Graduate Executive Search Consultant
Milton Keynes – Candidates must be within a commutable distance
£30,000 Base Salary
4.5-Day Working Week – Paid for 5 Days
4 Days in Office + Half-Day Fridays
🚗 On-Site Parking
Full Training & Development Provided
The Opportunity
Summit Rec2Rec is partnered with an established Executive Search and Talent Consultancy that is entering an exciting new phase of growth and, for the first time, is investing in building a graduate talent pipeline.
This is not a typical recruitment agency. The business operates at the executive level, partnering with clients on senior and board-level mandates and positioning itself as a strategic talent advisor and consultancy, rather than a transactional recruitment provider. Alongside executive search, the firm provides clients with sophisticated talent intelligence, including:
Talent Market Mapping
Talent Benchmarking
Competitive Talent Analysis
Market & Sector Intelligence
Executive Search & Identification
The role therefore offers graduates the opportunity to develop a genuine understanding of how organisations think about senior talent, leadership structures and the wider competitive talent landscape.
The Role
As a Graduate Executive Search Consultant, you will work closely with senior members of the business to support executive search mandates and talent consultancy projects. You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the market you operate within, identify and assess senior-level talent, and contribute to the research and intelligence that underpins client decisions.
Your responsibilities will include:
Conducting detailed market and talent research
Mapping senior-level talent across specific sectors and organisations
Identifying and approaching senior candidates for executive search mandates
Building and maintaining relationships with senior professionals
Producing talent maps, benchmarking reports and competitor analysis
Supporting senior consultants throughout executive search assignments
Developing an in-depth understanding of clients, sectors and leadership markets
Managing candidate processes and maintaining strong communication throughout
Becoming a trusted source of market intelligence for both clients and candidates
Who This Role Suits
This opportunity is particularly well suited to graduates who are strategic, methodical and intellectually curious.
We’re looking for someone who is:
Educated to degree level
🧠 Strategic and analytical in their approach
Naturally curious and research-oriented
Methodical, organised and detail-focused
️ Articulate and confident in communication
🤝 Comfortable building relationships with senior stakeholders
Commercially minded and interested in how businesses operate
Ambitious to build a long-term career in executive search
Professional, mature and comfortable operating in a high-performance environment
You should be someone who enjoys understanding the detail behind a problem rather than simply finding the quickest answer. You will receive structured development directly from the Managing Director, giving you first-hand exposure to how senior executive search mandates are won, managed and delivered.
Rather than being placed into a large graduate training programme and left to work things out independently, you will have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced leadership within the business.
You will develop skills across:
Market intelligence & research
Executive candidate identification
️ Talent mapping
Benchmarking & competitor analysis
️ Senior stakeholder communication
🤝 Relationship management
Executive Search methodology
Client advisory & consultancy
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