Freelance Recruiter - San Francisco Bay Area

Initio Capital LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital LLC in San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Freelance Recruiter to independently deliver agreed recruiting searches as a contractor. This role focuses on sourcing, screening, and coordinating candidates within a fast-paced startup and professional-services ecosystem.

You will clarify requisitions, manage locations, and ensure compliant, timely candidate communication while maintaining strict confidentiality and data handling standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on sourcing and recruiting experience with completed searches.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain prior work without sharing confidential material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Responsibilities

• Deliver recruiting searches independently as agreed.
• Clarify requisitions, must-have qualifications, location, and criteria.
• Source professionals through research, networks, and permission-based outreach.
• Screen candidates and submit summaries against assigned searches.
• Coordinate interviews and feedback with the team and candidates.
• Maintain consent, submission ownership, and clean pipeline records.
• Share search feedback while protecting confidential information.

Skills

Sourcing & Recruiting

Clear communication

Independent organization

Startup ecosystem knowledge

Job description

Freelance Recruiter - San Francisco Bay Area

Initio Capital is accepting applications for a paid Freelance Recruiter opening focused on independent delivery of agreed recruiting searches in San Francisco Bay Area.

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.