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Recruitment Consultant Role
Department: UK Sales
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Wimbledon
Compensation: £26,000 / year
Description
Location: Wimbledon, Southwest London
Salary: £26,000 base + uncapped commission
If you’re ambitious, competitive, and want a career that rewards hard work and results, recruitment could be your next move, and there’s no better place to learn it than at Harnham.
If you’re ambitious, competitive, and want a career that rewards hard work and results, recruitment could be your next move, and there’s no better place to learn it than at Harnham.
We’re a global leader in Data & AI recruitment, helping some of the most innovative companies in the world hire the people shaping the future. Whether you’re a graduate or making a career change, our Academy Training Program provides the structure and support to help you succeed from day one.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Recruitment Consultant at Harnham, you’ll:
- Learn how to build relationships with both clients and candidates.
- Source and interview talented professionals in the data industry.
- Manage recruitment processes from start to finish.
- Develop business development skills to win new clients and grow your desk.
- Earn commission on every deal you make, with no threshold.
Your Training and Development
You’ll begin your journey through the Harnham Academy, a structured training program combining classroom learning and on-the-job experience. Starting in a candidate-focused role, you’ll build your market knowledge and develop the skills needed to progress into 360 recruitment, managing both clients and candidates.
Our program includes ongoing coaching, regular reviews, and access to senior mentors to help you grow your career quickly and confidently.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re not looking for experience, we’re looking for potential. You’ll thrive at Harnham if you:
- Are confident, motivated, and resilient.
- Have strong communication and people skills.
- Enjoy competition and want to be rewarded for performance.
- Are curious about how data and technology are transforming industries.
Previous experience in customer-facing or sales roles is helpful, but not required.
Why Harnham
- Market Expertise: Be part of the world’s leading Data & AI recruitment business.
- Structured Growth: Clear promotion targets and career milestones.
- Earning Potential: Uncapped commission and high first-year OTE.
- Culture & Rewards: Incentive trips, team socials, wellbeing benefits, and early Friday finishes.
- Global Opportunities: Offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Amsterdam.
Join an industry that’s growing fast, and a company that will help you grow with it.
Apply now to join our 2026 intake.
The Harnham Training Academy
Why the Harnham Academy is different
The Academy is a dedicated learning environment built specifically for new starters. You are a full time employee from day one, with a clear development framework, classroom training, and on-desk practice running alongside each other.
During your first months you will learn how to:
• Sell opportunities and pitch roles to candidates
• Build relationships and influence decisions
• Run interview processes end to end
• Develop commercial awareness within a fast moving market
• Progress toward managing your own client relationships
You will join one of our specialist Data and AI teams, sitting alongside experienced recruiters while also receiving structured training run by our Learning and Development team.
Training Timeline and Progression
Your development is mapped out clearly from day one:
Months 1 to 3
You build candidate management skills, learn tools, process, sourcing, screening and communication fundamentals.
Month 3 Review
You will be reviewed for progression into Business Development training or continue to deepen your delivery experience depending on readiness.
Months 4 to 6
Either begin BD Academy one day per week to learn sales and client acquisition, or continue developing in a 180 role before progressing later.
From this point, you are on the path to becoming a 360 Consultant, taking ownership for both clients and candidates and earning uncapped commission on every placement.