This Is Prime

This graduate sales recruitment and training company has provided free sales training to more than 13,000 candidates, placed over 2,500 candidates, worked with over 200 organisations across the UK and USA, and achieved a 90% placement retention rate, meaning candidates pass their probation periods. 

“We train our candidates to build on authenticity, putting the customer’s needs first. It’s about building long-lasting relationships founded on trust, transparency and a genuine desire to deliver value,” the company explained. “We believe in empowering graduates to see sales as a fantastic career with incredible benefits that help them personally and professionally.”

Testimonials from This Is Prime candidates cite their consultants’ “unwavering support”, “professionalism and kindness with continuous encouragement”, and being instrumental in “guiding me through a career change I didn’t realise I needed to so much”, among other rave reviews. “The passion behind each person at Prime is exactly what you need to recruit and place graduates into their dream roles,” said another. The company has also garnered significant numbers of top ratings on social media channels.

Their candidate care extended to strongly supporting a tech industry client to cultivate a diverse team as their company grew, including the achievement of a 25% target of women new hires in a traditionally male environment and 40% from diverse backgrounds collectively. Prime prioritised ensuring “an environment where anyone from any background could demonstrate their suitability for the position”, the company said. “We hit every target the client set out to achieve and helped many aspiring graduates kickstart their sales careers.”

Judges’ comments

“We were extremely impressed with the high level of candidate training programmes, particularly in the graduate sales sector. They have a clear, repeatable and scalable process that their business is built around. Their Google and Glassdoor reviews are … evidence of the care given to their candidates.”

Highly Commended: Caritas Recruitment