Job Description
Job Description: Graduate Recruitment Consultant (2026 Intake)
Boston Massachusetts
£26,800 base salary + uncapped commission + excellent benefits
If you're ambitious, competitive and looking for a career where hard work is genuinely rewarded, recruitment could be the perfect next step.
Acceler8 Talent, part of the Understanding Recruitment Group, is a specialist technology recruitment business with offices in St Albans and Boston. We partner with some of the world's most innovative companies across AI, machine learning, quantum computing, silicon photonics and other emerging technology markets, and we're looking for ambitious individuals to join our sourcing team.
Whether you're graduating in 2026 or looking to start a career in a fast-paced, people-focused industry, you'll receive industry-leading training, ongoing mentorship and hands-on experience from day one. You'll learn how to identify and engage top talent, build strong candidate relationships and play a key role in helping pioneering technology companies grow their teams.
In the role, you'll learn how to:
Build relationships with candidates and clients
Source and engage top tech talent
Manage recruitment processes from interview through to offer stage
Develop strong communication and commercial awareness skills
Build deep knowledge of specialist tech markets
You'll join a structured training programme delivered by our in-house Learning & Development team, alongside ongoing support from experienced consultants, leadership teams, and peer mentoring. Your focus will be on candidate delivery, developing expertise in sourcing, screening and talent engagement.
We're not looking for previous recruitment experience - we're looking for potential.
You'll thrive at Acceler8 Talent if you are:
Motivated, resilient, and proactive
Confident communicating with new people
Competitive and goal-oriented
Keen to build a long-term career in recruitment
Previous experience in sales, retail, hospitality, sport, or other customer-facing roles can be beneficial, but isn't essential.
What's in it for you?
$50,000 base salary + uncapped commission
Unlimited PTO
Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Award-winning training and development
International incentive trips
Regular team socials
Clear career progression
We're also an employee-owned business, meaning our people hold a majority share in the company and benefit directly from the long-term success and growth of the business.
If you're looking for a career where you can learn quickly, progress fast, and be rewarded for your results, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now to join our 2026 graduate intake.