Graduate Recruitment Consultant

Package: £23-25K Basic Salary - £35K OTE Year 1, £50K OTE Year 2, £70K OTE Year 3, £100K Year 4

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Company

Our client is a Global Life Science, Medical Device & Technology, and Animal Health recruitment company. For the past 15 years, they have been providing innovative and bespoke recruitment solutions across the globe. They count many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharma companies as their partners.

They have a vibrant office based in the city centre that is growing. One thing that all of their staff say they love the most about working there is the people and culture. They also work only mid to senior level appointments as well as retained searches which means higher fees and in return the opportunity to earn much more commission!

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Benefits

Competitive basic salary and high earning potential. There are several six figure earning recruiters in the office - however it takes quite a while to get to this point!

The perks: A fun and extremely buzzy office with perks such as dress down Fridays, beers in the office on Fridays with an early finish, a summer party, huge Christmas party, loads of social events and monthly Director drinks.

Benefits: such as flexi time, working from home, private health insurance, corporate gym membership, office meditation sessions, health & wellness programme, duvet days, birthdays off and a generous vacation allowance.

Incentives: such as lunch clubs, 2x yearly holiday incentives (previous destinations include Croatia, Ibiza, South of France & Budapest, fantasy recruitment league, the £100K club and quarterly team incentives.

5* Dining: We love a lunch club and the opportunity to have a ½ day at work followed by an all-expenses paid lunch at some of the top restaurants in the city.

Pharma is one of, if not the top and most stable sector to be working in right now. 2020 was a record year for them in regard to promotions and commission paid out, they made zero redundancies through Covid and actually grew their global headcount by 20%.

Career progression: based on meritocracy. We believe in promoting on merit and not tenure. Promotion to consultant within 6 months and senior consultant 12 months

Uncapped commission: structure up to 30% and no cap at all on how much you actually make. you also earn commission from day one.

Learning and Development: a supportive and structured environment which includes weekly training delivered by our Global Learning Development Manager and Senior Management Team as well as training directly from the CEO.

International office relocation: for people who want to work in their other offices (New York, Seattle, Newport Beach and Zurich)

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Role

• Business Development and building business relationships as well as cold calling.
• Headhunting and identifying suitable candidates.
• Negotiating and objection handling.
• Qualifying candidates and building candidate networks.
• Arranging and preparing candidates for interviews.
• Lead & referral generating.
• Learning to become an expect in your market.

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - The Requirements

• A recent bachelor’s degree or 12 months sales experience.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to develop new business relationships.
• Ability to listen, learn and apply new ideas quickly.
• A confident personality and will not be afraid to get on the phones.
• Ability to achieve set targets and working to deadlines.
• Entrepreneurial, ambitious and enjoy a fast paced, but challenging atmosphere.