Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education
Posted 4 days 1 hour ago by Tradewind Recruitment
Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education (London)
£32,000 starting base salary + uncapped commission
Year 1 OTE: £35,000 - £42,000+ (top performers significantly more)
The RoleWe're growing our London education recruitment team and are looking for ambitious, commercially minded individuals who want a genuine high-earning career in sales. This is not a passive office job - it's a fast-paced, target-driven sales role where effort, resilience, and performance directly translate into commission and rapid career progression. If you're competitive, money-motivated, and thrive in high-pressure environments, this is an opportunity to build a serious career in recruitment.
Key Responsibilities- Proactively sourcing and headhunting education professionals
- Building and managing relationships with London schools
- Conducting interviews and qualifying candidates
- Negotiating and closing placements
- Working towards clear, performance-based targets
- Cold calling and business development to win new candidates and clients
- Pitching candidates to schools and securing bookings
- Managing a pipeline of opportunities
- Closing deals and generating revenue from day one
No recruitment experience required - we hire for drive, attitude, and sales ability.
You'll receive structured training covering:
- Sales and business development fundamentals
- Negotiation and objection handling techniques
- Candidate sourcing and headhunting strategies
- Client relationship management
- Performance mindset and resilience under pressure
- £32,000 basic salary
- Uncapped commission structure
- Fast-track progression based on performance
- High-energy, supportive team culture
- Regular incentives and performance rewards
- Ongoing training and development
- Generous holiday allowance and wellbeing support
- Competitive and money-driven
- Confident communicators
- Resilient and comfortable with rejection
- Target-focused with a strong work ethic
- Ideally from a sales, retail, hospitality, sport, or graduate background
- Can sell, influence, and stay resilient under pressure
If you're ambitious, competitive, and serious about earning well in a sales-led career, apply today.