Trainee Talent Consultant

Addition; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary with commission

Develop sales skills

Work with diverse sectors

Professional development opportunities

Hybrid flexibility over time

Job summary

Addition invites you to enter the recruitment industry by leveraging your customer-facing experience. You’ll develop sales, negotiation and relationship-management skills while learning to engage candidates and understand client hiring needs in a commercially focused role.

The role emphasizes building relationships, hitting activity targets and advancing within a flexible, hybrid environment as you grow your recruitment career.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating with customers, clients or the public.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence engaging with new people.
• Ability to remain professional and composed under pressure.
• Competitive mindset and motivation to achieve results.
• Resilience, adaptability and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Strong organisational skills and a willingness to learn.
• Interest in developing a career in sales and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with candidates through proactive telephone communication.
• Understanding professional experience, career motivations and job requirements.
• Identifying suitable candidates for vacancies across different sectors.
• Supporting interviews, candidate feedback and recruitment processes.
• Developing relationships with clients and understanding their hiring needs.
• Managing recruitment activity and maintaining accurate records.
• Working towards individual performance and activity targets.

Skills

Customer communication

Interpersonal skills

Composure under pressure

Competitive mindset

Resilience & adaptability

Organisation skills

Career in sales/recruitment

Job description

Working Pattern: 4 days office-based per week initially, with potential for increased hybrid flexibility over time

We're looking for confident, motivated individuals who are interested in transferring their communication and customer-facing experience into a commercially focused career.

At Addition, we're offering an opportunity to enter the recruitment industry, developing professional skills in sales, negotiation, business development and relationship management.

Whether your experience comes from hospitality, retail, customer service or another people-focused environment, we're interested in the skills you've developed and your ambition to build on them.

The Opportunity

Recruitment is a relationship-driven industry where communication, commercial awareness and persistence are essential.

You'll learn how to engage with candidates, understand business hiring requirements and manage recruitment processes, while developing the confidence and skills needed to work towards commercial targets.

This is an opportunity to build on your existing people skills while gaining experience in a new professional environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Building relationships with candidates through proactive telephone communication.
• Understanding professional experience, career motivations and job requirements.
• Identifying suitable candidates for vacancies across different sectors.
• Supporting interviews, candidate feedback and recruitment processes.
• Developing relationships with clients and understanding their hiring needs.
• Managing recruitment activity and maintaining accurate records.
• Working towards individual performance and activity targets.

About You

We're interested in individuals who have:

• Experience communicating with customers, clients or members of the public.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence engaging with new people.
• The ability to remain professional and composed under pressure.
• A competitive mindset and motivation to achieve results.
• Resilience, adaptability and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Strong organisational skills and a willingness to learn.
• An interest in developing a career in sales and recruitment.

Previous recruitment experience isn't required.

Why Join Addition?

This opportunity offers the chance to develop a new career while building on the communication and relationship-management skills you've already gained.

You’ll benefit from:

• A base salary with commission earning potential.
• Opportunities to develop valuable commercial and sales skills.
• Experience working with businesses and professionals across a range of sectors.
• Opportunities for professional development and increased responsibility.
• Potential for greater hybrid flexibility over time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

By applying you are confirming you are happy to be added to the Addition Solutions mailing list regarding future suitable positions. You can opt out of this at any time simply by contacting one of our consultants.