Hunter Bond
Hunter Bond Associate Recruiter Programme
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Hunter Bond Associate Programme
📍 London | 🚀 Autumn 2026 Start | 💰 Competitive Base + Uncapped Commission
Looking to kick-start your career somewhere you can learn fast, earn well and progress quickly?
The Hunter Bond Associate Programme is designed for ambitious people who want to build a career in recruitment, with no previous recruitment experience required.
You'll join a specialist recruitment firm working across Technology, Quantitative Research & Trading, FinTech and Change & Transformation, working with some of the most exciting companies and talent in these markets.
From day one, you'll get hands-on training, work alongside experienced recruiters and start building the skills needed to become a successful specialist recruiter.
🚀 What is the Associate Programme?
This isn't a graduate scheme where you spend your first year watching from the sidelines.
You'll be on the desk from day one, learning how to:
- Source and headhunt candidates across specialist markets
- Build relationships with candidates and clients
- Conduct candidate interviews and understand different career backgrounds
- Learn how to recruit for highly technical and specialist roles
- Manage your own candidates through the recruitment process
- Develop your market knowledge and build your own network
- Work towards clear targets and see the results of your hard work
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You'll have structured training alongside hands-on, desk-based learning, with experienced recruiters around you to support you as you develop.
💰 What do you get?
- Competitive starting salary + uncapped commission
- Commission of up to 45%
- No previous recruitment experience required
- Structured training and ongoing development
- A clear progression path based on performance
- Regular support and mentorship from experienced recruiters
- The opportunity to specialise in markets including Quant, AI, Technology, FinTech and Finance
- Incentives including Lunch Clubs, bonuses, international trips and team events
- A central London office and a genuinely social, collaborative team
📈 Progression at Hunter Bond
You'll start as an Associate Recruiter, learn the ropes and have a clear path to progress as your performance develops.
We've had people join us at Associate level and move through the ranks quickly, so you're not waiting around for someone to leave before your next opportunity comes along.
Your progression is based on what you achieve, not how long you've been here.
🌟 Who are we looking for?
You don't need recruitment experience, we're more interested in who you are and what you're capable of.
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We're looking for people who are:
- Ambitious and want to build a long-term career
- Confident and personable, with the ability to build relationships
- Competitive and motivated by targets and earning potential
- Resilient — you don't give up when things get difficult
- Coachable and willing to learn
- Hard-working with a strong work ethic
- Naturally curious and interested in learning new markets
You could be a recent graduate, have just finished an apprenticeship, be looking for your first proper career, or simply be ready for a change.
If you've got the attitude, we'll teach you the recruitment.
🔥 Why Hunter Bond?
Hunter Bond is a specialist recruitment business with a big focus on Technology, Quantitative Research & Trading, FinTech and Finance.
You'll be surrounded by people who know their markets, have built successful recruitment careers themselves and are invested in helping the next generation do the same.
We're growing, we're hiring, and there's plenty of opportunity to make your mark.
If you're ambitious, competitive and ready to build a career where your earning potential and progression are in your own hands, we'd love to hear from you.
📩 Apply now or contact Devon at dperry@hunterbond.com for more information.
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