Tradewind Recruitment | Manchester
Want a career where your effort directly impacts your earnings?
Are you ambitious, competitive, resilient and hungry for success?
Tradewind Recruitment is growing our Manchester team and we're looking for driven individuals to join our Impact Academy.
This isn't a slow corporate career where you wait years for your next promotion. We invest heavily in our people, providing elite training, daily coaching and structured development to help you become one of the best recruitment consultants you can be.
Starting salary: £30,000 + uncapped commission from day one.
No recruitment experience required. Your attitude, work ethic and ambition matter more than your CV.
What You'll Get
£30,000 starting salary
£35,000-£40,000 realistic Year 1 earnings
Uncapped commission from day one - no thresholds
35 days annual leave
Shorter working days during school holidays
Global incentive trips - all expenses paid
Daily free breakfast
Friday socials and team events
Wellbeing support
Rapid internal progression
Extensive training and development
Daily coaching from experienced consultants
Progression based on performance, not time served
Who Are We Looking For?
We're looking for people who are hungry to succeed.
You could come from:
Hospitality - restaurants, bars, hotels and customer-facing roles
Sales - car sales, phone sales, estate agency, retail or B2B
Teaching - ex-teachers looking for a new challenge and greater earning potential
Graduate backgrounds - particularly graduates who worked alongside studying and have demonstrated a strong work ethic
Sport - competitive athletes or people who thrive in high-performance environments
Customer service or other fast-paced, target-driven backgrounds
You don't need recruitment experience.
We want people with the mindset to succeed.
Are You the Right Person?
Recruitment is fast-paced, competitive and target-driven.
You need to be:
Super resilient - you can handle rejection and bounce back
Money hungry - you want your earnings to reflect your performance
Driven - you take responsibility for your own success
Competitive - you want to win and be the best
Ambitious - you want progression and responsibility
Determined - setbacks make you work harder
Confident and personable - you enjoy building relationships
Coachability-focused - you want to learn, improve and develop
Success driven - you genuinely want to make something of yourself
If you're looking for an easy job where you can coast, this isn't it.
If you want to make money, progress quickly and build a successful career, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do
As a Recruitment Consultant, you'll connect talented education professionals with schools across the UK.
Your role will include:
Interviewing and qualifying candidates
Building strong candidate relationships
Developing relationships with schools and clients
Matching candidates to opportunities
Managing your own pipeline
Working towards weekly KPIs
Business development and sales
Negotiating and closing deals
Growing client accounts
Learning advanced communication, sales and influencing skills
You won't be left to figure it out yourself.
We invest heavily in your development.
You'll receive structured training, daily coaching and ongoing support from experienced recruitment professionals. Our goal is to give you everything you need to become the best recruiter you can be.
Career Progression
Our Impact Academy gives you the foundations to build a long-term recruitment career.
You'll develop skills in:
Recruitment
Sales
Business development
Negotiation
Margin management
Client relationship management
Account growth
Communication and influencing
Leadership and management
As you prove yourself, you'll have the opportunity to progress into more senior positions.
We promote on performance, not time served.
Why Tradewind?
Tradewind Recruitment is one of the UK's leading education recruitment agencies and is part of a wider global recruitment group.
We believe ambitious people should be given the opportunity to succeed.
We provide the training, coaching and development. You bring the resilience, ambition, work ethic and hunger to win.
Apply Now
We're actively recruiting for our Manchester office and interviewing immediately.
If you're money motivated, competitive, resilient, ambitious and determined to become successful, we want to hear from you.
No recruitment experience required. Attitude beats CV
Salary description
£30000.00 - £30000.00 per year