Contract Sales Recruiter

UNKNOWN; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown Company is seeking an experienced Contract Sales Recruiter to recruit Sales and Sales Engineering professionals at all levels and to understand the competitive Chicago market. The ideal candidate will know how to build a strong candidate pipeline from scratch.

Responsibilities include sourcing, networking, referrals, events, and online postings to fill roles, managing the full recruiting cycle, conducting offers and negotiations, and ensuring a positive candidate experience for hiring

Qualifications

• 7-10 years sales recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong relationships and manage expectations for candidates and hiring managers.
• High attention to detail and ability to prioritize roles to meet hiring needs.
• Problem-solving mindset with urgency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, tact, and diplomacy.

Responsibilities

• Recruit Sales and Sales Engineering candidates to build a strong pipeline through sourcing, networking, referrals, events, and postings.
• Execute recruitment strategy to meet management expectations.
• Manage candidate process and negotiate offers, generate letters, present offers, and close.
• Deliver consistently positive candidate experience.
• Provide strategic insight to hiring managers to confirm staffing plans and align with needs.

Skills

Sales recruiting

Recruiting strategies

Candidate relationships

Offer negotiation

Candidate experience

ATS familiarity

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

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