Recruitment Consultant

SW6 Associates Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

SW6 Associates Ltd in London is seeking a Recruitment Consultant with up to 12 months of experience to join our specialist white-collar team. You will develop both candidate and client relationships across technology, data, finance and financial markets, learning a research-led, relationship-driven approach.

This role offers training, a clearer specialist market, and the potential for progression and earnings through base salary plus commission.

Qualifications

• Up to 12 months recruitment experience required.
• Interest in moving into white-collar recruitment and specialist markets.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and head-hunting candidates for white-collar roles across technology, data, finance and financial markets.
• Developing both candidate and client relationships throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Manage the recruitment process from initial contact through to offer and placement.
• Build and maintain a network of candidates and clients and develop market knowledge.

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you a Recruitment Consultant with up to one year of experience looking to take the next step in your career and move into white-collar recruitment?

We are working with a highly established specialist search firm operating across international technology, data, finance and financial markets. The business works with some of the most specialist and sought-after professionals across global markets and has built a strong reputation through a research-led, relationship-driven approach.

They are now looking for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to join their London team and develop within a specialist white-collar market.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has gained their initial recruitment experience and is now looking for better training, a more specialist market and greater long-term earning and progression potential.

The Role

You will work across the full recruitment lifecycle, developing both candidate and client relationships while becoming an expert within your chosen market.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Sourcing and head-hunting high-calibre white-collar professionals

• Using LinkedIn, databases, market research and direct approaches to identify talent

• Building and maintaining strong candidate relationships

• Understanding candidate motivations, experience and career aspirations

• Developing new and existing client relationships

• Business development and generating new opportunities

• Managing the recruitment process from initial approach through to offer and placement

• Negotiating offers and closing deals

• Building and managing your own candidate and client network

• Developing specialist knowledge of your chosen market

• Working towards individual revenue and activity targets

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with up to 12 months of recruitment experience who has developed a genuine interest in the industry and is now ready to take their career to the next level.

You may currently be working in:

• Recruitment Consultancy

• Agency Recruitment

• Executive Search

• Sales Recruitment

• Specialist Recruitment

We are particularly interested in people who have experience of candidate sourcing, business development, cold calling, relationship management or working to commercial targets.

You'll ideally be:

• Ambitious motivated by career progression and financial success

• Commercially driven comfortable with sales and business development

• Resilient able to deal with rejection and maintain consistent activity

• Confident comfortable speaking with candidates and clients at all levels

• Curious interested in learning a specialist market and becoming an expert

• Hardworking and disciplined willing to put in the work required to succeed

• Relationship-focused able to build trust and develop long-term networks

Why Make the Move?

This is an opportunity to move away from high-volume, transactional recruitment and develop within a specialist white-collar search environment.

You will have the opportunity to work on more complex mandates, engage with senior-level professionals and develop genuine expertise within a high-value market.

You’ll receive structured training and support while being given the opportunity to build your own desk, develop your own network and progress based on performance.

What You’ll Get

• Competitive base salary + commission

• Structured training and development

• Clear progression opportunities

• Specialist white-collar markets with international reach

• Exposure to senior candidates and decision-makers

• The opportunity to build your own desk and client portfolio

• A high-performance, collaborative environment

• Long-term career development within specialist recruitment

The Ideal Next Step

If you've spent your first 612 months learning the fundamentals of recruitment and are now looking for a more specialist, challenging and commercially rewarding environment, this could be an excellent next step.

You don't need to have experience recruiting into white-collar markets already. What's important is that you have demonstrated the work ethic, resilience and commercial drive to succeed and are ready to develop into a specialist recruiter.