Trainee Recruitment Consultant - #1788076

Launch Your Sales Career in Recruitment with Tradewind - Manchester

Are you ambitious, target-driven, and ready to kick-start a high-performing career in sales? Tradewind Recruitment is looking for motivated individuals to join our specialist training programme - the Impact Academy - in our thriving Manchester office.

If you're commercially minded and want to build a long-term career in business development, this is your opportunity to join one of the UK's most successful education recruitment agencies and a five-time Sunday Times Top 100 Company to Work For.

Why Join Tradewind Recruitment? We reward performance, invest in our people, and offer a clear progression path from day one. Here's what you can expect:

• Starting salary of £28,000 - £30,000, with realistic first-year earnings of £35,000 - £42,000

• Immediate access to commission - earn from your first placement

• 35 days annual leave, plus reduced working hours during school holidays

• All-expenses-paid international trips and team incentives

• A fun, fast-paced office with strong team culture and support

• Ongoing investment in training and clear routes to promotion

What You'll Be Doing This is a commercial sales role focused on business development and account growth. You'll be:

• Building relationships with schools across Greater Manchester

• Generating new business through outreach, networking and client meetings

• Managing the end-to-end recruitment process - from sourcing candidates to placing them

• Achieving and exceeding KPIs and sales targets with full support from your team

• Learning from experienced, high-performing consultants who started where you are

Your Training - The Impact Academy Our award-winning training programme will equip you with the knowledge and tools to succeed in a sales-driven recruitment role. You'll be coached in:

• Business development strategy and prospecting

• Negotiation and margin management

• Managing pipelines, compliance and CRM systems

• Candidate sourcing and professional communication

• Time management, safeguarding and objection handling

After successfully completing the Academy, you'll progress to your own sales desk with ongoing mentoring and advanced training - no sink-or-swim culture here.

Who We're Looking For Whether you have prior sales experience or are just confident and people-focused, we're looking for individuals who are:

• Charismatic, outgoing and excellent at building relationships

• Driven to succeed in a competitive, fast-paced environment

• Resilient, goal-oriented and motivated by earning potential

• Strong communicators with a proactive, positive mindset

• Open to learning, developing and growing quickly in a sales career

Apply Now We're actively recruiting for our Manchester team and want to hear from individuals with energy, ambition and a can-do attitude.

To apply, send your CV to (url removed) for immediate consideration.

Build a career in sales and recruitment with one of the most recognised names in the industry - and be part of a team that celebrates success at every step.