
• Collaborating within a high-performing team, motivating each other to achieve outstanding results.

No day is the same and you will gain experience across a varied range of skills. You really can influence your own earning potential, by getting out what you put in. Your energy and dedication will be rewarded in a culture built on celebrating success.

Why join Hays?

We are the UK & Ireland's largest and most successful recruitment business. Every day, we match thousands of candidates to the right jobs across 22 different specialist areas. Join over 9,000 Recruitment Consultants across 33 countries in over 250 offices and begin your Hays story today.

As a large company we have a huge opportunity to make a difference to the communities we operate in. As a result, we are proud to partner with End Youth Homelessness UK to raise money for their charity, we also became carbon neutral in 2021 are currently on the path to net zero carbon emissions.

Hays was one of the first 20 companies nationwide to receive the National Equality Standard and we continue to promote an environment where all our employees can be their full self at work.

We think that we are a great place to work, but don't just take our word for it! We have received awards in:

• Top 100 undergraduate employers by Job Crowd, NUE awards and Rate My Placement
• Glassdoor Best Places to Interview

What you'll need to succeed

• No previous recruitment experience is needed.
• Passion to succeed and be part of a fast-paced inclusive environment
• People focused with a sales-driven mentality
• Relationship focused with the confidence to build strong networks
• Collaborative in spirit with a growth mindset to develop a long-lasting career

What you will get in return:

• The backing of a Global Company, established for over 50 years
• Best Technology in the Industry including a 'salesforce' CRM
• Dell Laptop
• Internal Learning & Career Zone for self development
• Significant growth potential of salary after year 1
• Buy and sell holiday
• Uncapped commission paid x 13 times per year or an allowance and bonuses
• Incentives and rewards - celebration dinners / Team lunches
• Black Tie Summer Ball and Christmas Parties
• Premiership / Champions League tickets through our partnership with Man City FC
• Opportunity to win a 5* luxury trip with top performing colleagues - Hays Elite!
• The opportunity for recognition at local, regional and national awards
• Opportunity for global relocation
• Referral bonuses of up to £2000 per individual
• Access to a free well-being package
• Gym discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to virtual doctor unlimited times per year
• Employee loans to buy Tech/Rail/Tram travel
• Paid charity day #HaysHelps and working closely with charity partners
• Parents@hays support network
• Disability confident employer with established disability and long term ill health employee network (REACH)
• Hays Pride our LGBTQ+ network
• Strong environmental and social purpose

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Hays Recruitment

Trainee Recruitment Consultant or Recruiter

(Starting salary £21,700 - £26,000 + Uncapped Commission depending on experience)

Plymouth

The Opportunity

Are you an ambitious sales-driven individual looking for an opportunity to develop a long-term career in a business that is going places? Are you looking to start 2024 with a new role in recruitment with the UK&I Leading recruitment agency?

Then there is no better place to create the career you want than here at Hays. And the best part is that you don't even need to have recruitment experience or qualifications - just the ambition and drive to make a difference in the world of work and shape your own personal success.

We are looking to recruit into our Construction and Property team here in Plymouth. This is an established team with a great reptuation in the Construction and Property sector around the surrouding areas. You will be apart of wider team across the West and Wales region and be starting your Hays career where the future is what you make it.

You'll also benefit from industry-renowned training and the tools and technological support to make that hard-hitting impact. You won't be alone either - with the support of a global network of talented colleagues supporting you to create the career that's right for you.

What can I expect day to day?

As a Recruitment Consultant, you'll have the freedom to do things differently, supported by colleagues with a wealth of experience empowering you to learn and grow. No day is the same here at Hays, and you will gain experience across a varied range of skills to include:

• Building relationships with clients
• Winning new business
• Managing vacancies from start to finish
• Screening, interviewing and shortlisting candidates
• Matching the best candidates to the best jobs

Here at Hays, you really can influence your own earning potential, by getting out what you put in. Your energy and dedication will be rewarded in a culture built on celebrating success.

What you'll need to succeed

• No previous recruitment experience is needed.
• Passion to succeed and be part of a fast-paced inclusive environment
• People focused with a sales-driven mentality
• Relationship focused with the confidence to build strong networks
• Collaborative in spirit with a growth mindset to develop a long-lasting career

What you will get in return

• Culture built on rewarding success and the opportunity to influence your earning potential
• Best technology in the industry and a renowned training programme to support success and drive rapid career progression and ongoing development
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• Opportunity to take your career globally
• Incentives and rewards to recognise performance both locally, regionally and nationally
• Broad range of employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Referral bonus scheme
• Community of internal support networks.
• Paid volunteering days for all employees under our Working for Your Tomorrow Initiative.

Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let's work together to create it!

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

An exciting opportunity for a customer focused individual, with a real can-do attitude to join an ever growing finacial services organisation in Newton Abbot.

The ideal candidate would be someone with a strong background in retail or customer focussed role

£22k - £25k per annum


About the role:

* Deal confidently with clients both face-to-face and over the phone training provided.
* Cultivate and maintain excellent relationships.
* Demonstrate strong communication skills and an enthusiastic sales ability.
* Handle insurance transitions.


The company has ambitious growth plans, so prospects for career progression are excellent and your contribution will be fully acknowledged and rewarded. They work with staff to ensure they get the best start and training possible.

Progression is massive, the company love promoting from within and giving training opportunities to further your career path i.e. (CII).

They also offer regular pay reviews to reward staff for going that extra mile.

You don't need any experience within any particular sector although those in the hospitality sector would do very well in this industry.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

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