Role: Graduate Researcher Commerce & Industry Basic Salary: £28,000 £30,000 ( performance-linked OTE) Location: Central London (Hybrid) Start Date: September 2025 Yearly OTE: Six-figure potential within 4 years Looking to launch your career in executive search? Join a market-leading financial recruitment firm working alongside consultants with 30 years experience in the industry. Youll gain unparalleled exposure to senior leaders, global assignments, and a structured development pathway all within a collaborative, high-performance culture. As a Graduate Researcher, youll partner with experienced consultants to deliver high-quality candidate and client work, learn the intricacies of retained and contingent search, and develop deep market knowledge across accountancy, finance, corporate finance, and strategy. What Youll Be Doing: Researching and mapping high-calibre candidates for senior-level assignments Supporting the delivery of retained and contingent searches Attending client meetings, pitches, and short-list presentations Tracking corporate activity, market trends, and leadership moves Managing candidate processes from first contact to placement What Were Looking For: Recent graduate from a top UK university (Oxbridge/Russell Group preferred) Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills Proactive, resilient, and eager to learn from industry leaders Able to thrive in a professional, fast-paced environment Whats on Offer: £28,000£30,000 base salary bonus structure Realistic six-figure earnings within 4 years Clear progression from Researcher to Consultant 4 days in office, 1 day WFH Inclusive, team-focused culture with no competitive ownership politics Training and mentorship from consultants with global networks and decades of expertise ?? If youre ambitious, commercially minded, and ready to build a high-impact career in executive search wed love to hear from you. Not for you but know someone who may be interested? Put us in contact and if we place them, you will receive a referral fee between £300 - £1,000! 27 Talentspecialise in placing graduates, trainees, salespeople, second jobbers and recruiters into the worlds leading recruitment consultancy and executive search agencies. The positions we recruit for include Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Graduate Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Graduate Scheme, Recruitment Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Managing Consultant, Principal Consultant, Director and Technology Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Finance Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Oil Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Gas Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Energy Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, IT Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Consultant Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Engineering Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, SAP Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, HR Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Legal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Paralegal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Investment Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Hedge Fund Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Digital Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Media Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Marketing Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Public Sector Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, International Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Pharmaceutical Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Bioscience Recruitment, Procurement Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Supply Chain Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Board Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Banking Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Change Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant. We recruit into specialist sectors including Recruitment, Banking Recruitment, Transformation Recruitment, Construction and Engineering Recruitment, Digital Recruitment, Executive Search and Selection, Human Resources Recruitment, Legal Recruitment, Life Science Recruitment, Public Recruitment, Supply Chain Recruitment, Sales Recruitment, Sports Recruitment and Technology Recruitment graduatejobs executivesearch researcherrole careeropportunity financialrecruitment rec2rec