Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Graduate Scheme 2025

Marks Sattin; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment agency is hiring Graduate Recruitment Consultants in London. The role includes managing the recruitment lifecycle and building strong relationships with clients and candidates. Ideal candidates are recent graduates with excellent communication skills and ambition. The position offers competitive salary, uncapped commission, and a clear progression path within the company.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Uncapped commission

Bespoke training programme

Fast-track career progression

Regular incentives, socials & trips

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or final year student with any degree discipline.
• Ambitious and resilient personality, target driven.
• Excellent communication and relationship building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with clients and candidates.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle.
• Source, interview, and prepare candidates.

Skills

Excellent communication and relationship building skills

Ambitious, resilient, and target driven

Comfortable working in a fast paced, sales focused environment

Education

Recent graduate or final year student (any degree discipline)

Job description

Overview

Are you driven, confident, and ready to launch your career in recruitment?

Join Marks Sattin — a specialist recruitment agency with over 30 years of experience placing top talent across Financial Services, Commerce & Industry, Technology, and Change & Transformation.

We’re hiring Graduate Recruitment Consultants to join our growing teams in London.

Why choose Marks Sattin?

• Clear progression path — from Trainee to Senior Consultant and beyond
• High earning potential — uncapped commission with no threshold
• Supportive, expert training — hands on guidance from experienced leaders
• Incentives that reward success — from team trips abroad to lunch clubs
• Collaborative team culture — work alongside some of the best in the business

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing

As a 360 Recruitment Consultant, you’ll be responsible for:

• Building relationships with clients and candidates
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle
• Sourcing, interviewing, and prepping candidates
• Developing new business through outreach and networking
• Becoming a subject matter expert in your specialist market

You’ll work in one of our specialist teams:

• Financial Services (Accountancy & Finance roles)
• Commerce & Industry (Commercial finance roles across industries)
• Technology (Tech placements across sectors)
• Change & Transformation (Project, change & transformation talent into FS and C&I)

Skills

Who we’re looking for

• Recent graduate or final year student (any degree discipline)
• Ambitious, resilient, and target driven
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, sales focused environment
• Interest in recruitment, sales, finance or tech a bonus — but not essential

What you’ll get

• Competitive base salary
• Uncapped commission
• Bespoke training programme
• Fast-track career progression
• Regular incentives, socials & trips
• Hybrid working after training period