2026 Graduate Recruitment Scheme

Role: Graduate Recruitment Consultant
Location: Leeds City Centre
Salary: £26,000 starting salary (OTE £50,000+)

Overview

My Recruitment Career is seeking ambitious, driven, and resilient graduates ready to launch their career in Executive Search.

  • Are you motivated by the idea of financial freedom?
  • Do you aspire to lead a successful business in the future?
  • Do you have the competitiveness and determination to rise to the top?

If so, this could be the opportunity that defines your career.

Executive Search is more than recruitment. You’ll help shape leadership teams, advise CEOs and board members, and influence decisions that steer multi-billion-pound organisations. Operating at the intersection of strategy, relationship management, and market intelligence, you’ll gain early exposure to senior decision-makers while building a powerful professional network.

Fast-paced and performance-driven, this industry offers exceptional progression and earning potential for individuals who thrive on challenge and measurable success.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Proactive outreach to senior executives to promote high-level opportunities
  • Building your professional brand and network through LinkedIn
  • Meeting clients to understand their strategic objectives and company culture
  • Market mapping to track talent movement and industry demand

What We’re Looking For

  • A strong desire to learn and become an expert in your market
  • Confident and professional communication skills
  • Excellent organisation and attention to detail
  • Self-motivation and a proactive mindset
  • Adaptability in a fast-moving, high-performance environment

What You Can Expect

  • A vibrant, sociable, and high-energy office culture
  • Comprehensive training and ongoing development at every stage
  • An uncapped commission structure paying up to 60%
  • Realistic first-year earnings of £40,000–£50,000, rising to £80,000+ with experience
  • Exciting incentives including paintballing, go-karting, The Cube, and more
  • Quarterly top-biller trips to destinations such as Courchevel, Barcelona, Ibiza, and Sardinia
  • Prestigious Top Biller Rolex award

Desirable (But Not Essential)

  • A 2:1 degree or above
  • Competitive sporting background
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Sales or customer-facing experience

If you’re looking for a fast-paced, target-driven environment where you can develop into a future leader, this is your chance.

Apply now and attach your CV below.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: From £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Financial planning services
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Referral programme
  • Sabbatical
  • Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Leeds LS1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

  • What is your LinkedIn URL?

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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