Graduate Program

Introduction to a Career in Recruitment

Recruitment is a dynamic and rewarding career. As a recruitment consultant, you'll play a vital role in connecting talented individuals with leading companies, helping to shape careers and drive business success. You don’t need a specific degree to start a career in recruitment. Whether you're studying finance, marketing, psychology, or any other field, the skills you develop can be highly transferable. At Sharp & Carter, we recruit across a diverse range of industries and verticals, offering you the opportunity to work in a sector that aligns best with your interests. Learn more about our sectors.

Hear from Emma Kennedy, Partner in our Melbourne Accounting Clerical recruitment team who launched her successful career through the Sharp & Carter Graduate Program.

Why Choose Recruitment?

Broad Business Exposure: Gain insights into various industries and business functions.
Market Analytics: Develop skills in market analysis and understanding industry trends.
Stakeholder Management: Learn to manage relationships with clients and candidates effectively.
Personal Development: Enhance your communication, negotiation, and sales skills.

The Sharp & Carter Graduate Program

Our goal is to train and develop the next generation of university graduates into successful professional recruitment consultants. Our graduate program offers extensive training, hands-on learning experiences, and a clear pathway for progression and continuous development.

Key Features

Extensive Training: A comprehensive program led by our dedicated learning and development team.
Hands-On Experience: Real-world recruitment tasks from day one.
Paid Opportunities: We offer paid opportunities in both our part-time internships and full-time graduate roles.

Your Role as a Sharp & Carter Graduate Consultant

Recruiting and Consulting

Manage Recruitment Assignments: Handle various recruitment methods including advertised, database, and search methodologies.
Candidate Management: Conduct interviews, maintain candidate databases, and manage the candidate experience.
Client Interaction: Brief candidates, prepare CVs, negotiate salaries, and offer career advice.
Advertising Vacancies: Draft and place job adverts across different media platforms.
Business Development: Use sales and marketing techniques to attract new business and facilitate client meetings.

Broader Business Responsibilities

Business Planning: Contribute to the development of business plans and input to annual budgeting/business planning process.
Marketing and Events: Initiate new marketing and company event ideas.
Client Engagement: Deliver presentations, pitches and contribute to proposals.
Quality Control: Ensure quality in all aspects of recruitment processes including resumes, database, and assignment management.

Our Culture

Sharp & Carter operates on the principles of Care, Generosity, Trust, Humility, and Excellence. We believe that when our team is empowered, we become better people and we genuinely believe that what we do and how we do it is important, can make a difference and makes Sharp & Carter a unique offering in the recruitment industry. Learn more about who we are and our culture.

Work-Life Balance

Health and Wellness: Complimentary group PT sessions, EAP, healthy office snacks, and access to first-class wellbeing tools.
Wellbeing Support: Counselling and high-performance support from Sharp & Carter’s dedicated Wellbeing Director.
Development: Ongoing tailored learning and development, founding partners onboarding training.
Social Activities: Regular social events, team sports, quarterly events, and incentive trips.
Flexibility: Working from home flexibility and a day off on your birthday.