Job Description:

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Location: Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Starting salary: OTE £32.5 – 35K year one

Build your career with Adepto

Are you ambitious, commercially minded and motivated by the opportunity to build a successful career?

Adepto Technical Recruitment is looking for a driven individual to join our specialist recruitment team. This is an opportunity to learn a professional, commercially focused role within an established business that values knowledge, integrity, specialism and long-term relationships.

We recognise that becoming a successful Recruitment Consultant takes time, the right training and the support of experienced people. That's why we provide a structured 12-month development programme, giving you the skills, knowledge and confidence to build a long-term career in recruitment.

You won't be expected to learn everything overnight. Instead, you'll work alongside experienced consultants who will support your development, challenge you to improve and help you achieve your potential.

Your development journey

First six months – Build your foundations

You'll learn the fundamentals of specialist recruitment, develop your understanding of an engineering or technical market, build relationships with candidates and learn how to identify and attract the right people for our clients' requirements.

Your focus will be on developing into a capable 180° Recruitment Consultant, specialising in candidate sourcing, engagement and delivery.

By 12 months – Develop into a 360° Consultant

As your knowledge, confidence and performance develop, you'll progress towards a client-facing role. This will include learning how to develop new business relationships, understand client requirements, manage the recruitment process and build your own client base.

Progression will be supported by a clear development plan, regular coaching and measurable objectives.

What you'll be doing

• Develop specialist knowledge: Learn your chosen technical or engineering sector, understand its talent market and build credibility with candidates.
• Build candidate relationships: Identify, engage and qualify candidates, developing a strong network of relevant professionals.
• Deliver recruitment assignments: Match candidates to opportunities, manage the recruitment process and provide a professional service throughout.
• Develop commercial skills: Learn the fundamentals of recruitment sales, negotiation, business development and account management.
• Build your own market: Work towards managing an established candidate database and, as you progress, developing your own client relationships and portfolio.
• Work to high standards: Develop commercial awareness, attention to detail and an understanding of recruitment compliance, legislation and best practice.
• Represent Adepto: Demonstrate our values through the way you work with colleagues, candidates and clients.

Who we're looking for

We are interested in people with the right attitude, ambition and potential to succeed.

You'll ideally be degree-qualified and have some sales, customer service or other client-facing experience. More importantly, you'll be able to demonstrate:

• Ambition and a genuine desire to achieve.
• Commercial awareness and motivation to earn through performance.
• Confidence communicating with different people and building relationships.
• Resilience, determination and a willingness to learn from feedback.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail and personal accountability.
• A professional, honest and consultative approach.
• The ability to work independently while contributing to a close-knit team.

Previous recruitment experience isn't essential. We can teach you the profession; we're looking for the drive, attitude and commitment to make the most of the opportunity.