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Graduate Recruitment Consultant – Leeds based with opportunity to move to London
Location: Leeds City Centre / London after first year
Salary: £27,100 - £35,000 with uncapped commission
OTE for First Year: £60,000+
Graduated and looking to launch a career with exceptional earning potential, fast-progression and genuine responsibility from day one?
We're offering ambitious graduates the opportunity to build a high-performance career in Executive Search. This is a meritocratic environment where your progression is based on your own results, not time served. Here, your hard work can translate into significant financial reward... our top billers are consistently billing £500K+ a year!
WHO WE ARE
We're a leading international recruitment consultancy firm, working across Construction, Civil Engineering and Life Sciences. We work with high-growth companies across the US, helping them to identify and secure exceptional leadership talent. Currently, we’re on a rapid growth trajectory and are on track to open a new office in London in 2027.
THE ROLE
As a Recruitment Consultant, you will be responsible for managing the full recruitment process from start to finish. Your responsibilities will include:
- Building strong relationships with senior candidates and clients
- Researching companies, markets and industry trends to identify hiring opportunities
- Sourcing candidates through networking, headhunting, LinkedIn, and job boards
- Approaching candidates professionally by phone, email and LinkedIn
- Screening, assessing and preparing candidates for presentation to clients
- Managing both candidate and client relationships throughout the process
- Coordinating interviews, feedback, negotiations and offer management
- Ensuring expectations are aligned on both sides to ensure a smooth hiring process
- Developing business development skills to attract and retain new clients
- Building your own market and creating a ‘business within a business’
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WHAT WE OFFER
From day one, you will have access to the tools, training and incentives needed to succeed, including:
- Uncapped commission on every placement (£3K - £6K on average per deal in your first year)
- Exceptional earning potential
- Comprehensive two-week training delivered by our experienced Learning & Development team
- Ongoing personalised training sessions during your first year with managers and L&D team to ensure you’re confident in the role
- Opportunity for fast-track progression based entirely on performance
Further benefits include:
- Early Finish Fridays
- Monthly incentives, including meals out, race days, sporting events, paintballing and go-karting
- Quarterly group trips, including Ibiza, Ski trips, Dublin and Marbella
- Christmas party in Barcelona
- Christmas shutdown period
- Discounts for local bars, restaurants and cinemas
- Private healthcare plan
- 50% off gym memberships
- Option to take 1.5-hour lunches for exercise
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
You do not need recruitment experience, but you should be:
- Confident, articulate, and professional
- Commercially aware and business-minded
- Resilient and able to bounce back from rejection
- Motivated by targets, progression, and earning potential
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Ambitious, competitive, and hardworking
- Comfortable speaking with senior professionals
- Interested in building long-term client and candidate relationships
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We ask that applicants have achieved, or are on track to achieve, a 2:1 degree. We welcome graduates from all degree disciplines.
If you enjoy sport, fitness, or competitive environments, that is a bonus as many of our team incentives are fitness or activity based.
This role would be ideal for someone who came to study in Leeds from down South, as we are opening a new office in London in 2027 and are looking for people who would be open to relocating with us. If you would be happy to stay in Leeds for the next year, and you’re ready to make the leap into a wealth-creating career, this is perfect for you!
Executive search is fast-paced, challenging, and highly rewarding. To succeed, you need drive, resilience, and a strong work ethic. In return, you will receive excellent training, early responsibility, clear progression, and the opportunity to earn significantly from the start of your career.
If you are ambitious, competitive, and ready to build a successful career in executive search, we want to hear from you!
Apply now to join our 2026 Graduate Scheme and launch your career...
Please note that you must be able to provide your right to work within the UK. We are unable to accept applicants that will require a visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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