Edmund & Evans
Graduate Recruitment Consultant
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Graduate Recruitment Consultant – Executive Search - Entry Level - North West London
£26,500 Basic Salary + Uncapped Commission (£60,000+ OTE)
Start Your Career in Executive Search
Not sure what career path to take after university?
Looking for a role where you can develop valuable commercial skills, build long-term relationships and earn well from the very beginning of your career?
Edmund & Evans has partnered with a specialist executive search firm to hire ambitious graduates looking to build successful careers in recruitment, sales and business development.
Operating across the UK, Europe and North America, the business partners with leading organisations to identify and hire high-calibre professionals into key positions across investment banking and financial services.
Unlike high-volume recruitment environments, this is a consultative, relationship-led business where you'll receive structured training, work alongside experienced recruiters and gradually build your own specialist market.
Whether you're searching for graduate recruitment consultant jobs in London, trainee recruitment consultant jobs, graduate recruiter jobs, graduate executive search jobs, or entry-level recruitment jobs in London, this opportunity offers genuine career progression, first-class training and exceptional long-term earning potential.
What's In It For You?
- £26,500 starting salary
- Uncapped commission with realistic first-year earnings of £60,000+
- Commission structure paying up to 40%
- Full training programme from day one
- Ongoing coaching and mentoring from experienced executive search professionals
- Direct access to founders and senior business leaders
- Clear, merit-based promotion pathway
- Hybrid working once established
- Exposure to investment banking and financial services markets
- Half day off on your birthday
- Team lunches, incentives and regular social events
- Supportive, ambitious and entrepreneurial culture
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Why This Opportunity Is Different
This isn't a call-centre style recruitment role where success is measured by how many calls you make.
Executive search is built around quality over quantity. You'll learn how to identify exceptional talent, advise clients on strategic hiring decisions and build long-term relationships with senior professionals across specialist markets.
You'll gain exposure to international markets, develop valuable commercial skills and become a trusted expert within your own niche.
Placement fees regularly range from £40,000 to £250,000+, creating exceptional earning potential as your career develops. One consultant earned £250,000 in commission alone last year, demonstrating what's achievable within this business.
The Role
As a Graduate Recruitment Consultant, you'll learn every stage of the executive search process while developing commercial skills that will benefit you throughout your career.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Speaking with professionals and senior business leaders every day
- Building long-term relationships with candidates and clients
- Headhunting and engaging specialist talent
- Conducting candidate interviews and market research
- Identifying new business opportunities
- Learning how organisations hire and grow
- Managing recruitment assignments from brief to placement
- Developing your own specialist market and professional network
As your experience grows, you'll take increasing responsibility, manage your own client relationships and establish yourself as a specialist consultant.
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The Skills You'll Develop
This role provides hands-on experience in:
- Business Development
- Sales and Negotiation
- Relationship Management
- Networking
- Commercial Awareness
- Market Research
- Professional Communication
- Personal Branding
These are highly transferable skills that will support your long-term career, whether you remain in executive search or move into wider commercial leadership roles.
About You
We're looking for ambitious people who are excited by learning, building relationships and developing a rewarding career.
You'll ideally be:
- A recent graduate or due to graduate this year
- Someone with up to three years' experience in sales, estate agency, business development or another customer-facing role
- A confident communicator who enjoys speaking with people
- Curious, commercially minded and eager to learn
- Competitive, resilient and motivated by achieving goals
- Looking for genuine long-term career progression
No recruitment experience is required. We're far more interested in your attitude, work ethic and willingness to learn.
Company Culture
You'll be joining a close-knit, entrepreneurial team that genuinely invests in its people.
The business believes in promoting from within, giving consultants real responsibility and providing the support needed to build successful, long-term careers.
If you're looking for a Graduate Recruitment Consultant role, a Trainee Recruitment Consultant opportunity, or an entry-level executive search career in London, we'd love to hear from you.
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