Recruitment Consultant

If you’re looking to kickstart your recruitment career, few organisations will offer you more training, support, and technology needed to be successful than Pertemps. Join the team at Pertemps Southampton as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant.

With an industry recognised 16-week training programme, mentorship from our senior managers and genuine progression opportunities, there’s never been a better time to join Pertemps Southampton!

We’re a collaborative, ambitious, award-winning company that has multiple accolades including Top 10 places to work and the Investors in People Gold award. If that wasn’t enough, we also invest heavily into our people’s professional growth and development with opportunities to become a qualified recruitment professional (CertRP).

About You

• You will have a full UK Driving Licence
• You have a results driven mindset
• You will have great communication skills
• You have drive and ambition to accelerate your career
• You want an employer who is as dedicated to you as you are to them
• You want to work in a fast-paced environment with an excellent people culture
• You will have the ability to build and maintain strong business relationships

Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and mindset:

• You will be responsible for preparing drivers for their next shift or interview with clients.
• Confident telephone manner with the ability to speak with both new and existing contacts.
• Responsible for sales, business development and overall excellent customer service to our clients and candidates.
• Prior recruitment experience is NOT essential, attitude matters most and we can teach the skills needed to be a successful recruitment consultant.
• Conduct thorough research on clients, engaging in proactive outreach, developing extensive knowledge of the local market, and taking on key activities to help effectively bring on new business.
• Establish who key decision-makers are and identify whether the companies have propensity to use our services, dig a little deeper to find out if clients are hiring now, and within what timeframe.

What’s in it for you

• Base salary of £25,000 with a great commission structure.
• 32 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing by one day each year.
• 16-week training program teaching basic to advanced recruitment techniques.
• Rewards and prizes on both a weekly and monthly basis.
• Friendly and supportive team environment.
• Unparalleled progression opportunities.

If you want to start your recruitment career with the UK’s largest independent recruitment agency, then apply today to learn more about this opportunity.

If your application is successful, we will call you Monday to Friday between 9am-5:30pm so do look out for our call.


Pertemps is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion.

We seek individuals from the widest talent pools and are committed to recruitment processes that are fair for all, regardless of background and personal characteristics.

If you feel you meet most, but perhaps not all the requirements listed, we’d still love to hear from you.