Graduate Executive Search Consultant

Raw Selection; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive training and development

Fast-paced growth opportunities

Engagement with CEOs and other executives

Job summary

A prominent executive search firm in Leeds is seeking graduates for an elite 9-month development program. The role offers OTE potential starting between £30,000 to £35,000, escalating to £50,000 to £80,000 in the second year. Key responsibilities include daily role plays, outreach to high-level executives, and a strong focus on achieving performance metrics. This is a fast-paced environment demanding ambition and commitment to personal development.

Qualifications

• A big ambitions and long-term mindset is essential.
• Resilience in a fast-paced environment is required.
• Must demonstrate investing in oneself outside of formal education.

Responsibilities

• Engage in daily role plays and call reviews.
• Conduct high volume outreach via phone, email, and LinkedIn.
• Achieve high-performance targets in an accountable setting.

Skills

High resilience

Strong work ethic

Ambitious mindset

Job description

Graduate to £80k+ | Elite 9-month development programme

Speak to CEOs daily | Build Raw Selection to £10M

1st year OTE: £30,000 to £35,000

2nd year OTE: £50,000 to £80,000

Raw Selection is an executive search firm partnering with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies to secure executive talent.

We are in our next growth phase. Our first milestone is £10M in revenue. To get there, we are building the next tranche of graduates to elite private equity executive search professionals.

What this role includes

• 9-month development programme: daily role play, call reviews, structured L&D programme
• Daily conversations with CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s daily across Private Equity-backed companies
• High volume outreach via the phone, email and LinkedIn
• High-performance targets and metrics focus

Why the best people want Raw Selection

#1 Raw Selection is fast-paced and fast-growing

We are building to £10M as the first milestone. That requires pace, ownership, and intensity.

#2 Raw Selection is obsessed with best-in‑class

We are building the standard for how executive search should be run. If it’s average, it’s not us.

#3 Raw Selection is people‑development obsessed

We invest in training, coaching, and leadership development because people are the business. The standard is the product.

#4 Raw Selection holds people accountable to their goals

We don’t talk about ambition, we operationalise it. Clear targets, clear feedback, clear outcomes.

Requirements

• Big ambitions + long term mindset
• High resilience
• Highest standards for work ethic
• Demonstration of investing in yourself outside of your degree

*NO recruitment/executive search/sales experience is required; we don’t operate like a traditional recruitment/search firm

Location:

Leeds city centre, office-based

Compensation:

1st year OTE: £30,000 to £35,000

2nd year OTE: £50,000 to £80,000

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Want to join the top 10% and take Raw Selection to £10M?

Send your CV to [e-mail]

For more on what it is like to work at Raw Selection.

See our YouTube channel and the documented journey to £10Million

https://www.youtube.com/@RawSelection

Do not apply if any of these are true:

• You want an “easy grad job”
• This is a performance role. Targets exist. Standards matter.
• You avoid phones and awkward conversations.
• You’ll be calling people daily. If that scares you, this isn’t for you.
• You want predictable hours and work‑life balance as the priority
• We focus on the US market. Evenings happen. We are in growth mode.
• Feedback makes you defensive instead of better
• We are a feedback culture. Radical Candour. Direct. Specific. Actionable.
• We use metrics to identify the constraint that will create the biggest ROI if fixed.