EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANT (Trainee) - Leeds
Join one of the UK’s fastest-growing executive search and recruitment groups.
KERV Capital is home to 10 specialist recruitment brands operating across the UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East, with offices in London, Leeds, Dubai and now Florida.
We are hiring ambitious individuals to join our Leeds and London teams as Executive Search Consultants.
This is an opportunity to build a genuine long-term career within a collaborative, high-performance environment where progression, training and earning potential are truly merit-based.
The Opportunity
You will work alongside experienced consultants and directors, learning how to manage the full executive search process from brief to offer stage.
Our structured training programme is delivered in manageable stages and includes:
* Candidate sourcing and market mapping
* Candidate interviewing and talent engagement
* Candidate marketing
* Client calls and business development
* Retained search and solution selling
* Fee negotiation and commercial conversations
* Managing recruitment processes end-to-end
Alongside our training and leadership teams, you will also have access to dedicated in-house marketing support, shared operations infrastructure and industry-leading tools designed to help consultants build their market presence and generate opportunities more effectively.
We combine strong personal branding, market insights and modern recruitment technology to help our consultants build credibility within their industries quickly.
Success in Year 1 looks like:
* Absorbing the training
* Committing to consistent high standards
* Building your own client base
* Developing a consistent pipeline of opportunities
We offer:
* Competitive base salary with uncapped commission
* First-year earnings of £50k+ regularly achieved
* Clear progression opportunities across the group
* Team socials, sporting events, race days and incentives
* “Champions League” incentive trips
* Annual summer escape and international ski trip
* A high-performance culture surrounded by ambitious people
What We’re Looking For
We care more about attitude and potential than a perfect CV.
You may be:
* A graduate looking to start a commercial career
* Working in high-end retail or hospitality
* In a sales or customer-facing environment
* Naturally confident speaking with people
* Competitive, ambitious and career-driven
* Comfortable working towards goals and targets
* Organised, resilient and proactive
* Strong with research, detail and due diligence
Previous recruitment experience is not required.
We are looking for people who want to build a genuine long-term career rather than simply work another sales job - individuals prepared to work hard, go the extra mile and grow within a rapidly expanding international group.