Executive Search Associate: Talent Research & Recruitment

Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability leave

Parental leave

Paid time off

401k contribution

Job summary

Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. is seeking an Executive Search Associate to support the recruitment lifecycle from candidate identification to placement. You will work with Search Partners and Principals, assist in developing position specifications, and help build client relationships across engagements.

The role emphasizes market research, candidate assessment, and managing multiple projects with discretion and ethics. A clear career path and mentorship are offered in a global environment.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years’ professional experience or a minimum of 2 years transferable recruiting experience.
• An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required.
• Exhibits skill and developing mastery of professional communications, displaying adeptness in writing, articulating, and delivering information with confidence and impact.
• Developing the ability to collaborate effectively with external clients and candidates, and beginning to understand techniques to influence and build positive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Research & Writing: Conducting industry specific and client company research, mapping the executive talent landscape to bring market insights to the table.
• Supporting Consultants in the development of position specification(s) and a focused search strategy.
• Assisting Consultants in preparing business development and candidate assessment documents to present to both prospective and current clients.
• Internal and External Communication: Contacting prospective candidates to elicit interest in client opportunities, obtaining referrals, and/or collecting market intelligence and feedback.
• Assisting Consultants in conducting in-depth interviews to assess candidate qualifications against position specifications.
• Managing candidate relationships throughout the entire life cycle of the search and keeping the Consultant abreast of candidate updates.
• Living Our Values: Partnering well across a multitude of stakeholders with the aim of developing productive and trusting relationships with colleagues across the firm.
• Fostering an environment of collaboration; viewed as a team player.
• Acting as a culture carrier; contributes to firm, practice and/or office initiatives.
• Demonstrating self‑awareness, humility, empathy, and open‑mindedness in the workplace.
• Ethics & Quality: Maintaining the accuracy, quality, and integrity of all Search information in our various internal and external research tools.
• Maintaining status reports and client ready reports for both internal and external presentation(s) to Consultant and Client.
• Managing multiple concurrent projects and completing high quality deliverables on time.
• Acting with the highest regard to professionalism, confidentiality, and ethics.
• Succeeding and persisting through challenges, motivated to do the right thing.

Skills

Professional communication

Written communication

Collaboration

Research skills

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. is seeking an Executive Search Associate to support the recruitment lifecycle from candidate identification to placement. You will work with Search Partners and Principals, assist in developing position specifications, and help build client relationships across engagements.

The role emphasizes market research, candidate assessment, and managing multiple projects with discretion and ethics. A clear career path and mentorship are offered in a global environment.