Executive Search Consultant

WorldBridge Partners - Leaders in Recruiting and Executive Search; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private gym

Team lunches

Relaxed atmosphere

Direct access to recruiters

CEOs and executives network

Job summary

WorldBridge Partners of Toledo, Ohio, is seeking an Executive Search Consultant specializing in Steel, Metals & Heavy Industry to identify and recruit exceptional candidates nationwide. You will leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, AI and advanced sourcing tools to build relationships with executives and present top-tier candidates to clients.

This role emphasizes relationship-building over time, with compensation heavily tied to placements and business results.

Qualifications

• Relies on relationship-building to connect with executives and candidates.
• Experience conducting executive search across steel/metals/heavy industry sectors is preferred.
• Strong ability to screen, interview, and evaluate senior-level candidates for fit.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills for presenting candidates to clients.

Responsibilities

• Identify and recruit exceptional candidates for executive roles in steel/metals/heavy industry.
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, AI, databases, and emerging sourcing tools to source candidates.
• Conduct interviews and candidate assessments to determine best-fit placements.
• Build long-term relationships with executives nationwide for future searches.
• Prepare executive candidate presentations for client review.
• Support retained and contingency searches.

Skills

Relationship building

Executive search experience

Candidate assessment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (any field)

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS/CRM platforms

AI-assisted recruiting tools

Job description

Executive Search Consultant — Steel, Metals & Heavy Industry

WorldBridge Partners of Toledo | Downtown Toledo, Ohio

We’re not your typical recruiting firm—and we’re not looking for a typical recruiter.

For more than 34 years, WorldBridge Partners has specialized in executive search throughout the Steel, Metals, Wire, Pipe & Tube, Recycling, and Heavy Manufacturing industries. We’ve built one of North America’s strongest metals networks and represent many of the industry’s most respected companies.

As we continue to grow, we’re looking for someone who enjoys building relationships, embraces technology and AI, and wants to learn executive search from people who have spent decades doing it.

If you’re looking for another corporate recruiting job, this probably isn’t it.

Why WorldBridge?

• Private gym—we work out together almost every day
• Team lunches most days and Friday morning breakfasts
• Relaxed atmosphere with virtually no corporate bureaucracy
• Direct access to recruiters with decades of search experience
• Relationships with CEOs and executives throughout North America

We work hard, continue learning, laugh often, challenge each other, and celebrate each other’s successes.

You’ll hear good-natured sarcasm, friendly banter, and probably a practical joke or two. We don’t take ourselves too seriously—but we take our work, clients, and each other very seriously.

We’re kind, respectful, and well-intentioned. There are no egos, no office politics, and no one succeeds unless we all succeed.

What You’ll Do

• Identify and recruit exceptional candidates
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, AI, databases, and emerging sourcing tools
• Conduct interviews and candidate assessments
• Build long-term relationships with executives nationwide
• Prepare executive candidate presentations
• Support retained and contingency searches

Who We’re Looking For

We’re less concerned with how many years you’ve recruited than with how you think.

You should be computer-literate, curious, organized, competitive, self-motivated, relationship-oriented, adaptable, and fun to work with.

Recruiting experience is valuable, but we’d rather hire someone bright, hungry, technologically capable, and eager to learn than someone experienced who has stopped growing.

Experience with executive search, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI-assisted recruiting, ATS/CRM platforms, manufacturing, or the steel and metals industry is a definite plus.

Compensation

Compensation is flexible and will reflect the experience and potential contribution of the person we hire. This is not a traditional salary-only role.

The structure will be heavily success- and commission-oriented, with meaningful earnings tied directly to successful placements and business results. The specific combination of fixed and variable compensation can be discussed based on the individual.

This opportunity is best suited to someone comfortable betting on their own ability and who wants to participate directly in the value they create.

Why This Career Is Different

This isn’t simply about filling jobs.

You’ll work with CEOs, Presidents, private equity firms, Plant Managers, and executive leadership teams while helping build some of North America’s premier industrial companies.

The relationships you build won’t last weeks. They’ll last years.