Graduate Executive Search Recruitment Consultant

Executive Search Recruitment Consultant 2025 Graduate Career

Salary: starting base salary £28,000 (1st year OTE £50k+) & un-capped commission up to 60% + company benefits

Location: Leeds, City Centre

Start dates: Immediate through to September 2025

No previous experience is required, we hire on personality and potential as well as all types of degrees!

Our ideal candidate is...

• Financially motivated and ambitious
• Sociable, confident and outgoing
• Self- driven and resilient
• Looking to begin their rewarding career in the recruitment industry.

Sound like you could be a good fit? Take a look at what this role has to offer you!

Executive Search Consultant Role:

This position is a client facing sales and business development role in the global corporate business world!

• You will have targets and KPIs to measure your performance; rewarded with commission, incentives and career progression.
• Specialise globally within one of our niche industries (E.g. Industrial, Ingredients, Medical...)
• Building client and candidate relationships from scratch as soon as you start the role by utilising platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter and our in-house CRM system.
• Managing high- level executive job openings within clients’ companies/ organisations internationally and headhunting for top industry talent that align with client needs.
• 360 role with responsibility for the entire end-to-end recruitment process, we like to describe it as 'like your own business within our business'.

Why choose Mackenzie Stuart for your Executive Search career?

Professional development:

Our business model fosters growth and development for success and longevity in your Executive Search Career.

• Tailored 12+ week training period consisting of dedicated training sessions with our company head of talent and training, providing you with the tools to succeed in the role, as well as further training sessions led by our experienced and knowledgeable senior consultants to continually progress your learning.
• We never hire anyone outside of the business above you to give you the best chance to succeed and progress quickly in your career (average 12-18 months to management) as well as further growth opportunity to become a Director of your own Executive Search company! (we have set up 20 since 2012)

Personal lifestyle goals:

For fulfilment in a career we believe that your hard work should be rewarded.

• An uncapped commission structure of up to 60% which is among the best in the industry; average first year OTE is £50k+ and we have had top performers earn £200k+ in their first year!
• Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly incentives including, luxury retail vouchers (Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, John Lewis), free holidays abroad (Ibiza, Skiing & City breaks) and monthly meals out!
• A fun, high energy but professional office environment where you are surrounded by like-minded individuals.

About Mackenzie Stuart Group:

Mackenzie Stuart is a market leading Executive Search firm established in 2005 with offices across Leeds, London and Harrogate. We are an ambitious, competitive, and a highly motivated organisation which prides ourselves on offering unparalleled executive search services.

The Mackenzie Stuart Group consists of the parent company Mackenzie Stuart and subsidiary companies including Indenovo Global, TH Daniels, George Thomas, JB Andrews, Irving Knight Group, Atrio Search, Potentia Search, Novaris Search and Sectr Partners.

For more information on our business and the Recruitment Consultant role at one of our companies, please visit https://graduates.mackenziestuart.com/

All applicants must have the full right to work in the UK, without sponsorship. Due to the large number of applications if you have not heard anything within 14 days then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.