Graduate Recruitment Consultant in London

Graduate/Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Start date : Start dates across Summer 2024

Location : City of London

Salary : £25,000+ commission OTE up to £50,000 in first year

After a strong 2023 Skills Alliance are now hiring for our first Graduate/Trainee intake to join our HQ in Summer 2024. We are looking for driven and enthusiastic individuals who may have an interest in working across the Life Science sector and are looking to start their career in Recruitment.

Why Skills Alliance?

We have a vibrant office based in the City of London that is growing rapidly and we come to work every day to do something we love. We conduct half yearly employee engagement surveys and the one thing that all of our staff say they love the most about us is the people and culture, something we have worked hard on creating. We 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.

About Skills Alliance:

Skills Alliance Group is a global Life Science, Medical Device & Technology, and Animal Health recruitment company encompassing three business units: SA Executive, SA Staffing & SA Consulting.

We provide innovative and bespoke recruitment solutions that facilitate our clients need to hire exceptional talent quickly. To date we count many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharma and CROs as our partners, and we are proud to be contributing to the discovery, development and distribution of safe and effective therapeutics across the globe - and are now looking for graduates who want to work directly with these exciting and innovative clients.

What we offer:

• High earning potential: £25,000 basic with many new joiners earning an OTE of up to £50,000 in their first year and over £80,000 in your second year.
• The perks: A fun and extremely buzzy office with perks such as dress down Fridays, Christmas and Summer parties, beers in the office every Friday with an early finish (4pm Summer Fridays!), loads of social events, five a side football club, charity events like Tough Mudder, quarterly drinks and more.
• Benefits: such as flexi-time, hybrid working, private health insurance, corporate gym membership, office meditation sessions, health & wellness programme, duvet days, time off on your birthday and a generous vacation allowance.
• Incentives: such as 4x yearly lunch clubs, 2x yearly holiday incentives (previous destinations include Croatia, Ibiza, South of France & Budapest), fantasy league, and quarterly team incentives.
• Career progression: based on meritocracy. We believe in promoting on merit and not tenure. Promotion to consultant within 6 months and senior consultant often at 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.
• International office relocation: we actively encourage and help with relocation for our employees who want to work in any of our other offices (New York, Seattle, Newport Beach, Frankfurt and Zurich).

Duties of a Graduate Recruitment Consultant:

• Business Development and building business relationships
• Headhunting and identifying suitable candidates
• Negotiating and objection handling
• Qualifying candidates and building candidate networks
• Arranging and preparing candidates for interviews
• Lead & referral generating
• Becoming the expert in your market

What skills do you need?

• Experience within a sales, retail sales, sports, customer facing or hospitality environment is desirable
• Ability to listen, learn and apply new ideas quickly
• Previous sales experience would be highly advantageous
• Ability to achieve set targets and working to deadlines
• Entrepreneurial, ambitious and enjoy a fast-paced, but challenging atmosphere

If you are looking for a career with fast progression based on meritocracy, a fun, social culture and the opportunity to work in a busy and exciting market - apply to this posting or reach out at