Recruiting Assistant

Crucial Hire; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A boutique executive search firm is seeking a Recruiting Assistant to support high-stakes searches for top companies. This role involves candidate communication, resume enhancement, and maintaining databases. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of recruiting experience and excellent written communication skills. This position offers a dynamic environment where exposure and ownership are key.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in recruiting, research, executive support, or agency environments.

Responsibilities

• Email top HR leaders and rising stars on behalf.
• Use our proprietary 5W Resume Formula to craft and enhance executive resumes.
• Build call lists, research contact info, and make calls.
• Keep interview pipelines tight and organized.
• Write crisp, executive-ready introductions that sell.
• Help maintain, tag, and move people through our database.
• Lead screening calls and share insights.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Strong attention to detail and organization

Tools

PCR

LinkedIn Recruiter

Notion

Canva

ChatGPT

Job description

About the Company

We’re orchestrating the next generation of HR leadership and filling the most crucial hires at the best companies. I’m Zach Nold, Chief Talent Officer of Crucial Hire, a boutique executive search firm that serves some of the most elite HR teams in the country.

About the Role

And I’m looking for my right hand. Your Mission: Be my partner in talent. Not a paper-pusher. Not a background assistant. But someone who wants a front-row seat to high-stakes search for Fortune 500 companies, PE-backed turnarounds, and stealth-mode growth plays.

Responsibilities

• Candidate Communication – Email top HR leaders and rising stars on my behalf.
• Resume Revamp & Strategy – Use our proprietary 5W Resume Formula to craft and enhance executive resumes.
• Phone Outreach – Build call lists, research contact info, and yes— make calls.
• Interview Slate Coordination – Keep our interview pipelines tight and organized.
• Candidate Blurbs – Write crisp, executive-ready introductions that sell.
• CRM Mastery – Help maintain, tag, and move people through our database (PCR Recruiter).
• Occasional Candidate Interviews – For mid-level or screened HR talent, lead screening calls and share insights.

We have a monthly newsletter that needs to be reviewed, pictures that need to be posted, LinkedIn polls that need attention, offer letters that need to go out, and a calendar that needs to be filled.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in recruiting, research, executive support, or agency environments.

Required Skills

• Excellent written communication (think LinkedIn messages + executive blurbs).
• Strong attention to detail and organization.

Preferred Skills

• Bonus: Experience with PCR, LinkedIn Recruiter, or tools like Notion, Canva, or ChatGPT.

Equal Opportunity Statement

This is for the builders. The curious. The doers. If you want safe and slow, this isn’t your role. But if you want exposure, ownership, and velocity, let’s talk.

To Apply

Send your resume and a short note (or video) about why you’re the one to: [e-mail] Subject line: Recruiting Assistant Application 1118

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