Trainee Recruitment Consultant

£25,000-30,000 basic salary - Year 1 OTE £45,000, Year 2 £55,000 and Year 3 £70,000+

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Company

Our client is a recruitment firm who specialises in placing director-level technologists into investment banks and hedge funds. They believe in bringing much-needed thought, intelligence, and calculation to the recruiting field. Our client puts their work environment at the forefront of what they do because they believe the right environment is crucial to producing the best results. You will get lots of autonomy to propel your career forward in a mature setting with incredible earning potential.

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Benefits

• A competitive, uncapped commission structure.

• A chance to move up the career ladder with internal promotion to Team Lead/manager within 1-2 years

• Comprehensive training.

• Internal mentoring program by the best in the industry.

• Massive focus on employee wellbeing - partnered with mental health provider Inside Out.

• Continual CSR initiatives - Movember, send-out to help out, blood donations and much more!

• Exceptional working environment.

• Dress-down policy in the office.

• Hybrid working policy.

• Thirty days’ work from abroad annually for consultants and above.

• The gym at lunch is encouraged - keep a clear head

• Excellent office in Central London

• Company incentive trips - most recently to Cancun, previously to Dubai and Val d’Isere

• Excellent socials- some examples include Ascot, go-karting, kayaking, white water rafting, bake-off, bowling, mini-golf, and many more

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Role

• Undertaking research through interviewing, telephone referencing and taking qualitative views from market sources (primary research) to source candidates

• Identifying top industry performers and top talent pools in the industry

• Market mapping

• Meeting potential candidates, briefing them on clients and current requirements

• Formulating competitor analyses

• Telephone referencing to gather additional information on candidates and companies.

• Developing a solid network of market sources

• Identifying and developing new client relationships - complete 360 exposure, working closely with different clients.

• Cultivating a detailed knowledge of your market

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Requirements

• Minimum 2:1 degree from a top university + 6 months+ commercial or sales experience.

• Be highly competitive, ambitious, and results-driven, with the confidence and tenacity to excel within a target-driven environment

• Be driven not only by money but also by a need to 'win.'

• Be inquisitive and focused, with an engaging personality

• Have the ability to handle multiple high-pressure projects simultaneously, managing time efficiently and effectively.

• Understand how businesses work, with the ability to analyse and dissect business decisions and logic.

Virtus Talent are here to guide you through the interview process, make sure you are fully prepared for interviews and coach you on how to get your transferable skills and traits across in the interview. We will aim to secure you several interviews with several companies that you like the look of with the view of securing you several job offers.