Recruitment apprenticeships
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These frameworks have been designed to provide a structured development program for both current
staff and newcomers to the recruitment industry. Employers can use this framework to train their staff to
a level that is suitable for their business needs; this minimalises the reliance on graduate entrants who
lack the experience of a working recruitment environment.
Level 2 Recruitment Resourcing Intermediate Apprenticeship
Entry Requirements: There are no mandatory entry requirements for this apprenticeship framework.
However employers are looking to attract apprentices who have a strong interest in a career in recruitment.
Job Roles: Recruitment resourcer /In-house resource
Competence Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units
 Pre-selecting candidates
 Identifying client recruitment requirements
 Contributing to the development of a
recruitment resourcing plan
 Researching candidates through social media
networking
 Support the recruitment processes
 Using Client Relationship Management
systems for recruitment purposes
 Building and maintaining relationships with
candidates
 Develop working relationships with colleagues
 Researching candidates for recruitment
purposes
Optional Units
 Manage diary systems
 Deliver customer service
 Resolve customer service problems
 Deliver customer service to challenging
customers
 Make telephone calls to customers
 Exceed customer expectations
 Manage personal performance and
development
 Generating and qualifying sales leads
 Selling face to face
 Preparing and delivering a sales
demonstration
Knowledge Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units
 Understanding the recruitment industry
 Understanding the use of research in the
recruitment and selection process
 Understanding preparation for selection
processes
 Understanding selection processes
 Understanding sales techniques and
processes used by recruiters
 Understanding the legal, regulatory and
ethical requirements when recruiting
 Understanding the building and
maintaining of relationships with
candidates
Qualifications:
Competence
 Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Recruitment Resourcing (QCF)
Knowledge
 Level 2 Certificate in Recruitment Resourcing (QCF)
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Level 3 Recruitment Advanced Apprenticeship
Entry Requirements: There are no mandatory entry requirements for this apprenticeship framework.
However employers are looking to attract apprentices who have a strong interest in a career in recruitment.
Job Roles: Trainee/Junior Recruitment consultant, Account representative
Competence Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units:
 Identify client recruitment requirements
 Pre-select candidates
 Assess candidates
 Match and present candidates to employers
 Attract potential candidates
 Brief and support candidates
 Carry out candidate debriefing
 Administer recruitment processes
 Develop working relationships with colleagues
Optional Units:
 Advise clients on operational recruitment
planning
 Develop resourcing plan for recruitment
services
 Sustain customer-focused relationships with
clients
 Co-ordinate flexible workers
 Conduct market research
 Negotiating, handling objections and closing
sales
 Buyer behaviour in sales situations
 Analyse competitor activity
 Developing sales proposals
 Preparing and delivering a sales presentation
 Develop, maintain and review personal
networks
Knowledge Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units:
 Understanding legal and ethical
requirements in recruitment
 Understanding sales for recruitment
 Understanding relationship management in
recruitment
 Understanding recruitment operations
 Understanding the recruitment market
 Understanding the principles of assessing
people
Qualifications:
Competence
 Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Recruitment (QCF)
Knowledge
 Level 3 Certificate in Recruitment Practice (QCF)
 Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Recruitment (QCF)
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Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship in Recruitment
Entry Requirements: There are no specific academic requirements for this framework, but entry could be
from the Advanced Apprenticeship or from an existing career whereby an applicant wishes to extend their
knowledge and progress in their career path.
Job Roles: Recruitment Consultant, Senior/Principal/Lead Consultant, Account Manager
Competence Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units:
 Develop resourcing plan for recruitment
services
 Identify client recruitment requirements
 Carry out candidate debriefing
 Pre-select candidates
 Carry out candidate assessment
 Coach and support candidates
 Match and present candidates to employers
 Market for potential candidates
 Build and sustain strategic relationships with
clients
 Analyse the market in which your
organisation operates
 Buyer behaviour in sales situations
 Negotiating, handling objections and closing
sales
 Develop, maintain and review personal
networks
Optional Units:
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Knowledge Based Qualification:
Mandatory Units:
 Principles of recruitment sales
 Principles of recruitment sales
 Principles of relationship management in
recruitment
 Principles of recruitment resource strategies
 Understanding recruitment contracts
 Understanding the principles of assessing
people
Optional Units:
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Principles of business management for
recruitment
Principles of business development and
account management in recruitment
Understanding finance in recruitment
Understanding people management in
recruitment
Principles of marketing in recruitment
Advise clients on strategic recruitment
planning
Co-ordinate flexible workers
Conduct market research
Monitoring and managing sales team
performance
Developing sales proposals
Manage budgets
Preparing and delivering a sales presentation
Qualifications:
Competence
• Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Recruitment (QCF)
Knowledge
• Level 4 Diploma in Recruitment Management(QCF)
• Level 4 Diploma in Principles of Recruitment Practice (QCF)
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Recruitment apprenticeships
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Recruitment Funding Rates
Apprenticeship
Intermediate (Level 2)
Advanced (Level 3)
Higher (Level 4)
1
16-181
£4,722
£3,385
£4,506
19-23
£4,404
£3,157
£4,203
24+
£4,236
£3,040
£4,045
This is based on the cost of delivering the competency and knowledge qualifications.
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