Graduate Executive Search Consultant Technology & Private Equity

Graduate Executive Search Consultant Technology & Private Equity

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
Location: Bishop Stortford
Salary: £30K + quarterly bonus
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Want to build a career in executive search where youre trusted with real responsibility from day one?
Were working with a boutique executive search firm specialising in Software, AI, Technology Services and Business & Professional Services , partnering with some of the most exciting PE-backed businesses across the UK, Europe and US .
Theyre now looking to hire 2 ambitious graduates to join their growing team.
This isnt your typical graduate recruitment role.
Youll be working on retained executive searches , helping PE-backed businesses identify their future CFOs, COOs, CROs and other C-suite leaders . With average search fees of £75k£100k , youll be operating in a high-value, commercially focused environment from the start.
What will you be doing?
From your first year, youll get exposure to the full executive search process , including:
Researching and mapping entire markets
Identifying and approaching senior-level candidates
Building relationships with C-suite executives
Managing candidates throughout the search process
Supporting client relationships and search strategy
Producing detailed market intelligence and research
Contributing to pitches and business development
Learning how to build and run a search from start to finish
The aim isn't for you to spend years purely behind the scenes doing research.
Youll be developed into a client-facing, commercially minded executive search consultant , with increasing responsibility as you progress.
Where could this take you?
The business is growing quickly and wants its graduate hires to become future leaders of the firm .
Youll have a clear progression path, with the expectation that youll begin developing your own business development activity from around year three.
For the right person, there is genuinely the opportunity to help build the business, take ownership of areas of the firm and eventually lead teams or practices .
There is also an international growth strategy, including plans to build out the US operation, creating potential opportunities to work internationally or relocate to the US in the future.
What are they looking for?
You don't need previous recruitment or executive search experience.
We're looking for graduates who are:
Bright, ambitious and commercially driven
Confident communicators who enjoy speaking to people
Naturally curious and enjoy becoming an expert in a particular sector
Competitive and motivated to succeed
Comfortable dealing with senior professionals
Analytical and able to think commercially
Hungry to progress and take on responsibility
Able to demonstrate achievement through academics, sport, sales, work experience or another competitive environment
You don't need a particular degree or academic background. What matters most is intelligence, attitude, ambition and the desire to build something .
Why this opportunity? xwzovoh
Work directly with PE-backed technology businesses
Average search fees of £75k£100k
Exposure to CEOs, CFOs, CROs and other senior executives
Work on genuine retained executive search , rather than high-volume recruitment
Become client-facing from an early stage
Strong training and development
Quarterly bonus structure
Clear progression into leadership
International exposure and potential US opportunities
Small, ambitious team where your contribution genuinely matters
Opportunity to help build a growing business rather than simply slot into an established structure
This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be challenged, developed and given responsibility , not someone looking for a standard 95 graduate job.
If you're ambitious, commercially minded and want to build a career in executive search, technology recruitment and private equity , we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or reach out to Beth Cole at RULE Recruitment to find out more!