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Recruitment consultant

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Employee recruiter Employment agent Head hunter Job placement consultant Job placement officer Recruiting process consultant Recruitment consultant Recruitment officer Temporary labour agent Temporary labour officer

Recruitment consultants provide the suitable candidates to employers according to the specific job profile requested. They perform testing and interviewing with job seekers, shortlist few candidates to present to the employers and match candidates to appropriate jobs. Recruitment consultants maintain relationships with employers to offer their services on a more long-term basis.

Tasks

(a) Advising on and performing personnel functions relating to employee recruitment, placement, training, promotion, compensation, and employee-management relations or other areas of personnel policy;
(b) Studying and analysing jobs performed in an establishment by various means, including interviews with workers, supervisors and management, and writing detailed position, job or occupation descriptions from information obtained;
(c) Preparing occupational information or working on occupational classification systems;
(d) Advising and working on the foregoing and other aspects of job and occupational analysis in such fields as personnel administration, workforce research and planning, training or occupational information and vocational guidance;
(e) Studying and advising individuals on employment opportunities, career choices and further education or training that may be desirable.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Work skills
  • Law
  • Audio-visual techniques and media production

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Recruiting and hiring
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Promoting products, services, or programs

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Business and administration professionals

Administration professionals

Personnel and careers professionals

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Personnel and careers professionals

702

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

49,51%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-23,61% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

82,48%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,55%

Part-time contracts

1,05% Turnover index

866

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

9%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration professionals

45%

55%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Administration professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Personnel and careers professionals

No experience
4%
Less than 1 year
62%
Between 1 and 2 years
6%
Between 2 and 4 years
10%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
14%
Administrative and support service activities
52%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Information and communication
6%
Manufacturing
4%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
3%
Others
14%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.