Graduate Scheme

Based: London - City

Start Date: October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for Graduates to work alongside our experienced and successful consultants delivering high profile recruitment services to clients within our specialist sectors; Banking & Financial Services, Hospitality, Leisure & Sport, Real Estate, Industry, Technology & Transformation & Global Technology.

About the PSD Group Graduate scheme

This is a new programme which is designed to give you an opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop a broad understanding of the recruitment industry and how it operates. You will benefit from direct access to the expertise of our consultants and leadership team, within both PSD and Hoggett Bowers, who will support your learning and development while sharing their own experiences and extensive networks.

This will include:

• Developing a comprehensive understanding of the sales cycle and recruitment process.
• Developing knowledge of how to prioritise tasks, reporting skills, how to maintain client confidentiality and how to conduct interviews.
• Gaining an understanding of the research function. This includes identifying target companies, researching relevant industries, and mapping potential candidates who align with the client's requirements.
• Utilising recruitment tools and technologies to attract, screen, and qualify candidates.
• Developing an understanding of client companies, their industry, products and services.
• The importance of giving presentations, their content and how to plan.
• Understanding the planning, execution, tracking, and analysis of marketing campaigns and activities.
• Gaining an understanding of communication and organisational skills, meeting and achieving deadlines, project management, influencing and listening skills.

What we are looking for:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of seniority.
• Proactive and structured approach, able to work at pace.
• Ambition, with a commitment to career advancement in our business.
• A collaborative team player.
• Ability to exercise absolute discretion and professionalism with confidential information.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including production of presentations, reports, charts and graphical analysis.

We offer:

• We place high importance on developing careers and have been very successful in training people to lead and direct the business. Many of our senior managers have progressed through the ranks and have benefited from our in-house coaching and training programmes.
• Recognising the achievements of our people is a vital part of our culture.
• Newly refurbished, modern offices in the City. At present the majority of the team work 3 days in the office. When working remotely, we ensure that you are equipped with the right tools to still feel connected and effective from wherever you are working from.
• We offer a working environment and culture that recognises, embraces, and values difference.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in recruitment and have a desire to work in a mature, professional, collegiate and quality-driven environment, please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter to Alison French (internalhr@psdgroup.com)

Following consideration of your CV, we may email you to complete our online application assessments.