Graduate Scheme – Recruitment Consultant
Location: Leeds City Centre
Salary: £27,100 – £29,000 + Uncapped Commission
Start Dates: Immediate | September 2026
A Structured Graduate Career Designed for Ambitious High Achievers
If you are looking for a graduate opportunity that combines structured career progression, significant earning potential, professional development, and a high-performance culture, this is an opportunity to build more than just your first job.
Our Graduate Scheme is designed to provide ambitious graduates with a clear and measurable pathway from entry level through to senior positions within the executive search industry. From your first day, you will receive structured training, ongoing coaching, and exposure to senior professionals and high-growth businesses.
You will develop valuable commercial, communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills while building expertise within a specialist market. As your capability and performance develop, so does your responsibility, earning potential, and access to further career opportunities.
The Role: Graduate Recruitment Consultant
You will join our Executive Search team, working alongside experienced consultants to identify and secure high-calibre talent for leading businesses.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting detailed market research and candidate mapping
- Identifying and engaging with senior professionals within specialist markets
- Managing conversations with experienced candidates through calls, meetings, and interviews
- Supporting clients with tailored recruitment and talent strategies
- Building and maintaining long-term relationships with clients and candidates
- Developing an understanding of executive search, headhunting, negotiation, and deal management
- Working collaboratively with your team to achieve individual and collective objectives
- Taking increasing ownership of your market, clients, and candidate relationships as you progress
The role combines research, communication, commercial strategy, negotiation, and relationship management, providing a strong foundation for graduates who want to develop a high-value career within a performance-driven professional environment.
A Career Built Around Progression
We believe ambitious individuals should have a clear understanding of what their career can look like from day one.
Our structured progression framework provides transparency around the skills, behaviours, and performance required to advance through the business.
As you progress, you can expect:
Graduate Consultant → Recruitment Consultant → Senior Consultant → Management and Leadership Opportunities
Your progression is supported through structured training, regular performance reviews, coaching, and mentorship. Increased responsibility and seniority are aligned with increased earning potential, allowing your career development to directly influence your financial rewards and professional opportunities.
For high performers, the opportunity extends beyond simply progressing through job titles. As you establish yourself within the business, you can develop specialist market expertise, take ownership of key client relationships, mentor others, and progress towards future leadership opportunities.
The objective is simple: to give ambitious graduates the platform, support, and commercial opportunity to build a career on their own terms.
Competitive Salary and Uncapped Earning Potential
- Starting salary of £27,100 – £29,000
- Uncapped commission structure, with potential commission rates of up to 60%
- Realistic first-year earnings of £50,000+
- High-performing consultants achieving six-figure earnings
- Performance-based incentives that increase alongside your contribution and success
Your earning potential is not restricted to a fixed salary band. As your skills, performance, and responsibilities develop, your ability to generate income increases with them.
For ambitious individuals, this creates the opportunity to build not only a successful career, but also the financial independence and lifestyle that can come with sustained professional success.
Training, Development and Career Advancement
Our Graduate Academy is designed to accelerate your development and give you the foundations required to build a long-term career.
You will receive:
- A structured Graduate Academy and onboarding programme
- Comprehensive training across recruitment, executive search, and commercial development
- Ongoing coaching and one-to-one mentoring
- Regular performance reviews and career development planning
- Clear and transparent progression criteria
- Continuous opportunities to develop your commercial and leadership capabilities
- Support from experienced professionals throughout your career journey
We invest in people who demonstrate the ambition and commitment to progress.
The aim is to ensure that you always understand where you are, where you can go next, and what you need to achieve to get there.
Rewards, Benefits and Lifestyle
We recognise that a successful career is about more than salary alone.
Our reward structure is designed to recognise performance while supporting the lifestyle and wellbeing of our people.
Benefits include:
- 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
- Three additional days' holiday after two years, including your birthday off
- Up to 13 additional days off per year for achieving team targets
- Extended Christmas break
- Private healthcare
- Discounts across gyms, spas, restaurants, and lifestyle services
- Mortgage advice and broker fee coverage
- Early finishes on Fridays
- Modern, spacious offices in Leeds city centre
- A supportive, social, and high-energy working environment
Performance-Based Incentives
Our incentive programme is designed to make success tangible.
Depending on performance, you can benefit from:
- Monthly incentives
- Quarterly incentives
- Annual performance rewards
- Team-based competitions
- Experiential rewards and luxury incentives
- Incentive trips and opportunities to travel
We believe that when people perform at a high level and contribute to the success of the business, they should have the opportunity to enjoy the rewards of that success.
The result is a career where your professional performance can have a direct impact on your earning potential, experiences, and lifestyle.
Who We're Looking For
We welcome ambitious graduates from all degree backgrounds. While academic achievement is valued, we are primarily interested in individuals who demonstrate the mindset and characteristics required to succeed in a high-performance environment.
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
- Strong communication skills and professional presence
- Confidence when engaging with senior professionals and business leaders
- Commercial curiosity and a genuine interest in business
- Ambition and a clear desire to progress
- Resilience and the ability to respond positively to challenges
- A strong work ethic and commitment to personal development
- A proactive approach to learning and taking responsibility
- The ability to build trusted, long-term relationships
- A collaborative mindset and commitment to team success
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and cover letter.
Successful applicants will be contacted by phone or text within 14 days.
Applicants must have the full right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Pay: £27,100.00-£29,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Please add your LinkedIn profile in you will need it for the role
Education:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Location:
Work Location: In person
