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Recruitment Consultant
Location: Portsmouth
Basic Salary: £25,000 (increasing to £26,000 – £27,000 upon successful completion of the Training Academy and achievement of targets)
To help you transition into the role, new starters will receive a commission accelerator of up to £1,500 paid over the first 6 months to provide additional support while developing their pipeline and market knowledge.
Year 1 OTE: £30,000
Year 2 OTE: £50,000 - £70,000
Year 3 OTE: £80,000 - £100,000
Are you already working in recruitment or sales and ready to step into a role where your effort directly drives your earnings? Do you want exposure to international markets, structured development, and a clear route to progression within a high-performing recruitment business?
At STR, recruitment goes beyond filling vacancies. We operate as true market specialists and strategic partners, delivering consultancy-led solutions that shape businesses and careers globally. You’ll join a high-performing environment where your expertise is recognised, your market knowledge is valued, and your billings potential is uncapped.
Working at STR
This Recruitment Consultant position sits within Blackedge, one of STR Group’s specialist brands, focusing on the international data centre market—a fast-growing, highly technical sector with global reach and long-term demand. This is an exciting opportunity for someone already working in recruitment who wants to branch into a new market or a sales professional looking to move into recruitment and build a specialist desk. You’ll work with international clients and candidates, develop long-term relationships, and grow your desk with the support of STR’s award-winning training and leadership teams.
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STR Group is a multi-award-winning international recruitment company, operating across life sciences, leading-edge capex projects, automation, maritime, and engineering & manufacturing. We are proud to be an approved Corporate Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). This certification reflects our commitment to ethical, professional, and transparent recruitment practices, giving candidates and clients confidence in our approach.
What will you be doing?
- You will learn to source potential clients and grow your business via outbound sales
- You will network on platforms such as LinkedIn to build a pool of candidates
- You will work on building and developing excellent client and candidate relationships
- You will be writing, advertising, and marketing vacancies via a variety of channels
- You will learn how to negotiate Terms of Business with corporate clients
- You will focus on your own personalised KPIs and financial targets
- You will have full control over your earning potential and career progression
What are we offering you?
- Structured, clear, performance-based career progression opportunities with the ability to fast-track promotions
- Up to 30% commission scheme
- Award-winning, ongoing learning and development delivered by dedicated in-house experts
- Flexible and hybrid working available upon completion of the Training Academy and subject to maintaining performance targets
- Early finish Fridays at 3pm every week
- Modern, slick, state-of-the-art offices with breakout areas and dedicated kitchen (including pool & football tables)
- Breakfast club – enjoy cereal, breakfast bars, and fresh fruit every day
- Employee of the Month & Quarter awards
- Quarterly Directors’ Lunches at 5* restaurants
- EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) board
- Training Academy graduation celebratory lunch
- Top Billers have the chance to go on all-paid holidays to Las Vegas, Ibiza, Iceland, New York, or Dubai every year!
- Annual Awards, Summer & Christmas parties, celebrating with the whole company
- Special work anniversaries, including chocolate or sweets bouquet, voucher, champagne, bonus, and additional holiday, depending on length of service!
- 23 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (rising by 1 day each year of service, capped at 28 days)
- Option to purchase up to 5 days’ extra holiday
- Health care cash plan and optional private health care from day 1!
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Birthday off
- Drinks fridge
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Employee Referral Programme
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