Remote Recruiting Specialist

Confidential Hiring; Alberta; Hybrid; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Objective Recruiting is a startup in Canada seeking ambitious recruiters who will own hiring outcomes and work directly with the owners to grow the business. The role is primarily remote, with occasional travel for in-person activities across time zones, including Pacific Time collaboration windows.

The Remote Recruitment Specialist focuses on outbound sourcing, headhunting passive candidates, conducting outreach, engaging and qualifying them, and facilitating structured assessments to deliver

Qualifications

• 3+ years headhunting experience OR 30+ successful hires through headhunting.
• Non-Tech headhunting experience.
• CEFR C1 English or better across speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Source and qualify passive candidates via headhunting, Boolean search, networking and creative sourcing.
• Execute high-quality outreach to passive candidates, manage follow-ups and scheduling.
• Facilitate structured candidate assessments through recorded video interviews with consent.
• Drive late-stage progression from assessed candidates to hired candidates, including reference checks as needed.
• Conduct stakeholder meetings and candidate interviews in a professional setting with appropriate background.
• Provide objective, transparent proof of work and system updates for quality validation.
• Maintain high communication standards with clients, candidates, and internal teams.

Skills

Head hunting

Non-Tech recruiting

English proficiency

Job description

We’re hiring ambitious, business-minded recruiters with a proven headhunting track record who want to work directly with Objective Recruiting’s owners to help grow the business. You’ll take ownership of hiring outcomes and play a key role in delivering for clients and building our team.

You thrive in a dynamic startup, adapting as priorities change while executing a highly structured, transparent, evidence-based recruitment process with discipline. We value work ethic, responsiveness, and follow-through. If you need rigid hours or narrowly defined responsibilities, this isn't the right fit.

Summary of the Role

The Remote Recruitment Specialist is primarily responsible for outbound sourcing and headhunting passive candidates, conducting outreach, engaging and qualifying them, then facilitating structured candidate assessments to deliver objective, transparent, data-driven hiring outcomes.

Our operations team supports you by building and automating the administrative, assessment, and reporting processes behind the scenes, so your time stays focused on delivering candidate results.

Recruitment covers internal hiring and client searches, coordinated through Slack and recorded Zoom meetings.

About Us

Objective Recruiting is a startup that supports small and medium-sized businesses by empowering key decision-makers to hire with facts — not feelings.

We’re building a remote team of analytical professionals to transform the traditional, subjective, and opaque recruitment model into one rooted in transparency, merit, and objective best-fit.

For insights into how we operate, check out our website: https://objectiverecruiting.ca

Compensation: Estimated annual earnings of $60,000 to $120,000, including commissions, with a $40,000 to $60,000 base salary. Structure negotiable based on verifiable track record, relevant network and client relationships.

Schedule & Availability

Flexible with common sense. We stay responsive to clients, candidates, and our remote team across time zones. Reliable availability for Pacific Time collaboration and candidate interviews is expected, including schedule adjustments and occasional weekends as needed.

This is a primarily remote position, with occasional travel for in-person recruiting activities and meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Source and qualify passive candidates in line with screening criteria and outbound sourcing strategies, utilizing methods such as headhunting, Boolean search, networking, and creative sourcing approaches. Screen inbound applicants against role requirements. Ensure qualified candidates are captured in company systems with the core screening materials required for the role.
• Outreach & Engagement: Execute high-quality, personalized outreach to passive candidates you source to build rapport, sell the opportunity, maintain momentum, and move candidates through the funnel. Manage follow-ups, scheduling, and candidate communication to maximize conversion from sourced qualified leads to assessed candidates.
• Candidate Assessments: Facilitate structured candidate assessments through recorded video interviews with candidate consent, maintaining alignment with recruitment strategies and briefs. Capture key outputs in company systems and progress qualified candidates toward hiring outcomes.
• Hiring Outcomes: Drive late-stage progression from assessed candidates to hired candidates, including reference checks, follow-up interviews, and work samples as needed. Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve obstacles, maintain momentum, and support successful hiring outcomes.
• Stakeholder-Facing Professionalism: Conduct all stakeholder video meetings and candidate interviews in business-professional attire in black, white, or grey, from a private, well-lit, professional workspace with a real neutral or professional background, without blur effects, virtual backgrounds, or camera filters.
• Transparency and Proof of Work: Provide objective, transparent, and verifiable proof of work, including recorded meetings, interviews, and calls where appropriate and with consent, and system updates that allow stakeholders to validate work quality.
• High Communication Standards: Deliver accurate and timely updates, prompt response times, and follow-ups, ensuring candidates, clients, and stakeholders are informed and aligned.
• Flexibility & Collaboration: As a dynamic startup, we may change priorities, evolve offerings, or need support outside recruiting, including business development and sales lead generation. We expect flexibility, collaboration, and proactive feedback to help our Operations team improve recruitment systems and workflows.

Requirements

MANDATORY

• Headhunting Experience: 3+ years of headhunting experience OR 30+ successful hires through headhunting.
• Non-Tech Headhunting: Experience recruiting non-IT roles through headhunting.
• English Proficiency: CEFR C1 English or better across speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in Canada.

PREFERRED

• BC / Alberta Location: Based in British Columbia or Alberta.
• Structured Interviews: Experience conducting structured competency-based or technical interviews.
• Agency / Client Recruiting Experience: Experience recruiting for external clients through an agency, search firm, or RPO.
• Client / Account Management: Experience independently managing client relationships, hiring requirements, and expectations.
• Existing Recruiting Network: An established network of relevant candidates, industry contacts, and client relationships that can be leveraged for recruitment and business development.
• Recruitment Leadership & Delegation: Experience leading or coordinating other recruiters, delegating stages of recruitment searches, and overseeing execution.
• Construction Recruiting: Experience recruiting for roles in the construction industry.
• Interview Question Development: Experience developing structured competency-based or technical interview questions.
• Scorecard Development: Experience building candidate evaluation scorecards.
• Reference Check Experience: Experience conducting candidate reference checks.