As a Trainee Recruitment Consultant with VHR, you can work with former F2 racing drivers and superyacht race winners to recruit the engineers of tomorrow. Find out more!
Engineering is an incredibly diverse industry with many different sub-categories and roles. But who finds and recruits engineers to those roles? That’s where Recruitment Consultants come in!
A Recruitment Consultant works to match qualified candidates with open job positions at companies. Their job is all about placing the right person in the right job to ensure the best possible results for their clients. Becoming a VHR Trainee Recruitment Consultant all starts when you enrol at the VHR Academy to begin your exciting journey.
Here are seven reasons why you might want to become a Trainee Recruitment Consultant with VHR Technical Recruitment, an international technical recruitment organisation and Youth Friendly Employer.
1. Endless career possibilities
There are four main types of engineering careers: Civil, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical. Each category has numerous different job roles and types of organisations that talented engineers can work in.
VHR works within the Aerospace and Aviation, F1 and Automotive, Engineering and Defence, and Marine industries. So if you want to specialise in a particular field of engineering careers, there are numerous options available to you within VHR.
2. Receive expert training from leading professionals
VHR’s recruitment consultants include former Formula 2 racing drivers, superyacht race winners, engineers and aircraft technicians. When you enrol as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant, you’ll get to learn from all these amazing people and many more.
The best people to learn from in any industry are those who have been doing the job for years. VHR’s highly trained and experienced professionals are there to support you. You’ll be able to get all your questions answered and learn something new from everyone you meet.
3. Quick career advancement
Principal Delivery Executive Rebecca Fagan went from having no experience to training her own team within 5 years. This sort of advancement is completely possible with VHR if you’re talented and willing to work hard.
The VHR Academy will equip you with all the skills you need to launch a successful career quickly. In fact, you could start earning commission from your very first day! If you want to succeed, the training you’ll receive will give you what you need to do so.
Account Support Manager Jonathan Hall made his first placement within a month of attending the academy, and Vincenzo Signale hit his annual target in just nine and a half months. Impressive!
4. Great transferable life and work skills
Whether you stay in engineering recruitment for your entire career or eventually move on to something else, the VHR Academy will equip you with transferable skills that will make you highly attractive to future employers.
You’ll learn how to work as part of a team, being adaptable while staying focused on your goals. You’ll develop initiative, a self-motivated attitude to work, and an amazing set of people skills. All of these will serve you well not only in your engineering recruitment career, but in all areas of your life and work.
5. Future-proof your career
For various reasons including Brexit, Covid-19, climate concerns, and global politics, many industries are rapidly changing. In some spaces, this is resulting in the loss of jobs.
However, engineering recruitment is a great choice of a career if you want something future-proof. 42% of Aviation business leaders and 22% of Engineering business leaders say that a shortage of skilled and qualified candidates is the most significant problem in their businesses. This means that talented recruiters who can help to fill those skills gaps will be in high demand for years to come.
6. Make a positive difference
Engineering has historically been a hugely male-dominated industry. Just 9% of the engineering workforce in the UK is female (the lowest in Europe.) And only 6% of UK engineers are from BAME backgrounds, despite BAME students making up 25% of graduating classes in Engineering.
VHR is dedicated to diversity in the engineering sector, investing in recruitment and training of young people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Whatever your background, VHR wants to hear from you if you’re a self-motivated hard worker who wants to get into recruitment. And when you’ve finished your training, you can be a part of redressing this balance and helping women and BAME people achieve their full potential in their engineering careers.
7. Amazing perks
Working for VHR will give you a competitive salary, 21 days annual leave with the opportunity to earn more, private healthcare, and an industry-leading commission package. But the benefits don’t stop there!
VHR employees enjoy fantastic perks including a summer incentive trip, an early finish on Fridays, a quarterly dinner, staff social events, and free fruit. VHR prides itself on looking after its people in both big and small ways, so you can feel good going to work knowing that your employer cares about you.
