Trainee Recruitment Consultant - London in Greater London

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Sales & Business Development

Location: Holborn, Central London
Basic salary: £32,000
Year 1 OTE: £35,000-£42,000 + uncapped commission
Start dates: Multiple start dates available

Ready to turn your ambition into a career?

Looking for a role where your determination, personality and performance can shape your success?

Tradewind Recruitment is growing its London team and is looking for ambitious individuals to join us as Trainee Recruitment Consultants.

No recruitment experience or degree is required. Whether you're a recent graduate, have worked in retail, hospitality or customer service, or are looking to move into a sales career, we're interested in what you can bring to the team.

What matters most is your drive, confidence, resilience and willingness to learn.

What does the role involve?

Recruitment is a fast-paced, sales-focused industry. You'll need to enjoy speaking to people, building relationships, overcoming objections and working towards targets. It can be challenging, but for those prepared to put in the effort, it offers excellent earning potential and career progression.

You'll join our education recruitment division, working with schools across London to connect them with talented teachers and support staff.

As you develop, you'll learn how to build and manage your own recruitment desk.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Candidate sourcing: Finding, interviewing and matching candidates to vacancies.
• Relationship building: Developing connections with teachers, education professionals and schools.
• Business development: Identifying new opportunities and helping grow our client base.
• Sales and negotiation: Promoting our services, handling objections and agreeing successful outcomes.
• Target achievement: Taking ownership of your performance and earning commission.
• Recruitment coordination: Arranging interviews, maintaining records and managing compliance.

You'll initially focus on candidate generation and recruitment processes before developing your sales and business development responsibilities.

Training and development

You won't be expected to know everything from day one. Our award-winning IMPACT Academy provides structured training, practical experience and ongoing coaching to help you build a successful career.

You'll develop skills in:

• Sales, negotiation and objection handling
• Candidate sourcing and interviewing
• Business development and client management
• Communication and relationship building
• Resilience and performance management
• Commercial awareness and leadership

You'll also benefit from regular guidance from experienced managers who are invested in your development.

Discover our IMPACT Academy:
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We believe success should be rewarded. Our package includes:

• £32,000 basic salary
• £35,000-£42,000 Year 1 OTE
• Uncapped commission, with earning opportunities from day one
• 35 days' annual leave
• Reduced working hours during school holidays
• Extended wellbeing lunch breaks
• Incentives, team socials and international trips
• Structured training and career development
• Clear progression into senior consultant and management roles

As your experience and performance grow, so does your opportunity to increase your earnings and take on greater responsibility.

Why build your career with Tradewind?

With almost 30 years of experience in education recruitment, Tradewind is an established business with a strong reputation for developing talent.

We're proud to be the only teaching agency to have featured five times in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For.

Many of our current consultants, managers and directors started their careers in trainee positions. We offer the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop valuable commercial skills and progress within the business.

Recruitment can open doors to careers in sales, account management, business development and leadership.

Who should apply?

We're looking for people who are:

• Ambitious: Keen to develop, achieve goals and increase their earnings.
• Resilient: Able to handle rejection and stay motivated.
• Confident: Comfortable communicating and building relationships.
• Persuasive: Interested in influencing, negotiating and winning business.
• Organised: Able to manage different priorities and responsibilities.
• Competitive: Motivated by targets and personal achievement.
• Coach-able: Open to feedback and committed to improving.

Previous experience in sales, retail, hospitality, customer service, telesales or recruitment is welcome, but not essential.

All degree subjects are welcome, and a degree is not required. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Above all, we're looking for people with the attitude and determination to succeed.

Our recruitment process

There are four stages:

1. Initial telephone conversation with our Talent Manager.
2. Task-based assessment.
3. Interview with a Team Manager.
4. Final interview with a Director or CEO.

Apply now or email your CV to (url removed).