Apprentice Recruitment Consultant
W Talent
About the Role
<p>Kickstart your career in recruitment with W Talent in Sheffield! Learn full 360 recruitment- winning clients, sourcing top talent, and building your own desk. Perfect for ambitious, driven individuals ready for high-energy, team-focused environments. Mentorship, rapid progression, and huge earning potential await!</p>
Core Responsibilities:
- Full 360 Recruitment - Own the process end-to-end: winning new business, sourcing top talent, and delivering outstanding client and candidate experiences
- Grow Your Practice - Build and scale a portfolio within one of our core disciplines
- Talent Mapping - Proactively develop pipelines of skilled professionals across the UK and internationally
- Trusted Advisor - Provide clients with insight, benchmarking, and strategic hiring advice
- Shape the Team - Play a pivotal role in scaling W Talent, with clear progression opportunities as the business grows
Why Now?
- We’re experiencing hyper-growth across our offices in Birmingham and Sheffield
- You’ll work directly with leadership and benefit from a transparent progression route
What’s In It for You:
- High earning potential with an industry-leading commission structure
- Clear, rapid progression to Director and beyond
- Ongoing training and mentorship from experienced leaders
- Regular incentives, rewards, and performance trips
If you thrive in an ambitious, high-performance environment with real autonomy and real upside, we want to hear from you.
Key Skills
- Business Development – Confident in winning new clients and building long-term partnerships with leading brands.
- Candidate Sourcing & Assessment – Skilled at finding and engaging exceptional talent using advanced search techniques.
- Relationship Builder – A natural communicator who earns trust and builds strong networks across clients and candidates.
- Market Curiosity – Genuine interest in your specialist market and enthusiasm for emerging trends shaping the industry.
- Resilience & Ambition – Thrives in a high-performance, high-growth environment where success is rewarded and opportunity is huge.
- Passion to succeed with others – naturally competitive and driven to be high performing, who finds energy from working in a team centric environment.
- 0 - 12 months - Apprentice Recruitment Consultant
- 1 - 2 years - Step into Recruitment Consultant roles
- Beyond - Senior recruitment opportunities
About the Training
- Full training will be given, leading to a recognised Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship Standard qualification
- Learning and developing the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to become a competent Recruiter through a Level 3 apprenticeship
- This will take place entirely in the workplace, with no need for day release
- You will be assigned a dedicated Trainer from Davidson Training UK Ltd, who run the Apprenticeship programme
- They will conduct one-on-one tutoring sessions and create a customised training plan based on your areas of strength and growth
About the Employer
W Talent is a recruitment business built differently.
We combine the speed, ambition, and autonomy of a startup with the backing of W-Group, the world’s fastest-growing staffing firm.
For consultants, it means the best of both worlds:
- Freedom to build your own desk and shape your career
- The pace and influence of a fast-growing startup
- The stability and resources of a billion-euro organisation
Skills Required
- Confident
- Relationship Building
- Engaging
- A Natural communicator
- Network building
- Goal orientated
- Thrives in a high-performance
- Naturally competitive
Training Provider
DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED
Course/Training
Recruiter (level 3)