TRAP_September2015.qxp_The Retail Appointment 03/09/2015 08:58 Page 6
From retail to recruitment:
a success story
You might never have thought about a career in retail recruitment but through working in retail you already
have all the skills that are required: ambition, drive, motivation and a determined, target-focused approach.
The best part? You don’t need a recruitment background — excellent interpersonal skills, a love of sales
and enthusiasm for the retail industry are all the essentials to making a high earning, rewarding career at
the UK’s top retail recruitment consultancy, Retail Human Resources. We talked to Preeti Patel, Senior Account
Manager, about how she went from a sales assistant at New Look to one of the top retail recruiters in the
business.
How long have you been working
as a recruitment consultant?
Coming up to 5 years in September.
Where did you work before you
joined RHR?
I started out as a part time sales assistant
with New Look whilst I was studying and
moved to Next a year later, still working part
time. I was promoted to weekend manager
soon into my role and continued this whilst I
was at university.
After I finished studying, I was thrown into a
manager’s role full time and moved to several
different departments. I moved to London
with the company and after a couple of years
decided to look for a new role.
What made you consider becoming
a recruitment consultant?
I wasn’t looking for recruitment in particular
when I first started looking. I originally had set
my eyes on HR, so I came to meet RHR.
It was then that my consultant
suggested
looking
into
recruitment and gave me the
low-down on working for RHR
itself. After looking further into
a career with RHR on its
website, rhr.co.uk/workfor-rhr I decided that it
looked like it could be the
perfect career choice for
me and ѡ