Graduate Recruiter (January start)

About the Role

• Graduate Recruitment Consultant role at FIFTEEN WEST, an established recruitment scale-up.
• Location: New York, NY | Bryant Park | Office-based.
• Start Date: January.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage relationships with candidates and hiring organizations across an established specialist market.
• Develop new opportunities while benefiting from warm leads and existing commercial relationships.
• Learn permanent, contract, and specialist recruitment techniques through practical, structured training.
• Manage recruitment processes from initial conversations through interviews, offers, and successful placements.
• Build your own market presence with clear opportunities to progress into leadership or become a high-performing individual contributor.
• Build relationships with candidates and businesses across the Tech market.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $50,000–$60,000.
• Uncapped commission.
• Average first-year earnings around $90,000, with significant upside for high performers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong ambition and a genuine interest in building a long-term career in recruitment.
• Commercial curiosity and motivation to work in a performance-led environment.
• Confidence communicating with different people and building relationships naturally.
• Resilience, competitiveness, and the ability to learn constructively from feedback.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer visa sponsorship.
• Previous recruitment experience is not required.
• Structured training and practical coaching provided.

Career Progression

• Opportunity to build a long-term career in a high-performing specialist recruitment environment.
• Develop into a commercially successful recruitment professional.
• Clear routes into management or high-billing individual contributor careers.
• Direct exposure to experienced recruiters and senior leadership.