Recruiter Apprentice
EQ Group is a specialist recruitment business based in Manchester. They are looking for an ambitious individual who wants to build a career in business, technology and recruitment. Live projects from week one. Coached by founders. A guaranteed pathway to Consultant across the group.
Role
- Complete the six month EQ Academy curriculum: smart tooling and automation, LinkedIn and personal brand, market intelligence, sales and BD, recruitment craft, CRM and technology.
- Run live projects from week one, supporting growing brands across the US and UK.
- Own daily activity targets: outreach, market mapping, candidate calls, client research.
- Sit inside a brand pod, coached by a Senior or Principal consultant and a group founder.
- Build a personal brand on LinkedIn under group guidance.
- Present monthly progress reviews to the founder team.
Training
Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship Standard, which includes:
- Recruiter NVQ Level 3
- Recruitment Resourcing Principles NVQ Level 2
- 14-month in workplace training
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- Functional Skills if needed
Promotion pathway available on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Training Provider
- RM TRAINING (UK) LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm (built in time for apprentice work). 4 days on-site with Thursdays work from home.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 3 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Friday, 21st August 2026
- Start Date
- Monday, 24th August 2026
Desired Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Ambitious
- High Energy
- Comfortable working from home
- You want a career not a job
- Interested in AI
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
About the Employer
EQ GROUP LIMITED
EQ Group is an investor in high-end niche recruitment start-ups built by operators for ambitious founders across the US and UK. We back the people running the desks, invest in the intelligence behind them, and hold every brand to the same standard. What follows is what we agree to before we agree to anything else.