Entry Level Grad Scheme
Job description
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Entry Level Graduate Scheme (Sales, Customer Service and Account Management)
Must have a driving licence and a car
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Fact Number 1 - Many students attend university with no discernible career plan and many decide on a career completely unrelated to their field of study.
Fact Number 2 - There is an abundance of fantastic graduate opportunities, and a candidate driven marketplace means that you're in a stronger position than ever before to take advantage of them.
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At Pareto, we have range of entry level graduate schemes where we deliver award winning training and you reap the benefits. Excellent growth potential and support networks, as well as fantastic packages and flexible, remote working options are all on offer.
If you're a relationship builder looking to launch a lucrative career rooted in a commercial, B2B setting, with excellent scope to develop professionally, joining companies with top tier cultures, then we have the opportunity for you!
You need:
- A degree in any discipline
- Ambition and a willingness to learn
- Solid interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail and a strong work ethic
The package for this opportunity:
- A competitive basic salary of £28350, with OTE taking your total package up to higher
- Excellent progression, learning and development potential
- Regular socials in a welcoming, inclusive environment
- Lucrative bonus and incentive schemes
- Fantastic bespoke training and on-going support
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
Pareto is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We encourage and welcome applications from all, irrespective of background or circumstance. Our consultants are happy to discuss any adjustments you require in support of your application.
Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Open your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly references B2B sales and account management, as the advert lists these as the core focus of the scheme.
📊 Quantify any commercial experience, however small: "Managed a student society budget of £2,000" or "Upsold products to 30+ customers per shift in a part-time retail role".
🚗 Confirm your full UK driving licence prominently — the advert lists this as a hard requirement, so place it in your skills or profile section to pass initial screening.
🎯 Highlight any degree-level project work involving presentations, negotiations or client-facing scenarios, as the scheme values relationship-building skills regardless of discipline.
🤝 Include any experience of targets, KPIs or incentive-based roles (retail, hospitality, fundraising) to demonstrate the commercial mindset Pareto explicitly seeks.
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Managed a portfolio of 15 regular customers in a part-time retail role, achieving a 22% upsell conversion rate over 6 months through tailored product recommendations.
- •Led a 5-person university society committee, growing membership by 40 members in one academic year by coordinating outreach campaigns and stakeholder presentations.
- •Delivered a B2B market analysis project for a final-year module, identifying 3 untapped client segments and presenting findings to a panel of 4 industry assessors.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Pareto's graduate scheme is precisely the structured launchpad I have been seeking to build a career in B2B sales and account management. Having completed my degree and developed strong relationship-building and communication skills through part-time commercial roles, I am confident I can contribute from day one while absorbing the award-winning training the programme offers.
My background in customer-facing environments — including managing client relationships and consistently hitting targets in a retail setting — has given me a practical grounding in understanding buyer needs and adapting my approach accordingly. I hold a full UK driving licence and am comfortable working across multiple client accounts simultaneously.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›What do you understand by a B2B sales cycle, and how does it differ from B2C?
- ›How would you prioritise a list of 20 prospect accounts with limited information available?
- ›What CRM tools or sales tracking methods have you used, even in a non-professional context?
- ›How would you research a new business prospect before making a first contact call?
- ›Describe the key stages of account management from initial contact to renewal.
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone to change their mind — what approach did you take?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to learn a new skill quickly under pressure.
- ›Give an example of when you set yourself a challenging goal and how you went about achieving it.
- ›Tell me about a time you dealt with a difficult customer or stakeholder and how you resolved the situation.
- ›Describe a moment when you received critical feedback — how did you respond and what changed?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone to change their mind — what approach did you take?
Describe a situation where you had to learn a new skill quickly under pressure.