Freelance Recruiter - New York

Initio Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital LLC in New York is seeking a Freelance Recruiter to independently deliver agreed recruiting searches. You will clarify requisitions, qualifications, location, and evaluation criteria, then source professionals, screen candidates, and submit summaries for each assigned search.

As a contractor, you will coordinate interviews and feedback with the recruiting team and maintain compliant pipelines, ensuring candidate consent and data privacy throughout the process.

Qualifications

• Hands-on sourcing and recruiting experience with completed searches.
• Clear communication, independence, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain prior work without sharing confidential material.
• Familiarity with startup and professional-services ecosystems in New York.

Responsibilities

• Deliver agreed recruiting searches independently.
• Clarify requisition, qualifications, location, and criteria.
• Source professionals via research, networks, and outreach.
• Screen candidates and submit summaries against assigned search.
• Coordinate interviews and provide timely feedback.
• Maintain pipeline records and candidate consent.

Skills

Sourcing & Recruiting

Communication

Independent delivery

Candidate screening

Job description

Initio Capital is accepting applications for a paid Freelance Recruiter opening focused on independent delivery of agreed recruiting searches in New York.

The work

As a Freelance Recruiter, your specialty is independent delivery of agreed recruiting searches. Scope, assigned accounts or searches, workload, and engagement terms must be agreed before work starts.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in independent delivery of agreed recruiting searches to the agreed work.
• Clarify the approved requisition, must-have qualifications, location, and evaluation criteria.
• Source relevant professionals through appropriate research, professional networks, and permission-based outreach.
• Screen experience and interest, and submit accurate candidate summaries against an actual assigned search.
• Coordinate interviews and feedback with the recruiting team and keep candidates informed.
• Maintain candidate consent, submission ownership, and clean pipeline records.
• Share search feedback and protect confidential employer and candidate information.

Qualifications

• Hands-on sourcing and recruiting experience in the specialty named in this posting, with examples of completed searches.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain relevant prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Engagement and compensation

Fixed pay: $96,000 to $156,000 per year. Engagement: contractor.

Professional standards

Respect existing employment obligations and disclose conflicts. Do not bring proprietary customer or candidate lists. Use approved tools and handle personal data only for the agreed purpose.

Applicants are evaluated on relevant experience and skills without regard to protected characteristics.