Apprentice Recruiter

TEMPTING RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

CROYDON, Dartford

Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026

Posted on 20 February 2026

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Summary

As a Resourcer, you will focus on candidate attraction, and supporting our consultants in delivering excellent service to clients. You will work closely with consultants to identify and register suitable candidates, ensuring compliance and a high-quality recruitment process.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course
Recruiter (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm (1 hour for lunch).

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 April 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

The role is phone-based, so confidence and professionalism are essential.

  • Deliver excellent service to candidates at all times.
  • Source candidates using job boards, social media, headhunting, referrals, and our internal database.
  • Write and post engaging job adverts online.
  • Pre-screen and interview candidates to qualify their suitability for work.
  • Arrange and conduct candidate registrations, ensuring all compliance requirements are met.
  • Prepare and format CVs to company standard.
  • Manage candidate communication — keeping them informed about applications, interviews, and job offers.
  • Carry out referencing checks and ensure right-to-work documentation is valid.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on ATS/CRM, ensuring GDPR compliance.
  • Work collaboratively with consultants to ensure timely candidate submissions to clients.
  • Contribute to achieving team KPIs such as candidate registrations, CV submissions, and arranging interviews.
  • Support consultants with ad-hoc administrative tasks as required.
  • Previous experience in a customer service, sales, or administration role is desirable but not essential.
  • Confident and comfortable speaking on the phone, with the ability to build rapport quickly.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills.
  • A positive and proactive attitude with a willingness to learn.
  • Ability to work well as part of a team.
  • IT proficiency (MS Office, CRM/ATS systems preferred).

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • THE LANSDOWNE BUILDING, 2 LANSDOWNE ROAD, CROYDON, CR9 2ER
  • Admirals Park, Victory Way, Dartford, DA2 6QD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

THELIGHTBULB LTD

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify, progress, and convert leads into new candidates, placements, or clients.
  • Source vacancies in line with stakeholder requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
  • Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships and their role within the recruitment process.
  • Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practice, and advise stakeholders on their application.
  • Plan and manage recruitment campaigns to attract candidates, including agreeing objectives with stakeholders and monitoring performance.
  • Research, identify and attract candidates using methods to satisfy job requirements, including those with transferrable skills to move from the legacy carbon economy to green economy jobs.
  • Process, review, and progress candidate applications.
  • Create and present diverse short lists of candidates to stakeholders.
  • Inform and advise candidates on the outcome of their application at the individual stages of the recruitment process, including those that have been unsuccessful.
  • Manage the recruitment and selection process for candidates, including those who require reasonable adjustments.
  • Communicate information through different media, for example face-to-face or online meetings, emails, reports, and presentations.
  • Engage with stakeholders to review recruitment processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and improving own performance.
  • Review services provided and implemented improvements based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Place candidates into roles that match their skills and stakeholder requirements.
  • Use technology and software tools to manage information, ensuring compliance with organisation and legislation requirements.
  • Challenge poor practice and non-compliance with the recruitment process and escalate where appropriate.
  • Identify future changes in the sector that may impact the organisation, for example technology advances.
  • Interpret policies to support and promote the delivery of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace, and monitor their impact on recruitment activities.
  • Identify and apply sustainable and greener methods of working, for example reducing energy and paper consumption, managing diaries to reduce carbon emissions (hold virtual meetings or attend multiple external meetings on the same day), considering greener options when booking venues for assessment centres or planning recruitment campaigns.
  • Identify and maximise opportunities to support the organisation’s business strategy, for example growing client or candidate pipelines.
  • Manage resources within budget requirements.
  • Respond to stakeholder complaints and escalate where appropriate.
  • Identify, progress, and convert leads into new candidates, placements, or clients.
  • Source vacancies in line with stakeholder requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
  • Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships and their role within the recruitment process.
  • Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practice, and advise stakeholders on their application.
  • Plan and manage recruitment campaigns to attract candidates, including agreeing objectives with stakeholders and monitoring performance.
  • Research, identify and attract candidates using methods to satisfy job requirements, including those with transferrable skills to move from the legacy carbon economy to green economy jobs.
  • Process, review, and progress candidate applications.
  • Create and present diverse short lists of candidates to stakeholders.
  • Inform and advise candidates on the outcome of their application at the individual stages of the recruitment process, including those that have been unsuccessful.
  • Manage the recruitment and selection process for candidates, including those who require reasonable adjustments.
  • Communicate information through different media, for example face-to-face or online meetings, emails, reports, and presentations.
  • Engage with stakeholders to review recruitment processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and improving own performance.
  • Review services provided and implemented improvements based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Place candidates into roles that match their skills and stakeholder requirements.
  • Use technology and software tools to manage information, ensuring compliance with organisation and legislation requirements.
  • Challenge poor practice and non-compliance with the recruitment process and escalate where appropriate.
  • Identify future changes in the sector that may impact the organisation, for example technology advances.
  • Interpret policies to support and promote the delivery of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace, and monitor their impact on recruitment activities.
  • Identify and apply sustainable and greener methods of working, for example reducing energy and paper consumption, managing diaries to reduce carbon emissions (hold virtual meetings or attend multiple external meetings on the same day), considering greener options when booking venues for assessment centres or planning recruitment campaigns.
  • Identify and maximise opportunities to support the organisation’s business strategy, for example growing client or candidate pipelines.
  • Manage resources within budget requirements.
  • Respond to stakeholder complaints and escalate where appropriate.

Training schedule

  • You will achieve the Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship standard.
  • There are workshops to attend (remotely via Teams).
  • You will have a mentor for one-to-one teaching and learning.
  • In-house training will be given to support the specifics of the role.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

  • English (grade C)
  • Maths (grade C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Tempting Recruitment first opened our doors in 2018 and since then we have gone about rapidly growing our business and market space. We have offices based in Croydon, London and Dartford, Kent, but our reach stretches throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. We are a vastly experienced and friendly team who strive to be successful at what we do.

 

OUR MISSION

 

Our mission is to be a leading global recruitment brand known for developing professionals and helping business thrive through great client partnerships and career development. Inspiring ambitious achievement, delivering results, ensuring value for all, and providing continuous employment opportunities. Utilising our expertise and our values in the work we do, the people we place and the companies we serve.

 

OUR VALUES

 

·       Exhibit Company Values at all times

·       Add Value

·       Exceed Targets

·       Go the extra mile

·       Work to Excellent

·       Resilience

·       Consistency

·       Proactivity

·       Work with integrity and respect at all times

https://www.temptingrecruitment.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • 28 days annual leave including bank holidays.
  • The day off on your birthday.
  • Pension scheme.
  • Regular social events. 
  • Opportunities career progression.
  • A modern working environment.

After this apprenticeship

There will be ongoing opportunities for further training and career progression for the right candidate upon completion of their apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THELIGHTBULB LTD

Andrea Gregory

andrea@getsetuk.co.uk

07764969337

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000017119.

Apply now

Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026