Represented Candidate
Principal Consultant | US Construction Recruiter | $500k Biller
Location
London Central / City
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The Profile
This ia highly experienced Principal Consultant with a specialist background in US Construction recruitment and a best annual billing performance of approximately $500k.
Recruitment experience has been predominantly permanent and focused on placing white-collar construction professionals with General Contractors, including Project Managers, Site Managers, Superintendents and related construction appointments.
The candidate has always recruited into the US market and has adapted to this market by recruiting internationally from London.
With a particular strength in developing new business, client relationships have been personally generated rather than inherited, and resulted in successful development of a new desk from a zero start to produce $500K in a year.
Based on results, this Recruiter has successfully worked their way up to Principal Consultant level and works with a great deal of autonomy and flexibility.
- With a property related degree and professional experience within the property market prior to recruitment, this Recruiter could easily adapt to a Real Estate / Property / Building Surveying / Estates related market focus with instant credibility.
- The next move does not necessarily need to replicate the existing Georgia-focused desk.
While they remain interested in remaining within US Construction market, they are open to potentially expanding into different states, broader geographies or adjacent construction disciplines. Equally, the candidate would consider the right opprotunity in London with a UK focused either in Construction or a Property opportunity where previous Real Estate and Building Surveying experience provides a credible foundation from which to develop a market.
The common denominator here is the opportunity to build.
Rather than simply inheriting another established personal billing desk, the candidate is particularly attracted to a business where there is scope to establish or expand a market, prove the commercial opportunity through personal production and ultimately hire and develop a small specialist team around it. This is the longer term goal.
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Strengths
- Principal Consultant-level recruiter
- Specialist US Construction recruitment experience
- Best annual personal billings of approximately $500k
- Permanent recruitment specialist
- General Contractor client base
- Project Manager, Site Manager & Superintendent recruitment
- Proven cold desk / market development
- Personally responsible for business development
- Strong US client development capability
- Established US construction candidate network
- Progressed through multiple promotions based on performance
- Property related Degree
- Previous professional / technical background in property
- Genuine underlying knowledge of Property and the Built Environment
- Potential to develop additional US geographies or disciplines
- Long-term ambition to combine personal billing with team development
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Ideal Seat
The ideal opportunity for this candidate will need to provide more than simply another desk to bill from.
They are particularly interested in joining a business where there is an opportunity to create or significantly develop a market the company does not already dominate, allowing the candidate to establish a meaningful stake in its future growth.
This could include:
- Expanding an existing US Construction offering into additional states
- Developing a new US construction geography
- Building an adjacent construction discipline
- Establishing a new specialist desk within a growing US recruitment operation
- Potentially developing a Property-related market where the candidate's Property background adds credibility
- Longer term, the ambition is to prove the desk commercially, build a team around it and progress towards equity Director
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Expectations
For a role to be of interest it will need to offer a basic salary of c£50,000+ strong commission with zero threshold
As this candidate currently benefits from a particularly strong commission structure, so any move needs to offer a credible opportunity to increase overall earnings rather than simply improve title or basic salary.
Must haves:
- Principal Consultant-level opportunity
- Central London / City base
- Competitive basic of £50k+
- Strong zero-threshold commission structure
- Freedom to personally develop clients and market
- Opportunity to create or expand a specialist desk
- Longer-term pathway into Divisional Management
- Ability to hire a small team once personal production justifies investment