Recruitment Consultant

Gryphon Oakwood

📍Leeds, England, UK
Posted May 22, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Recruitment Consultant

Company

Gryphon Oakwood

Location

Leeds, England, UK

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4418151089

Job Description

Location:
One Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5HN

Hours:
8.30am - 6pm, Monday to Friday

Salary:
£26,500 + uncapped commission (First year OTE £40k - £60k)

About

Gryphon Oakwood is a specialist executive search business operating exclusively in the US construction & engineering market. From our city centre Leeds office, we partner with leading businesses across the United States to identify, engage and place high-calibre senior talent.

This is an environment where someone who is competitive, disciplined, commercially driven and wants to build a serious career will thrive.

The Opportunity

You will be responsible for:

  • Identifying, headhunting and engaging senior-level talent

  • Building relationships with high-level candidates and clients

  • Developing new business opportunities and growing client relationships

  • Building a strong pipeline and personal network within your market

  • Working towards clear commercial targets and performance standards

Who We’re Looking For

We care more about attitude, character and potential than a perfect CV.

The right person will be:

  • Highly ambitious and motivated by success

  • Competitive by nature

  • Commercially minded and motivated by earning potential

  • Resilient and comfortable operating in a high-performance environment

  • Well-presented, articulate and confident when speaking with senior professionals

  • Disciplined, coachable and accountable

  • Proactive, energetic and self-motivating

  • Someone who carries themselves professionally and takes pride in how they operate

You’ll

thrive here if you hold yourself to high standards, take ownership and want to be rewarded directly for performance.

What We Offer

  • £40K - £60K+ First Year OTE (made of £26,500 basic salary + commission)

  • Uncapped commission from day one

  • 1 to 1 training from directors of the business

  • Clear progression into senior and leadership roles

  • Exposure to international markets

  • Individual & company performance incentives and rewards

  • Prestigious Leeds city-centre office

  • High-performance team culture

  • A serious opportunity to build a high-earning long-term career
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Interview Prep

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Key Skills

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How would you approach identifying and headhunting a passive senior-level executive in the US construction market who isn't actively looking for a role?
  • 2.Walk me through how you would develop a new client relationship with a US-based engineering firm that currently uses other recruitment agencies.
  • 3.How do you plan to build and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates and clients in an international market while working from our Leeds office?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you faced significant rejection or a prolonged period of failure. How did you handle it and what was the outcome?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to build rapport quickly with someone senior to you or in a position of authority. How did you establish credibility?
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you were extremely competitive and set a high personal standard for yourself. What drove you, and what was the result?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are on the phone with a senior candidate who is initially interested in a role, but suddenly becomes hesitant and raises multiple objections about the location or company culture. How do you handle the call?
  • 2.It's 3 PM on a Friday, and you haven't hit your weekly business development targets. You have the option to make a few more proactive calls to potential US clients or wrap up your admin tasks for the week. What do you do?

Resume Keywords

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HeadhuntingExecutive SearchBusiness DevelopmentCandidate EngagementPipeline ManagementTarget-DrivenResilientSenior Stakeholder ManagementUS MarketCommissionCompetitiveB2B Sales

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