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MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Sales Career

Belfast
£26.5k – £30k/yr
Posted about 20 hours ago
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Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Sales Career

Belfast City Centre | £26,500-£30,000 + uncapped commission

Permanent | Hybrid working following initial training


Ambitious? Commercially minded? Ready to turn your potential into a career?

MCS Group is looking for driven graduates with the potential to become exceptional recruitment consultants.

Your degree discipline is not important, and you do not need previous recruitment experience. What matters is your confidence, curiosity, resilience, and willingness to pick up the phone.

We want people who learn quickly, act on feedback, and are motivated by progression, responsibility, and the opportunity to increase their earnings.

Let's be clear: recruitment is a sales career.

You will develop new business, build influential relationships, and become an expert in a specialist professional market. You will hear "no", face setbacks, and be expected to keep moving. In return, you can build a highly rewarding career with one of Northern Ireland's leading recruitment businesses.

We will provide the training, coaching, technology, and market knowledge. You need to bring the hunger, attitude, and work ethic.

What you will do

You will learn how to build and manage your own specialist recruitment market, including:

  • Speaking to candidates, clients, and prospective customers every day
  • Generating leads through calls, email, LinkedIn, and networking
  • Building relationships with professionals and business leaders
  • Identifying commercial opportunities and developing new business
  • Sourcing, interviewing, and representing high-quality candidates
  • Advising clients on talent, salaries, and hiring decisions
  • Managing recruitment processes from the first conversation to a successful offer
  • Working towards clear performance and revenue targets
  • Taking ownership of your development and results

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The mindset we hire for

Your degree may open the door, but your mindset will determine what you achieve.

We are looking for graduates who are:

  • Hungry: You want to achieve more and are prepared to work for it.
  • Confident: You are comfortable starting conversations and using the phone.
  • Curious: You ask good questions and want to understand people and businesses.
  • Coachable: You seek feedback and quickly put it into practice.
  • Resilient: You can handle rejection and bounce back from setbacks.
  • Commercial: You recognise opportunities and understand that results matter.
  • Accountable: You take ownership rather than waiting to be directed.
  • Competitive but ethical: You want to win and do it in the right way.

You may have developed these qualities through a placement year, part-time job, sport, volunteering, society leadership, travel, or another experience that pushed you outside your comfort zone.

Experience is useful. Potential and mindset are essential.

Learn fast. Perform. Progress.

From your first day, you will receive structured training in recruitment, sales, business development, technology, and your specialist market.

You will learn through workshops, coaching, live calls, and regular feedback from experienced recruiters and leaders. You will be supported but expected to take responsibility for your learning and performance.

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As your capability grows, so will your responsibilities, career opportunities, and earning potential.

Why MCS Group?

  • Competitive salary of £26,500-£30,000
  • Uncapped commission with no threshold
  • Clear career pathways and promotion opportunities
  • Industry-leading learning and development
  • Hybrid working following initial training
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Birthday leave, retail discounts, and enhanced maternity benefits
  • Investors in People Gold accreditation
  • A high-performance culture where effort and results are recognised
  • An independent Google review rating of 4.9 stars

How we work

Our Guiding Principles shape what we expect from everyone at MCS Group:

  • We Set the Standard
  • People Matter to Us
  • We Act Fast and Figure It Out Quickly
  • Curiosity Is Our Compass, Conversation Is Our Map
  • We Never Quit

If those principles sound like you—or the person you are determined to become—we want to hear from you.

Ready to build your graduate sales career?

Send an up-to-date CV through the link provided or contact Darcy Lorimer at MCS Group on 028 9693 5498 for a confidential conversation.

Visit www.mcsgroup.jobs to view our current opportunities.

MCS Group is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us, and we will endeavour to facilitate your request.

Your degree is only the starting point. Come and find out what you could build at MCS Group.

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Skills

Business Development
Sales
Lead Generation
Relationship Building
Candidate Sourcing
Interviewing
Networking
Client Management
Communication
Resilience
Negotiation
Market Analysis

Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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