Cobalt Recruitment
Associate Recruitment Consultant

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We’re looking for an Associate Consultant to join our Facilities Management team.
Recruitment experience isn’t essential. We’re looking for someone with a strong commercial mindset, whether you come from sales, fundraising or perhaps already work within Facilities Management and want a career with greater earning and progression opportunities.
You’ll be joining an established, busy desk and working closely with one of Cobalt’s top-performing consultants, with structured training and development to help you build your market knowledge, recruitment skills and confidence as you progress towards a full 360 role.
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
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Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
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Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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The role:
- Build and manage relationships with candidates across the Facilities Management market
- Work on live roles and established client accounts from the outset
- Develop a thorough understanding of your specialist market
- Generate NFI through candidate management
- Build your commercial and business development skills as you progress
About you:
- Some experience in sales, fundraising, Facilities Management or another commercial environment
- Resilient and comfortable with rejection
- Confident picking up the phone, but able to build relationships rather than simply sell
- Curious and willing to ask the right questions
- A natural problem-solver with plenty of initiative
- Ambitious and eager to learn and progress


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Development is a big part of the role. You’ll have hands-on support from the team, internal training and clear progression milestones as you move from candidate management into wider client and 360 responsibility.
There’s a proven path on the desk too: both existing consultants joined Cobalt through this route and have gone on to become consistent top performers, with both qualifying for our High Achievers trip this year.
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