Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant

£28,000 - £30,000 Basic | First Year OTE £30,000–£40,000

If you're an ambitious graduate looking for a career where your progression is based on performance rather than time served, recruitment offers one of the fastest routes to building both your career and your earnings.

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing specialist recruitment firm that has expanded significantly since launching in 2019. Focusing exclusively on the technology sector, the business partners with innovative companies ranging from high-growth start-ups to established global organisations, recruiting everything from software developers through to CTOs and other senior technology leaders.

With ambitious plans for continued UK and international growth, there has never been a better time to join.

What You'll Be Doing

From day one, you'll receive structured training while learning every stage of the recruitment process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building relationships with new and existing clients to understand their hiring needs
• Headhunting high-calibre technology professionals through LinkedIn, networking and referrals
• Advertising vacancies and sourcing candidates through multiple channels
• Interviewing candidates and assessing their skills, motivations and career goals
• Managing recruitment processes from initial brief through to successful placement
• Advising clients and candidates on market trends, salaries and hiring strategies
• Negotiating offers and helping both parties achieve the best possible outcome
• Developing your own network of clients and candidates, building long-term professional relationships

No two days are the same. You'll combine sales, relationship building, negotiation and commercial problem solving while becoming a trusted adviser within one of the world's fastest-moving industries.

Who They're Looking For

• A recent graduate with some sales experience, or at least six months' commercial experience
• A confident communicator who enjoys building relationships with people
• Competitive, ambitious and motivated by achieving goals
• Strong work ethic with evidence of commitment and resilience
• Commercially aware and interested in technology and business
• Eager to learn, develop and build a long-term career in recruitment

Previous recruitment experience isn't expected. The firm is looking for graduates with the attitude, determination and potential to succeed.

What You'll Gain

• Starting salary from £28,000, with performance-based salary reviews
• First-year on-target earnings of £30,000–£40,000
• Structured training programme with ongoing mentoring
• Clear and transparent career progression based on performance
• The opportunity to specialise within the fast-growing technology market
• Quarterly lunch clubs and regular company socials
• Company laptop, iPhone and LinkedIn Recruiter licence from day one
• Pension and healthcare benefits

For graduates who enjoy working with people, thrive in a fast-paced commercial environment and want a career where hard work is recognised and rewarded, recruitment offers an exceptional opportunity to accelerate your development.