Thinking about joining us? Check out what makes us who we are and how you could excel in your recruitment career with us. Explore the benefits, career progression opportunities, and unique culture that make The Candidate a rewarding place to build your career.
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Life working at The Candidate
Having partnered with brands hiring talent in this space for well over a decade, we have a real variety of experience and knowledge at The Candidate. In our City Centre HQ, no two days are truly ever the same.
We encourage all to bring their authentic selves to work. We are unique in our approach, working collaboratively as a team on projects, championing both individual and team success as well as sharing bumps in the road along the way.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to building relationships and partnerships with our clients & candidates. To this day, this is still at the heart of our agency and is reflected by our valued team.
Benefits of Working at The Candidate
What does working with us look like? Below we’ve included what we have to offer.
Progression & Development
We design bespoke development plans tailored to individuals for both short-term and long-term aspirations. There is no one-size-fits-all approach at The Candidate, where the individual is given the opportunity to develop and grow in their own unique way.
Autonomy
Autonomy is at the heart of our values, it’s our priority that our team has all the necessary tools to achieve their own aspirations but that they can do so within their own parameters. Our package also includes multiple flexibility/well-being perks.
Opportunity
We’re incredibly passionate about the work we do for our clients. We are fortunate enough to partner with some of the most exciting and widely recognised brands, meaning our team are able to play a part in their success stories.
Inclusivity
We embrace a culture of diversity and inclusion, ensuring every individual feels valued and empowered to achieve their full potential in a respectful workplace.
Insight
Having hired in this space for over a decade, we’ve benefitted from extensive insights into market trends and are able to credibly consult our partners on how they can effectively hire in this space.
Collaboration
Last but certainly not least, our team - truly the source of our continued success. We promote communication and collaboration across all levels and areas of the business. We are advocates for the sharing of information and team-work to support better decision making.
Package
We continuously evaluate our package and EVP to guarantee we are providing our team with the most attractive and competitive offering available. Our package spans personal wellbeing budgets, 30 days annual leave, 4.5 day working weeks, varying commission structures and much more.
Career Progression
We continuously evaluate our package and EVP to guarantee we are providing our team with the most attractive and competitive offering available. Our package spans personal wellbeing budgets, 30 days annual leave, 4.5 day working weeks, varying commission structures and much more.
Learn about the different steps in our recruiters career journey at The Candidate
Resourcer
The Recruitment Resourcer is responsible for supporting the recruitment process by sourcing and identifying high-quality candidates to meet organisational needs. Key duties include searching databases, networking, and using social media to find potential candidates, as well as screening applications and conducting initial interviews. The role involves maintaining accurate candidate records, coordinating interviews, and providing administrative support to the recruitment team. Strong research skills, attention to detail, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple tasks are essential for success in this role.
Recruitment Executive
Opportunities for complete beginners to learn to recruit the Candidate way with a bespoke, personalised development plan tailored to your skills and needs. Recruitment executives learn the trade and develop an eye for searching for, attracting, and hiring top talent. They are usually the first port of call for fresh talent, helping to coach them for interviews and tasks, and working closely with the rest of their team to learn recruitment inside out. In their training, they also learn how to manage and attract clients and get an opportunity to own a recruitment process from start to finish.
Recruitment Consultant
Our recruitment consultant specialise in one of our products, Digital, Marketing, Creative, Technology then Data, BI and Analytics. They build strong relationship with their own clients and candidates and take full ownership of your recruitment processes. They are encouraged to make partnerships with their communities to fully understand their needs and cultures.
Recruitment Manager
The Recruitment Manager leads and manages the recruitment team, ensuring the achievement of individual and team KPIs. They are responsible for training, nurturing, and supporting team members, and implementing effective recruitment strategies. The role includes overseeing recruitment operations, ensuring compliance, managing budgets. This is a great role to practice strong leadership, strategic planning, communication, and analysis.
Associate Director
The Associate Director at The Candidate lead and manage their recruitment department, ensuring the achievement of departmental and individual KPIs. They are responsible for influencing and shaping recruitment strategy, as well as training, nurturing, and supporting team managers. The role includes overseeing recruitment operations, ensuring compliance, managing budgets, and utilising data for continuous improvement.
Director
The Recruitment Directors at The Candidate are responsible for overseeing the entire recruitment function, shaping and executing strategic recruitment initiatives to meet organisational goals. This role involves leading and managing the recruitment department, ensuring the achievement of departmental KPIs, and developing and nurturing high-performing teams. Key responsibilities include setting recruitment policies, ensuring compliance with legal standards, managing budgets, fostering strategic partnerships, and leveraging data analytics for continuous improvement. They report direct to the Board.
Returning to The Candidate Ltd, I’ve experienced an inclusive, supportive culture focused on development and expertise across digital channels. Our team thrives with promotion from within, comprehensive training, and recognition.
Having came in to The Candidate with no experience in Digital or Recruitment, the training I received to get me to a place where I understood the roles I was recruiting and how to find the perfect candidate was amazing!
Managerial support at The Candidate is unmatched. They always aim to foster my professional growth and encourage collaboration.
The Candidate are continuously supportive and have always accommodated flexible requirements, they realise we’re all human and treat you as such.
The Candidate and team have been instrumental in my career and really go above and beyond for the individual. From top to bottom, we benefit from an amazing team which all work incredibly hard to offer the best possible service.