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Build your career. Build your earnings. Build your network.
Just graduated and ready to turn your ambition into a high-earning career?
At deverellsmith, we're looking for ambitious, driven graduates to join our team as Graduate Recruitment Consultants.
You don't need recruitment experience. We're looking for people with energy, resilience, confidence, and a competitive mindset — people who want to learn, develop, and be rewarded for their performance.
Who are deverellsmith?
deverellsmith is one of the UK's leading property recruitment specialists, working with some of the biggest names across residential development, estate agency, build to rent, affordable housing, and real estate.
Joining us means you'll have the opportunity to build a career in a fast-paced, people-focused industry, with the training, support, and platform to help you succeed.
Our culture is Driven, Team-Focused, Trusted, Positive, and Progressive — and we recognize and reward people who perform.
What will you be doing?
As a Graduate Recruitment Consultant, you'll learn how to build relationships, develop business, and make placements that genuinely impact people's careers.
You'll be:
- Building relationships with clients and candidates.
- Developing your own network within the property industry.
- Generating new business and identifying opportunities.
- Sourcing and interviewing candidates for property roles.
- Speaking to people every day — on the phone, over email, and face-to-face.
- Negotiating salaries, fees, and offers.
- Managing the recruitment process from your first conversation through to placement.
- Working towards individual targets and celebrating your wins with the team.
- Developing commercial, sales, and negotiation skills that will set you up for a successful career.
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Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Don't worry if you've never recruited before. You'll receive the training, coaching, and support you need to learn the industry and become a successful recruiter.
What are we looking for?
We're looking for ambition over experience.
You'll be a great fit if you're:
- Ambitious – you want to build a successful career and progress quickly.
- Competitive – you enjoy setting yourself goals and pushing to achieve them.
- Confident – you're comfortable speaking to new people and picking up the phone.
- Resilient – you don't give up when you hear "no".
- Driven – you're motivated by targets, progression, and earning potential.
- Commercial – you want to understand what makes people and businesses tick.
- A strong communicator – you can build rapport and influence others.
- Coachability – you're willing to learn, take feedback, and continuously improve.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Previous experience in sales, recruitment, estate agency, business development, hospitality, or another target-driven environment is useful, but it's absolutely not essential. We're much more interested in your attitude and potential.
What do you get in return?
We believe recruitment can offer an incredible career for people who are ambitious and willing to put the work in.
You'll get:
- Uncapped commission and bonuses.
- OTE Year 1: £35,000–£40,000
- OTE Year 2: £60,000–£70,000
- OTE Year 3: £80,000+
- 3 days in the office, 2 days from home, plus a 3 pm finish on Fridays.
- Unlimited holiday, with a minimum of 28 days to take.
- Incentive trips every 2 months.
- 2 company trips abroad.
- Structured training, coaching, and ongoing development.
- Clear career progression based on performance.
- The opportunity to build a high-earning career from graduate level.
- The backing, reputation, and client network of one of the UK's leading property recruitment businesses.
Your degree doesn't determine your earning potential. Your ambition does.
If you're competitive, driven, and ready to build a career where your performance directly impacts your progression and earnings, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and start building your recruitment career with deverellsmith.
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