Executive Search Consultant – Graduate Scheme 2026
Location: Leeds City Centre
Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 + uncapped commission
OTE Year 1: £60,000+
Are you a 2026 Summer Graduate looking to kick-start your career and unlock your potential? Are you ambitious, money-driven, and hungry for success? Executive Search can offer you unparalleled opportunity for growth in a true meritocracy, as well as real earning potential – with our top biller from the 2025 graduate scheme intake earning over £100,000K in their first year.
This isn’t a regular recruitment role; it’s strategic hiring at senior levels. You will have the freedom to develop your market and build trusted client relationships with high-growth companies in the US.
We’re not asking for any previous recruitment or sales experience for this role, just a strong drive to learn and develop. Comprehensive ongoing training will be provided as part of our dedication to your long-term growth within our company.
As an Executive Search Consultant, you will manage the entire recruitment process from end-to-end, this will include:
- Building strong relationships with senior candidates and clients
- Researching companies, markets, and identifying potential gaps you could fill
- Sourcing candidates through networking, headhunting, and job boards
- Approaching candidates professionally by phone, email, and LinkedIn
- Screening and preparing candidates to present to key clients
- Managing the process on both candidate and client side, to ensure all expectations are aligned
- Managing negotiations and handling the offer process to make the process as smooth as possible for all parties
- Mastering business development, where you will be responsible for attracting and retaining new clients, and creating your own ‘business within a business’
From us, you can expect:
- Incredibly strong earning potential, with uncapped commission for every placement.
- Comprehensive training with our skilled L&D team
- Fast-track progression with the opportunity for promotion based solely on your performance, not length of employment
- Early Finish Fridays
- Monthly incentive trips (meals out, days at the races, sporting-events, paintballing, go-karting)
- Quarterly group trips (Ibiza, Ski trips, Dublin, Barcelona)
- Christmas shutdown period
- Discounts on local bars and restaurants
- Private healthcare plan
- 50% off gym memberships, with the option to take 1.5-hour long lunches to exercise
Who we’re looking for:
This role would be suited towards a motivated graduate who thrives in high-energy, social environments and is looking for a career, not just a grad-job.
You don’t need recruitment experience, but ideally you would be:
- Confident, articulate, and professional
- Commercially aware and business minded
- Resilient and can easily bounce back after rejection
- Thrives in a target driven environment
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Motivated by career progression and earning potential
- Sporty or fitness-minded
All we ask is that you received (or are on track to receive) a 2:1 in your degree. We accept graduates from all courses!
If you’re sporty and enjoy being active, that’s also a massive plus as we often have fitness-based incentives!
This is an intense, fast-paced environment. To thrive and not just survive, you need the right mentality and a strong work-ethic.
If this sounds like you, and you would like to start a career where you can be in charge of your own desk from day one… apply now!!
If you would like any more info on the role, email me at kate.doyle@myrecruitmentcareer.com.
*You must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. Please not we can not accept candidates who require visa sponsorship.
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