Contract Sales Recruiter

Fortinet; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking an experienced Contract Sales Recruiter to source and hire Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across levels. You will build a strong candidate pipeline from scratch, manage the full recruitment cycle, and partner with hiring managers to meet staffing needs in a fast-paced market.

You will leverage diverse recruiting tactics, maintain a high-quality candidate experience, and deliver strategic insights to hiring teams to fill critical roles efficiently.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years Sales recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong relationships, manage expectations and execution for both candidates and hiring managers.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work with hiring managers to prioritize candidates and roles to meet hiring needs.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work with a sense of urgency at all times.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy.
• Experience with an applicant tracking system.
• Previous experience working through a full recruiting cycle.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting Sales and Sales Engineering candidates to build the candidate pipeline through sourcing, networking, referrals, events, online postings, etc.
• Execute recruitment strategy to ensure management expectations are met.
• Manage candidate process and be a candidate ambassador. Determine skill level, manage offer process, including offer negotiation, offer letter generation, offer presentation and close.
• Deliver consistently positive candidate experience.
• Continuously follow-up and provide strategic insight to hiring managers in an effort to confirm staffing plans and ensure that candidates and hiring managers needs are met.

Skills

Sales recruiting

Relationship building

Communication

ATS

Full-cycle recruiting

Pipeline development

Time management

Education

College degree preferred

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Contract Sales Recruiter with previous experience recruiting Sales and Sales Engineering professionals at all levels. The ideal candidate is someone who understands the competitive nature of this market and knows how to build a strong candidate pipeline from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting Sales and Sales Engineering candidates to build the candidate pipeline through sourcing, networking, referrals, events, online postings, etc.
• Execute recruitment strategy to ensure management expectations are met.
• Manage candidate process and be a candidate ambassador. Determine skill level, manage offer process, including offer negotiation, offer letter generation, offer presentation and close.
• Deliver consistently positive candidate experience.
• Continuously follow-up and provide strategic insight to hiring managers in an effort to confirm staffing plans and ensure that candidates and hiring managers needs are met.

Required Skills

• 7-10 years Sales recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment implementing a wide range of recruiting tactics and programs.
• Ability to build strong relationships, manage expectations and execution for both candidates and hiring managers.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work with hiring managers to prioritize candidates and roles to meet hiring needs.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work with a sense of urgency at all times.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy.
• Experience with an applicant tracking system.
• Previous experience working through a full recruiting cycle.

Education

• College or university degree preferred

About Us

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].

Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.