Recruitment Executive - US Markets (January Start Date)

X4 Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary + uncapped

Uncapped commission

Generous annual leave

Mental health and wellbeing support

Monthly Lunch Clubs

Two luxury incentive holidays eachyear

Industry conferences and networking

Modern offices in Blackfriars

Job summary

X4 Group is inviting graduates to join the US Markets desk as Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant, based in London with hybrid working options. You’ll receive industry-leading training from day one and quickly take on real ownership across the full recruitment process in a market with high earning potential.

No prior recruitment experience is required; the role focuses on drive, attitude and results. Expect to build client relationships, source talent, and negotiate salaries in a

Qualifications

• No recruitment experience required.
• A recent graduate or finishing university.
• Coming from sales, retail, hospitality, or another performance-driven environment.
• Ambitious, resilient, and coachable with a drive to hit targets.

Responsibilities

• Own the recruitment process end-to-end from brief to placement.
• Source top talent via LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, and market research.
• Interview candidates and understand what drives their careers.
• Develop new business and build your own client portfolio in a growing US market.
• Negotiate salaries and offers on high-fee deals.

Job description

Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant: US Markets

Start Date: October 2026

Working: Office-based with hybrid working available

Start Your Career with X4 Group: Build Your Market from the Ground Up

Are you driven by results? Do you want a career where your effort is rewarded, your earning potential is uncapped, and you're not competing with hundreds of established consultants for the same accounts?

At X4 Group, our US Markets desk is one of the biggest opportunities in the business right now. It's a less saturated market than our European desks, which means more open ground, more untapped clients, and more room for a driven trainee to build a name and a client base fast, with average fees per placement of £26,000-£30,000. If you want a career where output speaks louder than experience, and where getting in early actually matters, this is it.

No previous recruitment experience needed. We hire for drive, attitude and results-focus, and we'll give you the training to turn that into a genuinely lucrative career on a desk with real headroom to grow.

Founded in 2008, X4 Group is an award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy with over 150 people across London, New York, Berlin and Devon. We partner with ambitious businesses across four specialist brands: Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences and Alpha, helping them secure exceptional talent across the US market.

The Role

As a Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant on our US Markets desk, you'll get structured training from day one and quickly start taking on real ownership across the full recruitment process, in a market where the client relationships and candidate networks are still there to be won.

You'll build expertise across:

• Building and managing relationships with US clients and candidates.
• Sourcing top talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals and market research.
• Interviewing candidates and getting under the skin of what drives their careers.
• Owning the recruitment process end-to-end, from brief to successful placement.
• Developing new business and building your own client portfolio in a market with significantly less competition for accounts.
• Negotiating salaries and offers with confidence, on deals that carry some of the highest average fees in the business.
• Delivering sharp market insight, salary benchmarking and competitor analysis.
• Becoming the go-to expert in your specialist market before it gets crowded.
• Delivering a first-class experience for every client and candidate.

As you prove yourself, you'll take on more of your own clients, candidates and market. Because the US desk is still developing, the accounts and relationships you build early become yours to own and grow.

Who We're Looking For

No recruitment experience required. We want people who perform under pressure, thrive on a challenge, and are driven to deliver results in a fast-paced, target-driven environment, and who like the idea of getting to a market before everyone else does.

• A recent graduate or finishing university.
• Looking to make your first move into a professional career.
• Coming from sales, retail, hospitality, customer service, or another performance-driven environment.
• Someone who's motivated by building relationships and hitting clear targets.
• Driven by progression and serious earning potential, with an eye for a market that hasn't been fully worked yet.

We're looking for people who are:

• Ambitious and relentless in going after their goals.
• Resilient, you take a setback, learn from it, and come back stronger.
• Confident communicators who thrive working with people.
• Organised, self-motivated and hard-working.
• Naturally competitive, with a real appetite to deliver results.
• Coachable, hungry for feedback and always looking to improve.

Training & Development

Your first role sets the foundation for your whole career, and we treat it that way. You'll get an industry-leading Learning & Development programme, backed by experienced coaches, L&D professionals and your wider team.

• Structured training from day one.
• Recruitment and industry-specific training.
• Sales and business development coaching.
• Candidate sourcing and LinkedIn Recruiter training.
• Interviewing and candidate assessment.
• Negotiation and objection-handling.
• Client relationship management, with a focus on building the US market.
• Ongoing coaching and mentoring.
• Clear targets and regular performance reviews.

Our goal: turn you from a trainee into a high-performing recruitment professional who delivers consistently at the top of the market, and who's built a genuine stake in one of the best-value desks in the business.

We believe progression should be earned through performance, not clocked up through time served. Prove yourself, and you'll move up fast, with the added advantage of doing it on a desk where the ceiling hasn't been set yet.

Why the US Desk?

• Average fees per placement of £26,000-£30,000, among the highest across X4 Group.
• A less mature market than our established European desks, meaning more open accounts and less competition to win them.
• First-mover advantage: the relationships and reputation you build now are yours as the desk grows.
• Direct exposure to the US recruitment market from a London base.
• A high-performance culture where results are recognised and rewarded.

Why X4 Group?

Alongside a clear career path and serious training, you'll get:

• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission.
• A transparent, merit-based path to the top.
• Dedicated coaching from experienced recruitment leaders.
• The chance to specialise across Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences or Alpha.
• Recognition and rewards for individual and team performance.
• Industry conferences and networking events.
• Modern offices in the heart of Blackfriars.

Our Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary + uncapped commission.
• Generous annual leave package.
• Christmas office shutdown.
• Mental health and wellbeing support.
• Monthly Lunch Clubs.
• Two luxury incentive holidays each year.
• Industry conferences and networking events.
• X4 Sports Clubs.
• Regular company socials and team events.
• Charity days and duvet days.

Working Hours

As a US Markets consultant, your hours will be:

• Thursday: 10:00am – 7:00pm
• Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Ready to Deliver?

If you want a career on a desk with real earning power and real room to grow, where hard work is rewarded and results speak for themselves, we want to hear from you.

No recruitment experience required. Just bring the drive, the market is there for the taking.

Start your career with X4 Group, where we "Empower people to succeed."