Recruitment Consultant (Open to all background)

About the company

Robert Walters is a globally recognized talent solutions firm that helps organizations secure the people and expertise they need to achieve their goals. Its work spans recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing, and advisory services for businesses of every size and across many sectors. The company focuses on creating strong matches between employers and professionals by understanding both business needs and personal ambitions.

The business supports hiring for permanent, temporary, and interim roles, can build outsourced recruitment teams, and also advises on topics such as remuneration and diversity. Its approach is built on listening carefully, understanding each story, and delivering outcomes that are both high quality and people-focused.

About the role

Robert Walters is looking for a Recruitment Consultant who can work with a wide range of professional backgrounds. This position is suitable for candidates who may be new to recruitment, as the company provides training, accelerated development, and opportunities to build specialist knowledge and grow into a global career.

In this role, you will connect employers and job seekers, helping both sides arrive at the right match. Success in the position depends on understanding the client’s business, culture, and hiring needs, while also appreciating the candidate’s experience, goals, and long-term plans.

The workplace culture emphasizes teamwork, passion, integrity, quality, and innovation. Consultants are expected to bring sector knowledge, professional judgment, and a consultative mindset to each interaction.

Candidate management

• Handle the full recruitment cycle in a professional and efficient manner.
• Identify, shortlist, evaluate, and advise candidates based on their skills, experience, career direction, and market opportunities.
• Arrange interviews, coordinate schedules, and give candidates clear briefings on the roles they are being considered for.
• Contribute strong candidate recommendations during team discussions.
• Maintain regular contact with both active and passive candidates so the talent pool stays current.
• Review database records frequently to ensure availability and profile information remain accurate.
• Build and support a broad candidate network with both immediate hiring needs and longer-term career goals.
• Keep candidate records complete, updated, and reliable.

Client engagement

• Meet and communicate with prospective clients, and stay in touch with both new and existing accounts to build lasting relationships.
• Develop a strong understanding of each client’s business, workplace culture, and hiring requirements, then recommend suitable staffing solutions.
• Advise clients on the range of services and solutions available.
• Share candidate profiles for active vacancies as well as speculative opportunities.
• Ensure that only well-matched and high-quality candidates are submitted for consideration.
• Work within short response timelines for screening, ad responses, and reference checks.
• Oversee the interview process from screening through interviews, feedback, and remuneration discussions.
• Keep the company database fully updated with all client and candidate interactions.
• Support and contribute to candidate and client events and related activities.

Business development and market insight

• Own and execute a business development plan within your specialist area.
• Generate new business through proactive outreach and commercial activity.
• Build strong internal working relationships across divisions and regions.
• Develop a healthy business pipeline and consistently work toward revenue and performance targets.
• Understand commercial terms and negotiate within agreed limits set by management.
• Identify potential recruitment talent and refer suitable consultants to the business.
• Strengthen market knowledge by attending specialist events and webinars.
• Stay current on recruitment trends and industry best practices so you can advise clients and candidates with confidence.

Experience and profile

The ideal candidate brings 2 to 5 years of professional experience in a relevant area of specialization. The role suits someone who is resilient, driven, commercially aware, and comfortable working toward goals. A strong sense of initiative, good organization, careful attention to detail, and the ability to work well with others are all important.

Additional information

This opportunity is based in Singapore and is a full-time, onsite position. It is open to candidates from different professional backgrounds, provided they have relevant expertise and the drive to succeed in recruitment.