Researcher for Executive Search and Recruitment
Exciting and challenging new Recruitment Researcher job vacancy to work at Maxim Recruitment. Your role as Executive Search and Recruitment Researcher will be to assist in the identification, qualification, and activation of top-level construction executives and mid-career construction professionals for live job vacancies with our premium construction industry clients in the UK around the world.
Project Details
As a Researcher working at Maxim Recruitment, your main responsibility will be to assist in the identification, qualification, and activation of top-level construction executives and mid-career construction professionals for live job vacancies with our premium construction industry clients in the UK and around the world.
Responsibilities and Duties
Some of your key duties and responsibilities as an Executive Search and Recruitment Researcher within the construction industry will include:
1 Conducting comprehensive research:
You will be responsible for researching specialist subsections of the construction industry to find premium individuals working within specialist niche target source companies.
The research undertaken will need to be thorough, structured and organised and involve using various resources, including bespoke internal candidate recruitment databases, online databases such as LinkedIn, social media, and other professional networks. All training will be provided.
2 Building candidate pipelines:
You will work to establish and maintain relationships with premium potential candidates and build a pool of qualified candidates for both current and future job opportunities ready for when premium candidates are ready to make a job move. You will maintain saved lists within the CRM and also within LinkedIn Recruiter to manage these candidates. All training will be provided.
3 Qualifying and shortlisting candidates:
As recruitment Researcher, you will be responsible for evaluating potential candidates and for prioritising them and determining if they meet the specific requirements of the most urgent vacancy or vacancies to be filled. They can then be submitted to the client for review and interview. All training will be provided.
4 Supporting the recruitment process:
You will work with other members of the Maxim team (Business Development, Recruitment Consultants, Marketing, SEO etc) to do our best to ensure that the pipeline of new premium candidates keeps up with and matches our job vacancy pipeline.
You will take the lead in checking that candidates activated and shortlisted are properly vetted and are of sufficient calibre and that the recruitment process runs smoothly and effectively.
You are likely to liaise with potential candidates via phone, Teams, Zoom & email to schedule interviews or to undertake pre-interviews or full candidate interviews yourself. All training will be provided.
5 Providing market insights:
You will be expected to develop a knowledge of and keep up-to-date with industry news within your specialist sector/s of candidate research within the construction sector. You will become able to provide insights to candidates (& clients) on the hiring landscape on matters such as salary bands/levels in relation to experience & qualifications. You will become knowledgeable in relation to market trends with particular construction employers that are growing in size and are recruiting, and be aware of others that are reducing headcount releasing employable candidates onto the market that we may be able to place into new jobs. You will also be aware of the pros and cons of working for different specialist companies and the advantages and disadvantages of working in different countries around the world where we have construction job opportunities.
6 Maintaining databases:
You will work with the team to maintain and continually improve the internal Maxim CRM database of construction candidates. This may include keeping up to date information relating to candidate current employers and making sure registered candidates are aware of the free job finding services we offer such as Maxim job alerts, monthly newsletters and our specialist LinkedIn groups offering access to our bespoke blogs and latest jobs.
7 Networking:
(Optional) You will have the chance to attend industry events and networking opportunities to establish and develop relationships with potential candidates and clients.
In summary, the Researcher job at Maxim Recruitment is a senior and critical position within the business that fast tracks our ability as a company to provide our premium clients with the best candidates for urgent and premium level construction jobs.
Your research skills, attention to detail, and ability to work collaboratively and intensively with others will be essential to your success in this role. Suitable candidates to undertake this Researcher role successfully will be hard working, tenacious, will learn quickly and will continuously improve their knowledge and understanding of their specialist area/s of research.
Desired Skills and Experience
To be successful as a Researcher working for an executive search and recruitment company within the construction industry, there are certain previous types of experience that can be valuable. These include:
Previous Experience in research:
Clearly having a strong background in research, which could include experience in academia, market research, data analysis or in a similar recruitment research role would be advantageous.
Knowledge of the construction industry:
It is important to have or to quickly gain knowledge of the construction industry and be aware of the premium companies operating in the specialist area being researched. This knowledge will help you to identify top-level candidates from competitor companies for your clients.
This knowledge is not assumed and we can easily train Researchers to be experts in their field of focus within weeks of joining Maxim
Knowledge and understanding of the Job Duties of candidates being Researched & contacted:
Again, this knowledge is not expected and we can easily train Researchers to be experts in their field and to understand job descriptions and be able to research and match from them within weeks of joining Maxim
Communication skills:
These are essential. You should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, as you will be responsible for communicating with new candidates and potentially with employers.
You must be able to log your activity on the CRM database and on spreadsheets in a way that allows you to collaborate efficiently and productively with colleagues based in other locations.
Attention to detail:
You should have a strong attention to detail as the research you conduct will inform the recruitment process, and good research will lead to the efficient identification of numerous highly successful hires and make a major contribution to a highly efficient and profitable recruitment business operation.
Technology skills:
You should be able to use IT to a high standard in order to generate successful recruitment outcomes. Your IT skills must include being able to confidently interrogate online databases, LinkedIn and social media and to generate a trail of actions that either result in successful recruitment outcomes or generate further follow up tasks that themselves will lead to successful outcomes.
You must be able to confidently and accurately schedule and conduct meetings using Teams and Zoom (etc), be able to use or learn to use Calendly, and be willing to be the face of the company in interactions with potential candidates and employers at all levels of seniority.
Networking skills:
Strong networking and interactions skills are highly desirable and it would be beneficial to be willing to attend networking meetings and face to face candidate interview meetings in order to build long term relationships with premium repeat customers.
It is important to note that while having previous experience in most of the above areas can be beneficial, it is not essential. Executive search and recruitment companies like Maxim Recruitment do provide training and mentorship to help committed and tenacious Researchers new to the job to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in their role.
Qualifications/Educational Requirements
There are no essential qualification requirements to undertake this Executive Search and Recruitment Researcher job within executive search and recruitment for Maxim.
Evidence of being able to demonstrate an attention to detail and being able to grasp and work through complex problems, or handle multiple variables concurrently would give confidence that the frustrations and complexities of this role could be overcome successfully.
Evidence of being highly IT literate is essential, and you must be able to handle databases of information and be able to use or learn to use methods of handling and refining data (eg Boolean search) to make sense of and bring order to large databases of source candidates and find the needle in the haystack which is the perfect (or most suitable) candidate.
Candidates must have a very good standard of written and spoken English and be able to provide premium customers with an appropriate level of professional and high quality service.
Employing Company Overview and Profile
Maxim Recruitment undertakes executive search and recruitment assignments to find managerial level construction and property professionals for many of the very best construction companies in the UK and international construction industry.
We find jobs for UK and international construction professionals in the UK and recruit international candidates for clients worldwide.
We have offices in Leicester in the UK, and in Hong Kong, and we also have a growing presence in Toronto, Canada.
Maxim Recruitment is proud to be on the Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for many of the biggest names in the national & international construction and property industry in the UK, Hong Kong/Asia, North America and the Middle East.
We also recruit extensively and exclusively for 'under the radar' niche expert construction companies and consultancies.
In 2023 we are celebrating 20 years of being in business.
Additional Benefits Package and Incentives
Generous salary
Bonus relating to outcomes
