Recruitment Consultant - Sales

Summit Rec2Rec • United Kingdom • Human Resources
Full-time Mid

Description

Recruitment Consultant – Sales & Client-Facing Professionals

If you’re already working in sales, customer success, account management or a client-facing commercial role and enjoy building relationships, managing stakeholders and working towards targets — recruitment could be a natural next step.

Summit Rec2Rec partners with high-performing recruitment and executive search firms who are actively hiring professionals from commercial backgrounds and training them into successful recruitment consultants.

Recruitment is demanding, competitive and sales-led — but for the right people, it offers clear progression, autonomy and significant earning potential.

Why Recruitment Works for Sales & Client-Facing Professionals

Many of the core skills you already use are directly transferable:
• Managing client relationships
• Understanding needs and qualifying opportunities
• Objection handling and negotiation
• Working to targets and KPIs
• Delivering high-quality service while driving revenue

Recruitment simply combines these skills into a commission-driven, performance-based career.

What You’ll Be Doing
• Managing and growing client relationships
• Sourcing, engaging and advising candidates
• Running interview processes and offer negotiations
• Balancing delivery, service and revenue generation
• Working towards clear commercial targets

You’ll receive structured training, but responsibility and accountability come early.

Who We’re Looking For

This role is best suited to individuals currently working in:
• Sales or business development
• Customer success or account management
• Client-facing commercial or consultative roles

You don’t need recruitment experience — but you must:
• Be commercially minded
• Enjoy targets and performance metrics
• Be resilient and motivated by results
• Want a long-term career, not a short-term move

What’s On Offer
• Competitive base salary (£28–35k depending on experience)
• Uncapped commission
• Structured training and mentoring
• Clear progression to Consultant and Senior Consultant
• Opportunities across legal, finance, tech and professional services

Important to Know

Recruitment is not an “easy switch.” It’s fast-paced, competitive and performance-driven — but for those who succeed, the rewards are substantial. If you’re already thriving in a client-facing commercial role and want to accelerate your career, recruitment could be the right move.

📩 Interested?

Apply directly or contact Summit Rec2Rec for a confidential conversation.