Trainee Recruitment Consultant jobs in West Midlands Region

Vision Globe Recruitment is seeking a Junior Recruitment Consultant to help connect candidates with suitable opportunities and support businesses with their hiring requirements. You will learn how to manage recruitment assignments, assess candidate suitability and build productive relationships with clients.

Our work covers talent acquisition, recruitment consultancy, and permanent and contract recruitment. This position offers practical involvement throughout the hiring process, with guidance from experienced colleagues as you develop your skills.

Salary: £26,000–£28,500 basic per year, depending on relevant skills and experience
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Work location: In person, Wolverhampton
Reports to: Recruitment Manager

Your role

You will initially focus on candidate sourcing, screening and interview coordination, progressively taking greater responsibility for vacancies and client relationships.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Discussing vacancy requirements with senior consultants and clients, including essential skills, salary, working arrangements and recruitment timescales.
• Writing accurate job adverts and sourcing candidates through job boards, CV databases, LinkedIn and referrals.
• Reviewing applications and conducting telephone screening to understand candidates’ experience, motivation, availability, salary expectations and suitability.
• Preparing candidate summaries and presenting relevant applicants against agreed selection criteria.
• Arranging interviews, providing preparation guidance and collecting feedback from candidates and hiring managers.
• Keeping candidates informed throughout the process and supporting offer discussions, acceptance and joining arrangements.
• Maintaining accurate records in the recruitment database, handling personal information confidentially and following data protection procedures.
• Supporting right-to-work and reference-check processes in line with company procedures and assignment requirements.
• Researching prospective clients, making introductory business development calls and following up enquiries with support from senior colleagues.
• Working towards agreed targets for candidate engagement, suitable submissions, interviews and placements, while maintaining service quality.

What you will bring

You do not need previous recruitment experience. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Clear, professional communication and the confidence to speak with candidates and businesses by telephone.
• Strong listening skills and the ability to ask relevant questions before making recommendations.
• Organisation, attention to detail and reliable follow-through when managing several priorities.
• A practical interest in recruitment, relationship building and the commercial side of helping businesses hire.
• Resilience when dealing with unanswered calls, changing requirements or unsuccessful applications.
• Confidence using email, standard office software and online research tools.
• A willingness to learn, act on feedback and take responsibility for agreed tasks.

A degree is not required.

Training and development

You will receive training in candidate sourcing, screening, recruitment systems, client communication and business development. Regular feedback and supervised assignments will help you build the judgement needed to manage recruitment processes with increasing independence.

As your capability develops, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of vacancies and contribute more directly to client account development.

Apply

Apply through Indeed with your CV, highlighting the skills and experience you would bring to a career in recruitment.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and assess candidates against the requirements of the role. Please let us know if you need a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process.

Pay: £26,000.00-£28,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person