Junior Recruitment Consultant
Ark Recruitment ESTGraduate Recruitment Consultant | Ark Recruitment Academy
Location: Exeter
Salary: £25,000 to £27,000 + uncapped commission
Start: November 2026
Positions available: 2
Experience: No recruitment experience required
Could you be brilliant at recruitment?
We're launching the Ark Recruitment Academy Class of 2026 and we're looking for two ambitious people who want to build a career in recruitment.
As Ark continues to grow, we want to invest in developing great people from the very beginning of their recruitment careers.
We don't believe you need previous recruitment experience to become a great recruiter.
We're much more interested in your attitude, personality and what you're capable of.
Are you ambitious? Are you resilient? Can you talk to people? Are you willing to learn? Do you want to build a career where your progression and earnings are ultimately in your own hands?
If the answer is yes, we can teach you recruitment.
We'll give you the training, technology, coaching and support you need to turn that potential into a career.
Whether you're graduating from university, leaving the military, working in hospitality, sales, sport, events or retail, or you're simply looking for an opportunity to prove what you're capable of, we'd like to hear from you.
Who are Ark Recruitment?
Ark is an Exeter based recruitment business working with clients across the UK and internationally.
We recruit across Events, Sales, Marketing, Luxury Travel and other specialist markets, working with businesses throughout the UK, US, MENA, APAC and EMEA.
We're relationship first and phone first.
We believe good recruitment comes from knowing your market, speaking to people and building genuine relationships with candidates and clients.
Our values are simple.
Ambitious. Resilient. Kind.
What will you actually be doing?
You'll join a structured training programme where we'll teach you recruitment from the ground up.
You'll learn how to:
• Find and headhunt great candidates
• Interview and qualify candidates
• Use LinkedIn and recruitment technology properly
• Build relationships with candidates and clients
• Manage recruitment processes from start to finish
• Develop accounts
• Win new business
• Negotiate
• Run client meetings
• Eventually build and manage your own recruitment desk
You won't just sit in a classroom learning theory.
You'll work alongside our recruiters and leadership team, speak to real candidates and clients and gradually take on more responsibility as your confidence and ability develops.
Who are we looking for?
You don't need recruitment experience.
You don't even necessarily need a degree.
We're interested in people from different backgrounds who have the right attitude and want an opportunity to build something for themselves.
For us, the most important things come back to our three values.
Ambitious
You want to progress, earn well and build a successful career.
Resilient
Recruitment has highs and lows. You'll hear no. Things will go wrong. We want people who can learn from it, pick themselves up and go again.
Kind
You can be competitive and commercially driven while still treating people properly. That's incredibly important to us.
We're also looking for people who are confident, coachable, competitive, curious and comfortable picking up the phone and talking to people.
What do you get?
£25,000 to £27,000 starting salary
Uncapped commission
30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Hybrid working once established
Work from anywhere allowance
Structured recruitment and sales training
Access to industry-leading recruitment technology
Monthly team incentives
Performance incentives and winner trips
Clear salary and career progression
Additional benefits following probation (Private Health & Dental Care + Gym Membership)
There's also a genuine route to progress through Ark as the business grows.
Ark Recruitment Academy → Talent Consultant / Sales Development Representative → Partnership Consultant → Senior Partnership Consultant → Leadership
We want some of the people joining this Academy to become the future leaders of Ark.
Interested?
You don't need years of recruitment experience.
You don't need to know everything about the industry.
And you definitely don't need the perfect CV.
We're looking for people with potential, hunger and the right attitude.
If you're Ambitious, Resilient and Kind and you're prepared to put the work in, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply to join the first Ark Recruitment Academy Class of 2026.