How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer VTCT Skills has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and VTCT Skills awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from VTCT Skills.
VTCT Skills Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Recruitment (RQF) Overview Structure Documents Approved Centres Qualification Information Sector: Recruitment VTCT Product Code: RPD3 Qualification Number: 600/8282/3 Level: 3 GLH: 188 UK Price (for VTCT centres only): £100.00 * Units: 12 - 20 Minimum Credits: 41 Category: Recruitment Practice and HR Age Restriction: 5 Registration End Date: * The price displayed is for training providers only. If you are a learner, please consult a training provider for course prices. Additional Information Documentation for this qualification last amended 31 March 2023 Qualification Information This qualification has been designed for a recruitment consultant who is able to demonstrate a good range of knowledge and experience within their role. This qualification can also help you to advance in your career within a recruitment environment by confirming and/or developing your competency in a range of activities including: • identifying client recruitment requirements • assessing candidates • developing working relationships with colleagues • sustaining customer-focused relationships with clients • developing sales proposals Whilst this qualification forms part of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Recruitment (Level 3), the qualification may also be undertaken outside the Apprenticeship. This could be for learners who do not meet the age or qualification requirements for a full Apprenticeship, or who wish to use the qualification for CPD re-skill etc. Lear
These are the units VTCT Skills registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with VTCT Skills. It does the teaching and the mapping. VTCT Skills sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Administer recruitment processes Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Administer the recruitment process, ensuring all stages are conducted efficiently and in compliance with relevant legislation and organisational policies
- Administer the selection process, including shortlisting, interviewing, and assessment, to identify the most suitable candidates
- Administer the appointment process, including offer letters, contracts, and onboarding procedures, to ensure a smooth transition for new employees
Advise clients on operational recruitment planning Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of human resource planning within organisations
- Define clients’ operational recruitment needs, taking into account their specific requirements and objectives
- Understand the basis for choosing appropriate recruitment methods and media channels to reach target candidates
- Analyse the effectiveness of different recruitment solutions in meeting client needs and achieving desired outcomes
Analyse competitor activity Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Identify competitor activity through market research and analysis of competitor strategies
- Determine the nature of the threat posed by competitor activity, assessing its potential impact on the organisation's market position and profitability
Assess candidates Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Plan candidate assessments in line with organisational policies and legal requirements.
- Carry out candidate assessments using appropriate methods and media.
- Understand the rationale for selecting specific assessment methods and media.
- Understand how to ensure assessments are fair, valid and reliable.
Attract potential candidates Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Plan candidate attraction activities, identifying target audiences and selecting appropriate channels
- Implement candidate attraction activities, ensuring effective communication and engagement
- Build relationships with candidates, fostering trust and providing a positive experience
Brief and support candidates Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Identify candidates’ needs, including their skills, experience, and career aspirations
- Brief candidates on employer requirements, providing clear and accurate information about the job role and organisation
- Support candidates throughout the recruitment process, offering guidance and assistance as needed
Buyer behaviour in sales situations Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of different models of buyer behaviour on the sales cycle.
- Respond appropriately to the buyer at each stage of the decision-making process.
Carry out candidate debriefing Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Review candidates’ progress against agreed objectives and performance indicators.
- Exchange constructive feedback with candidates to support their development.
- Understand the importance of providing timely and relevant feedback to candidates.
Co-ordinate flexible workers Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Place flexible workers effectively with clients, ensuring their skills and experience match the client's needs
- Manage clients’ bookings for flexible staff, ensuring efficient scheduling and communication
- Co-ordinate the needs of flexible workers, addressing their concerns and providing support
Conduct market research Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the need for market research within a recruitment context, recognising opportunities for improvement and informed decision-making
- Design market research projects, selecting appropriate methodologies and defining clear objectives
- Manage market research data collection, ensuring accuracy, validity, and ethical considerations are met
Develop resourcing plan for recruitment services Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Agree with clients how recruitment needs will be met, ensuring mutual understanding and documented agreement
- Develop a recruitment resourcing plan that effectively addresses the agreed client needs, considering various resources and strategies
Develop working relationships with colleagues Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of working with colleagues
- Establish working relationships with colleagues
- Act in a professional and respectful manner when working with colleagues
- Communicate with colleagues
- Identify potential work-related difficulties and explore solutions
Develop, maintain and review personal networks Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of networking for professional development and business opportunities, and the importance of adhering to data privacy regulations
- Develop a personal network of contacts by identifying relevant individuals and establishing professional relationships
- Review networking relationships to assess their effectiveness and maintain mutually beneficial connections
Developing sales proposals Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of writing effective sales proposals.
- Understand the different components that make up a sales proposal.
- Develop comprehensive sales proposals that meet client requirements.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a sales proposal against pre-defined criteria.
Identify client recruitment requirements Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm clients’ staffing requirements, clarifying roles, responsibilities, and desired candidate attributes
- Analyse the role requirements of staff sought, identifying essential skills, experience, and qualifications
- Confirm recruitment arrangements with clients, agreeing on timelines, processes, and fees
Match and present candidates to employers Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain a candidate database, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information is recorded and stored securely
- Match candidates to specific job requirements, considering their skills, experience, and qualifications
- Present candidates to clients in a professional and informative manner, highlighting their suitability for the role
Negotiating, handling objections and closing sales Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand techniques for handling objections and negotiating effectively with customers.
- Prepare for potential objections and negotiation points with customers.
- Handle objections from customers in a professional and persuasive manner.
- Negotiate with customers to reach mutually beneficial agreements.
- Close the sale effectively following negotiation, securing the customer's commitment.
Pre-select candidates Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Shortlist candidates based on pre-defined criteria and job specifications.
- Present pre-selected candidates to clients in a professional and informative manner.
- Understand the importance of accurate and objective candidate selection.
Preparing and delivering a sales presentation Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the factors for consideration in the preparation of sales presentations, including audience analysis and objective setting
- Prepare a sales presentation, structuring content effectively and using appropriate visual aids
- Understand how to deliver sales presentations, including techniques for engaging the audience and handling objections
- Deliver a sales presentation, communicating key messages clearly and persuasively
Sustain customer-focused relationships with clients Real unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to use networking tools to create relationships with clients in recruitment.
- Build and sustain customer-focused relationships with clients in recruitment.
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Junior Recruitment Specialist
This work can lead to a senior recruitment specialist or talent acquisition partner role, or into recruitment management.
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The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by VTCT Skills rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Administer recruitment processesAdvise clients on operational recruitment planningAnalyse competitor activityAssess candidatesAttract potential candidatesBrief and support candidatesBuyer behaviour in sales situationsCarry out candidate debriefing
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Rehearse the conversation Apply
“Negotiating, handling objections and closing sales” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.
- Pitch it Evaluate
“Buyer behaviour in sales situations” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Advise clients on operational recruitment planning” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Analyse competitor activity” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Administer recruitment processes, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will acquire skills to administer recruitment, selection, and appointment processes efficiently. The unit emphasises compliance with relevant legislation and organisational policies to facilitate smooth recruitment operations.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for VTCT Skills Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Recruitment (RQF)
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by VTCT Skills.
- Administer recruitment processes
- Advise clients on operational recruitment planning
- Analyse competitor activity
- Assess candidates
- Attract potential candidates
- Brief and support candidates
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
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