At a Glance
- Tasks: Build relationships in the legal sector and manage the recruitment process from start to finish.
- Company: Specialist recruitment consultancy partnering with top law firms.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, uncapped commission, luxury incentives, and structured training.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with clear promotion pathways and regular team events.
- Why this job: Kickstart your career in a high-value market with significant earning potential.
- Qualifications: Graduates with ambition, sales experience, and a drive for success.
Build a Career in Legal Recruitment
Are you a driven graduate looking for a career where your ambition, competitiveness and commercial ability can translate into significant financial rewards? Our client is a specialist recruitment consultancy operating within the legal sector, partnering with leading law firms and businesses to identify and secure exceptional legal talent. They are looking for ambitious individuals who want to build a reputation within a specialist market, develop genuine expertise and progress quickly within a high-performance environment. No previous recruitment experience is required; you'll receive comprehensive training and work alongside experienced consultants from day one.
What You'll Get
- £28,000 - £30,000 basic salary
- £60,000+ realistic Year 1 OTE
- Potential to exceed £80,000+ OTE in Year 2
- Uncapped commission
- Structured graduate training and ongoing development
- Clear and achievable promotion pathway
- Regular incentives, team socials and company events
- Luxury holiday and performance incentives
- Opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading law firms
- Exposure to an international client and candidate network
- Fast-paced, high-performance working environment
The Role
As a Graduate Recruitment Consultant, you'll specialise in the legal market, developing an in-depth understanding of your sector while building relationships with both candidates and clients. Your responsibilities will include:
- Researching and identifying high-calibre legal professionals
- Headhunting candidates across your specialist legal market
- Building and maintaining relationships with solicitors, partners and senior legal professionals
- Developing relationships with leading law firms and legal businesses
- Managing the recruitment process from initial conversation through to offer
- Conducting candidate interviews and assessing suitability
- Using networking, LinkedIn, advertising and direct outreach to source talent
- Advising candidates throughout interview and offer processes
- Learning how to negotiate and successfully close deals
- Developing your own network and reputation within the legal sector
- Working towards individual revenue and performance targets
Who We're Looking For
We're interested in speaking with graduates and commercially minded individuals who are:
- 2024 graduates with some commercial, sales or customer-facing experience
- 2025 graduates with a 2:1 degree or above
- 2026 graduates on track for a 2:1 or above
- Confident, articulate and comfortable speaking with new people
- Highly ambitious and motivated by financial success
- Competitive and driven to outperform targets
- Resilient and able to deal with rejection
- Naturally curious and interested in building expertise within a specialist market
- Previous sales, cold-calling or recruitment experience is beneficial but not essential
- Competitive sports, leadership positions, university societies or other extracurricular achievements are also highly valued.
Why Legal Recruitment?
Legal recruitment gives you the opportunity to operate within a high-value, professional market, working with some of the UK's most prestigious law firms and senior legal professionals. You'll develop genuine market expertise, build a valuable network and learn the commercial skills required to become a successful recruitment consultant with your earning potential increasing alongside your performance. Start dates available throughout the year. If you're ambitious, commercially driven and want to build a career where your performance directly impacts your earnings and progression - apply today!
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