Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant – Cardiff

Location:

Region: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom

Role:

  • Industry: Recruitment
  • Job Type: Consultant
Working Arrangement: On-Site
Salary: £24,000

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 15/01/2026
Job Reference: 2811202507

Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant – Cardiff

Looking for a career that offers clear progression, high earning potential, and the chance to work in a fast-paced environment?

At g2 Recruitment, part of the G2V Recruitment Group, we specialise in connecting top talent with leading organisations across the European IT, Tech & Engineering sectors. Our Cardiff office is expanding, and we’re hiring graduates to join a growing team.

Whether you're ready to start immediately (start dates available in both December & January) or planning ahead for 2026, we offer a launchpad for long-term success. Our organic growth structure means every consultant starts at entry level and progresses based on performance, not tenure. Many of our managers and top billers began exactly where you could be starting!

Why Start Your Career with Us:

  • Competitive starting salary: £24,000
  • Uncapped commission structure with realistic earnings: Year 1: £35K–£45K, Year 2: £50K–£70K, Year 3: £100K+
  • Comprehensive training: onboarding programme, deskside coaching, 1-to-1 mentoring, and classroom sessions
  • Clear career progression: promotions based solely on merit, from trainee to team leader and beyond
  • Weekly & monthly business reviews for continuous development
  • Culture beyond earning: regular team socials, incentives such as lunch clubs & European holidays & genuine friendships created between consultants

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for both clients and candidates: from taking job briefings to delivering interview feedback
  • Use a variety of business development techniques to identify and approach new clients with tailored recruitment solutions
  • Source, qualify, and present candidates to clients across the EU
  • Build long-term relationships with clients and candidates in your specialist market
  • Share insights with colleagues and contribute to overall team success
  • Work in established engineering sectors while also spotting new opportunities to grow your desk

Who We’re Looking For:

  • No experience required – full training provided
  • Graduates with strong commercial awareness and a business-focused mindset
  • Excellent communicators who thrive in competitive, goal-driven environments
  • Ambitious, resilient, and eager to learn
  • Confident working in a sales-oriented role with clear performance targets
  • Based in or relocating to Cardiff

Ready to Apply?

We’re hiring now with immediate start dates through to Summer 2026. Apply today and start your graduate career with g2 Recruitment!

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

Candidates

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