To strike up a long-term relationship with candidates, first, they need to know that we are here as recruitment consultants to help them. It is that simple. To candidates, it may seem like we are over-the-top and inquisitive. However, the reason for the number of seemingly nosy questions in the interview process is because the more honest candidates are with us, the more we can help. We are working for the candidate, not against them.

People are complex; life is not straightforward, and there are a lot of grey areas. Our job as the recruitment consultant is to distinguish what makes a candidate tick, what will make them happy going forward, what have they learnt from the past that will help them in the future. Yes, finding a job is about what skills the candidates have, but there is a lot more to it than that. Some of the questions that potentially put candidates off could be:



WHAT OTHER ROLES HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR?

This is not so that we can contact those companies or in any way interfere with current opportunities. The reason is so that we can find out how active you are in the job market. We need to find out where your cv has been presented so that we don’t also present you. We also want to find out what roles you like the look of, as we might have something that could match.

HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO OTHER RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCIES?

Again, not to be nosy! But rather to see how active you are. Who have you got working on your behalf, are there any other companies that may also be helping you? If you are signed up to multiple recruitment companies, it also gives us a competitive edge to help you; we want to be the ones to secure you that dream job.

WHY WERE YOU IN YOUR LAST ROLE FOR A SHORT TIME?

This is to find out what you don’t like, why you did not enjoy that role and what life circumstances happened that may have made you decide to move.

Of course, there are a lot more questions that we ask. It may seem like a lot of information to take, I know, I have been there before and felt slightly overwhelmed. At Velocity, we do make it as painless as possible, as friendly and as professional as we can. A candidate is not just a number to us.

We want to strike up a long-term relationship with our candidates. When we successfully place candidates in a new role, we genuinely want them to enjoy it so that they will continue to work with us for years to come! Not only are we happy for the candidate when we secure them with that exciting new role, but we are also proud. Proud to call them a candidate for Velocity Recruitment. Our candidates are our flagbearers, our representatives and in years to come can be candidates again or go full circle and become a future client of ours. Word of mouth marketing is crucial to the world of recruitment, and we want to ensure we can also make the candidate proud. To help our candidates be the best they can.