The role

Broadly, the role of a SearchAsia Consultant is to manage and serve our clients (companies who wish to recruit personnel) and our candidates (individuals who seek a job).

This will involve:

• identifying and developing client business relationships; promoting SearchAsia's services through warm- and cold- calls and client meetings; forging long term client relationships;
• assessing the needs of each particular assignment or client;
• searching methodically and aggressively for suitable candidates within our database and in the market and respond within two working days to a client; interviewing and assessing candidates; forging long term relationships resulting in candidate loyalty
• managing the client-candidate meeting process through interview to offer stage and beyond;

Contrary to popular perception, a consultant at SearchAsia is not simply the "middle-person" or "go-between" between our clients and candidates.

It is of critical importance that each SearchAsia Consultant assess professionally and stringently the suitability of each candidate presented to each client, and provide a consultative service to both clients and candidates based on his or her market and commercial knowledge.

Is this job in any way like a 'sales' job?

Yes - but only in a limited sense. Firstly, only to the extent that you are 'selling' yourself and SearchAsia's services to clients and candidates. Secondly, only to the extent that there are targets to meet - targets in terms of the number of placements you must make every month. Why this is necessary is simple: it is our way of ensuring consistently accurate, precise and fast delivery for our clients.