Executive Search Consultant - London Graduate Scheme 2026
3 days ago
London
Executive Search Consultant - London Graduate Scheme 2026 Location: Cavendish Square, Central London (W1G) Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 with uncapped commission OTE for First Year: £60,000+ Are you graduating in Summer 2026 and looking to launch a career with exceptional earning potential, fast progression, and genuine responsibility from day one? We offer ambitious graduates the opportunity to build a high-performance career in Executive Search from our Central London office in Cavendish Square. This is a meritocratic environment where your progression is based entirely on results, not time served. Here, your hard work can translate into significant financial reward—our top billers consistently generate £500K+ annually. WHO WE ARE We're a leading international recruitment consultancy and part of the G + E group, specialising in Construction, Civil Engineering, and Life Sciences. Based in the heart of Central London, we partner with high-growth companies across the US, helping them identify, engage, and secure exceptional leadership talent. We are currently on a rapid growth trajectory, offering graduates the chance to join a scaling business in a prime West End location. THE ROLE As an Executive Search Consultant, you will manage the full recruitment lifecycle from start to finish. Your responsibilities will include: • Building strong relationships with senior candidates and clients, • Researching companies, markets, and industry trends to identify hiring opportunities, • Sourcing candidates through networking, headhunting, LinkedIn, and job boards, • Approaching candidates professionally via phone, email, and LinkedIn, • Screening, assessing, and preparing candidates for client presentation, • Managing both candidate and client relationships throughout the process, • Coordinating interviews, feedback, negotiations, and offer management, • Aligning expectations to ensure a smooth hiring process, • Developing business development skills to win and retain clients, • Building your own specialist market and creating a “business within a business” WHAT WE OFFER From day one, you’ll have access to the tools, training, and incentives needed to succeed: • Uncapped commission on every placement, • Exceptional earning potential from your first year, • Comprehensive two-week training delivered by our Learning & Development team, • Ongoing personalised training and support throughout your first year, • Fast-track progression based entirely on performance Additional Benefits: • Prime Central London office in Cavendish Square (minutes from Oxford Circus & Bond Street), • Early Finish Fridays, • Monthly incentives (meals, race days, sporting events, paintballing, go-karting), • Quarterly international incentives (Ibiza, ski trips, Dublin, Marbella), • Annual Christmas party abroad (e.g. Barcelona), • Christmas shutdown period, • Discounts at local bars, restaurants, and cinemas in Central London, • Private healthcare plan, • 50% off gym memberships, • Option for 1.5-hour lunches for exercise WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR No prior recruitment experience is necessary, but you should be: • Confident, articulate, and professional, • Commercially aware and business-minded, • Resilient and able to bounce back from rejection, • Motivated by targets, progression, and earning potential, • Highly organised with strong attention to detail, • Ambitious, competitive, and hardworking, • Comfortable engaging with senior professionals, • Interested in building long-term client and candidate relationships We require candidates to have achieved, or be on track to achieve, a 2:1 degree. Graduates from all disciplines are welcome. If you enjoy sport, fitness, or competitive environments, that’s a strong advantage, as many of our incentives are activity-based. Why Join Us? Executive search is fast-paced, challenging, and highly rewarding. To succeed, you need drive, resilience, and a strong work ethic. In return, you’ll receive outstanding training, early responsibility, clear career progression, and the opportunity to earn significantly from the very start of your career—all from a prestigious Central London location. If you’re ambitious, competitive, and ready to build a successful career in executive search, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our 2026 Graduate Scheme! *Please note we are unable to accept candidates who will now, or in the future require a visa sponsorship.