Associate Recruiter – Entry Level | No Recruiting Experience Required

Equiliem; Port Reading (NJ); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Career development

Job summary

Equiliem in Woodbridge, NJ is hiring for an entry-level recruiter trainee. No recruiting experience is required as we provide comprehensive, hands-on training to turn your people skills into a professional recruiting career.

You’ll learn to find candidates, conduct phone screens, and build relationships with candidates and internal teams, with a focus on long-term career growth and advancement within staffing and recruiting.

Qualifications

• Requires strong interpersonal communication and the ability to stay organized in a fast-paced environment.
• No recruiting experience required; willingness to learn and develop recruiting skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Participate in comprehensive training to learn recruiting from the ground up.
• Find and connect with candidates using LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and networking.
• Conduct professional phone screens and interviews with candidates.
• Build relationships with candidates and internal teams to match opportunities.
• Navigate compensation discussions and job offers with candidates.
• Manage candidate pipelines and follow-ups to meet weekly goals.

Skills

People skills

Communication

Goal-oriented

Coachable

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

READY TO START A CAREER, NOT JUST ANOTHER JOB?

Are you great with people? Competitive? Driven? The person who can talk to just about anyone?

Maybe you’re currently working in a restaurant, behind a bar, in retail, customer service, hospitality, or another fast-paced environment — and you’re ready to turn those people skills into a professional career.

You do NOT need recruiting experience to apply.

In fact, this opportunity was designed for people who are new to recruiting. At Equiliem, we’ll teach you how to become a recruiter from the ground up through comprehensive, hands‑on training. You bring the personality, work ethic, communication skills, and willingness to learn. We’ll teach you the recruiting business.

WHO WE ARE

Equiliem is a national recruiting and workforce solutions firm with an award-winning culture and a growing team.

Recruiting is ultimately a people business. Our recruiters build relationships, connect people with career opportunities, solve problems, and help companies find the talent they need to succeed.

We’re looking for motivated individuals who want an opportunity to break into the professional world, develop valuable business skills, and build a long-term career.

YOU MIGHT BE A GREAT FIT IF...

You’ve worked as a:

• Server or bartender
• Retail associate
• Hospitality professional
• Call center representative
• Recent college graduate
• Campus or student leader

Or maybe you simply haven't had the opportunity to start your professional career yet.

That's okay.

We care more about your potential than having the “perfect” résumé.

If you know how to communicate with people, stay organized when things get busy, take feedback, work toward goals, and keep going when you hear “no,” you already have many of the foundational skills that can make someone successful in recruiting.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

We don't expect you to walk in knowing how to recruit.

Our training program will teach you how to:

• Find and connect with candidates using LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and networking
• Conduct professional phone screens and interviews
• Understand a candidate's experience, goals, and motivations
• Build relationships with candidates
• Match candidates with career opportunities
• Communicate professionally with candidates and internal teams
• Discuss compensation and help navigate job offers
• Manage candidate pipelines and follow-up
• Use professional recruiting technology and applicant tracking systems
• Develop the communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills used by successful recruiters

WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE

Recruiting is fast-paced, social, and highly activity-driven.

You'll spend your day talking to people, building relationships, searching for candidates, conducting interviews, following up with candidates, collaborating with your team, and working toward weekly goals.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys staying busy and wants their effort to directly impact their success.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (No recruiting experience required.)

We're looking for someone who is:

• Confident communicating with new people
• Comfortable spending significant time on the phone
• Motivated by goals and results
• Competitive and driven
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Reliable and responsive
• Organized and able to follow through
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment
• Excited to learn a new profession
• Interested in building a long‑term career
• A bachelor's degree is preferred, but not required.
• Previous experience in hospitality, restaurants, retail, customer service, sales, call centers, athletics, or campus leadership can be a great foundation for this position — but it is not required.

WHERE CAN THIS CAREER TAKE YOU?

This isn't intended to be just another entry‑level job.

Our goal is to teach you a profession and give you the foundation to grow within the staffing and recruiting industry.

As you develop, there may be opportunities to advance into positions such as:

Recruiting can give motivated professionals the opportunity to develop skills in communication, interviewing, negotiation, sales, relationship management, business operations, and leadership.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Pay: $45-50K / Year

Schedule: Full-Time | Standard EST Business Hours

Location: Hybrid - Woodbridge, NJ

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO
• 7 paid holidays
• Career development and advancement opportunities

THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE?

Apply anyway.

We're not searching for someone who already knows everything about recruiting. We're searching for someone with the drive and potential to learn it.

If you're ready to move from a job into a professional career, we'd love to meet you.

Your experience may be entry-level. Your ambition doesn't have to be.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Equiliem is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equiliem will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. Applicants requiring an accommodation during the application process may contact our Employee Services Department at [e-mail] or [phone].

Discover the Equiliem difference at Equiliem.com.