Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Start Date: October 2026

Location: Blackfriars, London, EC4Y 0DS

Working: Office-based with hybrid working available

Start Your Career with X4 Group

Are you driven by results? Do you want a career where your effort is rewarded, your earning potential is uncapped, and the only limit on your progression is how hard you're willing to work?

At X4 Group, we're building a team of ambitious graduates and early-career professionals who want to compete for results and build something real. Whether you're a recent graduate, finishing university or ready to make your first move into a professional career, this is your chance to step into a high-performance environment where output speaks louder than experience.

No previous recruitment experience needed. We hire for drive, attitude and results-focus — and we'll give you the training to turn that into a genuinely lucrative career.

Founded in 2008, X4 Group is an award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy with over 150 people across London, New York, Berlin and Devon. We partner with ambitious businesses across four specialist brands — Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences and Alpha — helping them secure exceptional talent.

The Role

As a Graduate / Trainee Recruitment Consultant, you'll get structured training from day one and quickly start taking on real ownership across the full recruitment process.

You'll build expertise across:

• Building and managing relationships with clients and candidates.
• Sourcing top talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals and market research.
• Interviewing candidates and getting under the skin of what drives their careers.
• Owning the recruitment process end-to-end, from brief to successful placement.
• Developing new business and building your own client portfolio.
• Negotiating salaries and offers with confidence.
• Delivering sharp market insight, salary benchmarking and competitor analysis.
• Becoming the go-to expert in your specialist market.
• Delivering a first-class experience for every client and candidate.

As you prove yourself, you'll take on more of your own clients, candidates and market — building the commercial instincts and relationship skills that define a top-performing recruiter.

Who We're Looking For

No recruitment experience required. We want people who perform under pressure, thrive on a challenge, and are driven to deliver results in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

You might be:

• A recent graduate or finishing university.
• Looking to make your first move into a professional career.
• Coming from sales, retail, hospitality, customer service, or another performance-driven environment.
• Someone who's motivated by building relationships and hitting clear targets.
• Driven by progression and serious earning potential.

We're looking for people who are:

• Ambitious and relentless in going after their goals.
• Resilient — you take a setback, learn from it, and come back stronger.
• Confident communicators who thrive working with people.
• Organised, self-motivated and hard-working.
• Naturally competitive, with a real appetite to deliver results.
• Coachable — hungry for feedback and always looking to improve.

Training & Development

Your first role sets the foundation for your whole career, and we treat it that way. You'll get an industry-leading Learning & Development programme, backed by experienced coaches, L&D professionals and your wider team.

Your development includes:

• Structured training from day one.
• Recruitment and industry-specific training.
• Sales and business development coaching.
• Candidate sourcing and LinkedIn Recruiter training.
• Interviewing and candidate assessment.
• Negotiation and objection-handling.
• Client relationship management.
• Ongoing coaching and mentoring.
• Clear targets and regular performance reviews.

Our goal: turn you from a trainee into a high-performing recruitment professional who delivers consistently at the top of the market.

Career Progression

We believe progression should be earned through performance, not clocked up through time served. Prove yourself, and you'll move up fast.

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Why X4 Group?

Alongside a clear career path and serious training, you'll get:

• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission.
• A transparent, merit-based path to the top.
• Dedicated coaching from experienced recruitment leaders.
• The chance to specialise across Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences or Alpha.
• Exposure to European and US markets.
• A high-performance culture where results are recognised and rewarded.
• Recognition and rewards for individual and team performance.
• Industry conferences and networking events.
• Modern offices in the heart of Blackfriars.

Our Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary + uncapped commission.
• Generous annual leave package.
• Christmas office shutdown.
• Hybrid working.
• Pension scheme.
• Private healthcare.
• Mental health and wellbeing support.
• Monthly Lunch Clubs.
• Two luxury incentive holidays each year.
• Industry conferences and networking events.
• X4 Sports Clubs.
• Regular company socials and team events.
• Charity days and duvet days.
• Ongoing professional development.

Working Hours

You'll have the chance to specialise in either the European or US market, with hours aligned to your team.

European Markets

• Monday – Thursday: 8:30am – 6:00pm
• Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm

US Markets

• Monday – Wednesday: 10:00am – 7:30pm
• Thursday: 10:00am – 7:00pm
• Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Ready to Deliver?

If you want a career where hard work is rewarded, results speak for themselves, and you're surrounded by people who push you to perform at your best — we want to hear from you.

No recruitment experience required. Just bring the drive.

Submit your CV, and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

Start your career with X4 Group Where We Empower People To Succeed