Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Looking for a career in Recruitment? We are promoting our Trainee Development Programme for aspiring Recruitment Consultants!

FIRST RECRUITMENT GROUP:

First Recruitment Group is made up of four well-established business streams: First Technical, Talascend, Primis, and Operam.

We are offering an investment in you: one-to-one training with people who have been in the industry for many years and can show you what good looks like alongside a fully comprehensive Trainee Development Programme.

The role of a Recruitment Consultant:

• Implement and manage comprehensive end-to-end recruitment strategies and processes, including candidate sourcing plans, assessment methodologies, and stakeholder engagement strategies to deliver consistent results for clients, candidates and FRG.
• Utilise a variety of sourcing techniques, such as direct sourcing, networking, and database searches, to identify and attract top-quality candidates.
• Conduct thorough candidate screening and assessments, evaluating skills, qualifications, and cultural fit for project-specific roles.
• Identify and pursue new client opportunities and expand existing accounts to build a strong pipeline of recruitment projects to support further business and team growth.
• Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and emerging recruitment practices, to provide valuable insights to improve project delivery and client satisfaction.
• Collaborate with the Client Development Team to win and deliver business with both new and existing clients.

Essential Behaviours:

• Results-oriented mind-set, along with the tenacity to exceed targets with an ability and appetite to learn every day.
• Demonstrating the values of Collaborative, Passionate, Open, Honest and Reliable, and Adaptable in everything you do.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience within a Customer Service or Sales environment.

What you put in, is what you get out: Salary benefits

• Starting salary of £23.5k, however this is negotiable dependent on experience plus a lucrative, realistic, and achievable commission scheme.
• UNCAPPED commission, based on your individual billings, which can typically provide the opportunity to earn around £3k per quarter after your first 12 months with us. Career progression offered by our Career Pathways Programme to experienced Recruitment Consultant levels can typically provide £5k + per quarter.
• A bonus scheme paid twice yearly for demonstrating company core values and hitting a company performance target, earning up to 5% of your salary annually.  

Who are we?

FRG are based in Birchwood, Warrington and you be wondering what makes First Recruitment Group different from other recruitment agencies:

• The answer is, first and foremost, our values. We are not your typical recruitment company; we care for our employees and offer long-term, established careers with your choice of a career path to ensure you have a healthy work-life balance.

Our values:

• Being Passionate, Open, Honest, Reliable, and Collaborative. We would not be the successful business we are without them!

Additional benefits of joining:

• Flexible, agile working with a brilliant work-life balance.
• A fully competent L&D programme with dedicated trainers after successfully completing the Trainee Development Programme, we have a “Learning” culture.   
• 24/7 Access to our onsite gym to keep your mind healthy as well as your physical health.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• EAP designed to support you in your early years of your career.
• Quarterly Presentations and Social Events.
• Electric Car Scheme options after two years’ service.

What are the next steps?

1. Submit your answers to our application form.
2. Click APPLY!
3. Wait to hear back from our People and Culture Team after 48 hours to discuss next steps.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.