Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Hybrid | Bristol

£26,000–£28,000 base + bonus & benefits

Ready to build a successful career in recruitment with a global, high-growth company?

If you're someone with strong communication skills, confidence, and ambition, this is your opportunity to break into one of the most rewarding industries out there.

At BGI, we’re looking for driven individuals ready to kickstart their careers, learn from industry experts, and make a real impact from day one.

Why Start Your Career at BGI?

After a game-changing year of growth in 2025, BGI is scaling even further in 2026, and we want new talent to join us on the journey. If you’re enthusiastic, ambitious, and excited by a high performance environment, we’ll give you the tools, training, and support to thrive.

Whether you’ve studied business, law, psychology, humanities, or anything in between, if you’ve got the spark and the hunger to succeed, recruitment could be the perfect fit.

Who Is BGI?

BGI is a £140M global multi-brand recruitment group operating across the UK, Europe, Middle East, and USA. We specialise in high-growth sectors like AI, Tech, Legal and Finance Services through a collection of high-performing niche brands. With offices in Bristol, London, New York, and Dubai, and plans to reach £250M turnover by 2029, our journey is just getting started and you could be part of the team that takes us further!

What You’ll Be Doing

You'll be trained and supported as you learn how to:

• Source top talent across specialist markets (Legal, Finance, AI/Tech)
  
  
• Build relationships with candidates and clients—on the phone, on video, and in person
  
  
• Write and post compelling job adverts to attract high-quality candidates
  
  
• Use tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Bullhorn, and SourceWhale to manage your talent pipeline
  
  
• Support senior consultants on live vacancies as you develop your own desk
  
  
• Get involved in business development, helping to win new clients and grow relationships
  
  
• Contribute to events and content, from networking evenings to podcasts and panel sessions
  
  What you will get
  
  
• Base Salary £26,000- £28,000 P/A
  
  
• Leading commission - earn up to 40% of billings
  
  
• Internal training and support programme, to get you performing quickly
  
  
• Industry-Leading Tech, using Bullhorn, SourceWhale, LinkedIn Recruiter, and more
  
  
• Premium Incentives, Luxury group events, ‘Top Performer’ holidays, surprise award locations
  
  
• BGI Passport scheme – all consultants can work at any of our worldwide offices each year
  
  
• Comprehensive Medical Cash Plan with Dental, optical, health screening, chiropractor and more
  
  
• Wellbeing Access, Holistic therapies, 24-hour EAP, CBT and mental health support
  
  
• Hybrid Flexibility, 3 days in our city centre office with gym, coffeeshop and rooftop seating
  
  
• International Mobility with opportunities to relocate as we scale in the Middle East & US- just ask us about our success stories