Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Company: Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd
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Location: Southampton
Job Description:

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Southampton, Hampshire (Hybrid Working)

Full UK Driving Licence Required

£25,000–£26,000 Basic Salary + Uncapped Commission

Realistic Year 1 Earnings: £40,000–£60,000+

Want a career where your effort genuinely pays off?

Looking for more than a standard 9–5?

Motivated by earning well, progressing quickly and building a career you’re proud of?

You don’t need recruitment experience to succeed here. What matters is your attitude.

If you’re competitive, enjoy speaking to people, bounce back from setbacks and want to be rewarded for your hard work, recruitment could be the career that changes everything.

From day one, you’ll receive the training, coaching and support to develop into a successful Recruitment Consultant while building valuable sales, negotiation and business skills that will stay with you for life.

What’s in it for you?

  • Uncapped commission with no minimum threshold, so every placement pays
  • Realistic first-year earnings of £40,000–£60,000+
  • Structured training programme designed for people with no recruitment experience
  • Ongoing coaching from experienced recruitment, sales and mindset specialists
  • Clear career progression based on your performance, not time served
  • Monthly wellbeing allowance
  • Flexi Fridays with early finishes
  • Team socials, incentives and rewards
  • Opportunities to travel across the UK, Europe and the USA
  • The chance to become an expert in fast-growing global industries with long-term career opportunities

What you’ll be doing

You’ll learn how to:

  • Build lasting relationships with candidates and clients
  • Source and match great people with exciting opportunities
  • Manage interviews and recruitment processes
  • Develop sales, negotiation and business development skills
  • Become an expert in your specialist market
  • Build your own professional network and reputation
  • Achieve targets while earning uncapped commission

What you’ll bring

You don’t need recruitment experience, but you’ll thrive if you’re:

  • Ambitious and driven
  • Competitive and resilient
  • Confident speaking to people
  • Coachable and eager to learn
  • Hard-working with a positive attitude
  • Motivated by progression and financial success

If you’re looking for a career where your earning potential is in your hands, your development is genuinely invested in, and your success is recognised and rewarded, we’d love to hear from you.

Posted: July 5th, 2026