Trainee Recruitment Consultant – Foster Lawson
Location: Leeds
Start Date: Next Graduate Intake
Salary: £28,000+ with rapid pay rises in year one
Earning Potential: £50,000+ Year 1 | Six figures Year 2 | Top billers £500,000+ in 2024
Launch Your Career With One of the UK’s Fastest-Growing Recruitment Firms
Just finished uni (or about to)? Looking for a career where your ambition actually matters?
At Foster Lawson, we don’t believe in “entry-level jobs”, we believe in launchpads.
We’re hiring graduates who want more than a basic 9–5.
More progression. More earning potential. More opportunity.
If that sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
Why Graduates Choose Foster Lawson
Because we offer what most companies can’t:
Fast Progression
Start as a Trainee and move quickly into:
- Consultant
- Senior Consultant
- Team Leader
- Management
- Even equity partnerships for top performers
Your career moves as fast as you do.
Huge Earning Potential
- £28,000+ starting salary
- Pay rises in your first year (first fee + progression milestones)
- Up to 60% commission
- £50,000+ realistic first-year earnings
- Six-figure consultants in year two
- Top billers generated £500,000+ in fees in 2024 (verified)
This is a career where your effort = your income.
Training That Actually Sets You Up for Success
Our Academy Training Course gives you everything you need to become a high-performing consultant:
- Structured onboarding
- Sales & market training
- Live coaching
- 1:1 development
- Clear roadmap to management
We don’t throw you in the deep end — we build you into a specialist.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Trainee Recruitment Consultant, you will:
- Build relationships with clients and candidates
- Source and interview top talent
- Win new business and grow your own client base
- Manage the full recruitment process
- Become an expert in your specialist market
- Work towards clear, achievable targets
- Be part of a high-performance, supportive team
Who We’re Looking For
You don’t need experience, just the right mindset.
We want graduates who are:
- Resilient: you bounce back stronger
- Professional: you take pride in your work
- A team player: you support others and celebrate wins together
- A strong communicator: confident speaking to clients & candidates
- Ambitious: you want progression, responsibility, and success
- Entrepreneurial: you bring ideas, energy, and initiative
If you’re competitive, driven, and hungry to build a real career, you’ll thrive here.
Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Extra holiday for long service (2+ years)
- Prolonged Christmas break
- Monthly, quarterly & annual incentives
- Regular bonuses & pay rises
- Recognition awards & vouchers
- Mortgage advice + broker fee coverage
- Private healthcare
- Modern city-centre offices
- Vibrant, collaborative team culture
This is a place where you’re supported, rewarded, and pushed to reach your potential.
Why Foster Lawson?
Because we don’t just hire graduates, we develop future leaders.
We invest in you, back your ambition, and give you the platform to build a career most people won’t reach until their 30s or 40s.
If you want a role where your hard work genuinely changes your life, this is it.
Apply Today
Ready to start a career with unlimited potential?
Take your first step with Foster Lawson!! Apply now.
For more information or to apply, please email: [email protected] as she handles all our hiring needs.
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Pay: £28,000.00-£33,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Education:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Location:
Work Location: In person
