Executive Search Consultant - 2026 Graduate Scheme
9 days ago
Leeds
Executive Search Consultant – Graduate Scheme 2026 Location: Leeds City Centre Salary: £27,000 - £35,000 + uncapped commission OTE Year 1: £60,000+ Are you a 2026 Summer Graduate looking to kick-start your career and unlock your potential? Are you ambitious, money-driven, and hungry for success? Executive Search can offer you unparalleled opportunity for growth in a true meritocracy, as well as real earning potential - with our top biller from the 2025 graduate scheme intake earning over £100,000K in their first year. This isn’t a regular recruitment role; it’s strategic hiring at senior levels. You will have the freedom to develop your market and build trusted client relationships with high-growth companies in the US. We’re not asking for any previous recruitment or sales experience for this role, just a strong drive to learn and develop. Comprehensive ongoing training will be provided as part of our dedication to your long-term growth within our company. As an Executive Search Consultant, you will manage the entire recruitment process from end-to-end, this will include: • Building strong relationships with senior candidates and clients, • Researching companies, markets, and identifying potential gaps you could fill, • Sourcing candidates through networking, headhunting, and job boards, • Approaching candidates professionally by phone, email, and LinkedIn, • Screening and preparing candidates to present to key clients, • Managing the process on both candidate and client side, to ensure all expectations are aligned, • Managing negotiations and handling the offer process to make the process as smooth as possible for all parties, • Mastering business development, where you will be responsible for attracting and retaining new clients, and creating your own ‘business within a business’ From us, you can expect: • Incredibly strong earning potential, with uncapped commission for every placement., • Comprehensive training with our skilled L&D team, • Fast-track progression with the opportunity for promotion based solely on your performance, not length of employment, • Early Finish Fridays, • Monthly incentive trips (meals out, days at the races, sporting-events, paintballing, go-karting), • Quarterly group trips (Ibiza, Ski trips, Dublin, Barcelona), • Christmas shutdown period, • Discounts on local bars and restaurants, • Private healthcare plan, • 50% off gym memberships, with the option to take 1.5-hour long lunches to exercise Who we’re looking for: This role would be suited towards a motivated graduate who thrives in high-energy, social environments and is looking for a career, not just a grad-job. You don’t need recruitment experience, but ideally you would be: • Confident, articulate, and professional, • Commercially aware and business minded, • Resilient and can easily bounce back after rejection, • Thrives in a target driven environment, • Highly organised with strong attention to detail, • Motivated by career progression and earning potential, • Sporty or fitness-minded All we ask is that you received (or are on track to receive) a 2:1 in your degree. We accept graduates from all courses! If you’re sporty and enjoy being active, that’s also a massive plus as we often have fitness-based incentives! This is an intense, fast-paced environment. To thrive and not just survive, you need the right mentality and a strong work-ethic. If this sounds like you, and you would like to start a career where you can be in charge of your own desk from day one... apply now!! If you would like any more info on the role, email me at kate.doyle@myrecruitmentcareer.com. *You must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. Please not we can not accept candidates who require visa sponsorship.