Trainee Recruitment Consultant

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Trainee Recruitment Consultants required by highly respected international company – winners of “Best Places to Work”, Recruiter Hot 100 (RBS), “Britain’s Top Employers”, “Best Recruitment company to Work For”, and Investors in People. Now seeking ambitious trainees who have a flair for sales!

My client is a multi-award winning, expanding global recruitment business with annual revenues of £750M+. They are highly respected within the recruitment industry for their innovative approach to developing trainee recruitment consultants. They offered unrivalled financial rewards and career development opportunities.

They are global market leaders in a number of high-end, specialist sectors including IT, Engineering, Finance and Sales. As a result of continued success and with plans to double in size over the next 3 years, they are now looking to hire ambitious sales-oriented people as trainee recruitment consultants across their office network.

• Trainee Recruitment Consultant starting salary £20,000 to £22,500 with subsequent automatic annual rise to £25,000.


• Uncapped commission – realistic to be earning £40,000 in first year (many new starters exceed this), £50,000-£80,000 in year two is typical with top performers hitting six figures.


• Flexible benefits package including Company Car or Car allowance (though driving licence is not required to apply for this job), heath care, pension and share scheme on qualification.


• Programme of incentives – race days, team and individual all expenses paid holiday incentives (Vegas, Shanghai, Monte Carlo etc…), fine dining experiences, red letter days etc…


• Structured Career Management – tailored personal development to allow you fulfil your career potential whether that is as a “Top Biller”, a Manager, Director or the next MD.


• International Opportunities – Being a global business the opportunity exists for established Recruitment Consultants to transfer internationally to locations including Australia, the Far East, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.

The role

• Following an initial intensive 1 week residential induction course you will receive on-going industry recognised recruitment / sales training including, e-learning, classroom sessions and on the job coaching throughout your career.


• From the outset you will be given responsibility for a specific technical market and will put your learning into practice – speaking to clients and candidates and building your business from week one.


• Working to targets in a lively open plan office the role includes telephone sales to develop your client base; telephone interviewing candidates within your technical market; writing and posting creative advertisements and email marketing; research; head-hunting, networking and running social media campaigns, managing the recruitment process – taking requirements, arranging interviews, closing job offers etc…


• You’ll be developing your own desk to be a profitable business unit within the business. However, equally important is being a team player and driving / celebrating the success of the office as a whole.

The Person

• You will have at least 12 months experience of succeeding in a telesales or similar role (ideally business-to-business) and be hard-working, articulate, committed and be specifically seeking a challenging and lucrative recruitment career.


• You’ll be self-motivated and prepared to work outside of the normal “9-5” to provide an outstanding service to your clients.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply today!

This trainee recruitment consultant vacancy is being handled by Conrad Scott Ltd. Conrad Scott Ltd is a recruitment agency specialising in placing sales executives, trainees and experienced recruitment professionals into the recruitment, search and selection industry. Conrad Scott acts as an employment agency and is registered in England and Wales as Conrad Scott Ltd, registered no 7537737.