Graduate Recruitment Consultant

Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Location: Manchester (Deansgate – City Centre)
Salary: Competitive Base + Uncapped Commission + Structured Career Path

Are you a graduate or early in your career looking to build something long-term, rewarding, and genuinely meritocratic?

We’re working with a well-established, specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ success in delivering talent solutions across FMCG, manufacturing, and emerging sectors such as renewable energy. With a strong reputation for quality, long-term partnerships, and deep market expertise, they are now expanding their Manchester team. ()

The Opportunity

This is a trainee role with real progression from day one. You’ll join a collaborative, high-performing team and receive structured training, mentoring, and ongoing support to help you develop into a successful consultant.

You’ll work across specialist markets such as food & drink manufacturing, beauty, chemicals, and engineering—building knowledge in a niche that gives you a real commercial edge. ()

What You’ll Be Doing

• Sourcing and engaging candidates within specialist industries
• Building relationships with clients and understanding their hiring needs
• Managing the full recruitment process from brief to placement
• Interviewing candidates and guiding them through the process
• Developing your own client base over time
• Becoming a market expert within your sector

What We’re Looking For

• Degree educated (or equivalent)
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ambition, resilience, and a drive to succeed
• Commercial mindset and willingness to learn
• A proactive, team-oriented attitude

What You’ll Get

• Structured training programme with hands-on mentorship
• Clear, merit-based progression (no glass ceiling)
• Uncapped commission from early on
• Opportunity to specialise in high-value, niche markets
• Supportive, collaborative culture focused on long-term success
• Exposure to well-known clients and global markets

Why Join?

This business has built its reputation on trust, quality, and long-standing relationships—both with clients and its own people. You’ll be joining a company that invests heavily in development, values collaboration, and offers genuine career progression from trainee to leadership. ()

If you’re looking for a career where your effort directly drives your earnings and progression, this is the perfect place to start.

Apply now to begin your career in specialist recruitment.