Recruitment Consultant (not \"just a recruiter\")

GrowthWise Search Partners; Rocklin (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + commissions

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, and vision

Hybrid schedule

Rocklin, CA office

Job summary

GrowthWise Search Partners in Rocklin, CA seeks a Recruitment Consultant who already excels at recruiting and wants to become a trusted business consultant. You will own the search end-to-end, partnering with clients to define hiring priorities and deliver thoughtful candidate recommendations.

This role offers a base salary plus commission, a 401(k) with company match, medical/dental/vision, and a hybrid schedule with time in the Rocklin office.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to source and evaluate candidates for roles across functions.
• Experience leading interviews and shaping interview questions for client fit.
• Proven track record building candidate flow and managing multiple searches.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting searches, including strategy and sourcing.
• Partner with clients to understand business needs and hiring priorities.
• Own the candidate experience and communicate progress and market feedback.
• Manage 6–8 active searches, monitor pipelines and budgets.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Interviewing

Candidate evaluation

Client mgmt

Search strategy

Pipeline management

Job description

You’re already a great recruiter. Now time to level up and become a great consultant.

You already know how to find talent, lead a strong interview, and move a search forward. Now you want to grow faster, develop and sharpen your business acumen and understand the business behind the hire so you can be a true trusted talent advisory partner to clients (and not “just a recruiter).

Here, you will learn how companies operate, what drives their growth, and consult with clients in a meaningful way that creates business impact.

You will work in an environment with a team that values being exceptional at what we do. Not just good. Not just experienced. But excellent. If you are looking for a comfortable place to do what you already know how to do, this isn't it. If you want to be 1% better every day and support clients with the same mindset, this is your launchpad.

You: Trusted Business Consultant

You will work within a consulting-based model built around long-term client trust. Your value goes beyond the candidates you find. Your questions, thinking, and advice help business leaders make better decisions.

Learn more about our consulting model here

Recruitment Consultant – You’re Already a Great Recruiter

A great recruiter creates momentum and delivers results. You:

• Find the right people through intentional sourcing
• Lead interviews that ask great questions to explore client fit
• Create consistent candidate flow
• Use technology and conversion metrics to work efficiently and adjust your strategy
• Own the search from intake through hire, managing your time, budget, and follow-through

Recruitment Consultant – Great Consulting Is Your Next Level

A great consultant understands the business behind the search and helps the client decide what to do. You will develop your ability to:

• Ask questions that uncover what the business actually needs
• Connect hiring decisions to business growth and client solutions
• Interpret search results and market feedback, explain what they mean, and make recommendations to clients
• Anticipate risks and bring solutions
• Build trust

Recruitment Consultant – What You Will Do

• You will multiple leadfull-cycle recruiting searches including participating in search strategy, performing effective active and passive sourcing, interviewing, candidate evaluation and recommendations
• Partner directly with clients to understand their businesses, define hiring priorities, and present thoughtful candidate recommendations
• Own the client experience, proactively communicating progress, market feedback, obstacles, and recommendations to keep searches moving forward and help clients make informed decisions.
• Own your results, managing 6–8 active searches, monitoring pipeline activity, conversion metrics, and project budgets, and adjusting your approach to drive results.

Recruitment Consultant – Who You Are

You don't have to know everything when you get here. But you do have to be willing to learn what you don't know, put in the work, and get exceptionally good at it.

• You are already a great recruiter. You know how to find talent, assess people, build relationships, and deliver results. Now you want to become an exceptional consultant.
• You are smart. Really smart. You think critically, connect the dots, ask great questions, and can see beyond the task in front of you to understand the bigger picture.
• You have an exceptional work ethic. You understand that becoming great at something takes discipline, effort, repetition, and a willingness to do the hard things. You don't shy away from the work.
• You create momentum. You take initiative and make things happen. You don't need someone chasing you, reminding you, or telling you what to do next.
• You own your outcomes. You take responsibility for your work, your decisions, your results, and your development. You don't make excuses. You figure things out.
• You communicate up and proactively. You keep people informed, raise concerns early, ask for help when you need it, and bring solutions instead of surprises.
• You are hungry for more. You are motivated by a challenge, excited by the opportunity to grow, and genuinely want to see how far you can take your capabilities with a like-minded team.
• You are coachable and committed to mastering your craft. You seek feedback, apply it, practice, and improve. Being good isn't enough for you. You want to be exceptional.
• You hold yourself to high standards of excellence. You care deeply about the quality of your work, the promises you make, and the reputation you build. You want to work alongside people who expect the same.
• You have a sense of humor. We are doing really important work that changes the trajectory of businesses that put their trust in us. And hiring is hard. Weird stuff happens.

Recruitment Consultant – Benefits for You

• Your compensation will be a base salary depending on experience plus commission based on your production and client workload. You have the opportunity to earn additional incentive bonuses for additional contribution.
• You contribute more. You make more.
• If the Company benefits, so do you.
• 401(k) with company match and medical, dental, and vision options
• Your hybrid schedule includes work at home and time working with the team in the Rocklin, CA office.
• We aren't for everyone. And that's intentional.
• We are building something exceptional, and that takes exceptional people.
• If you are already a great recruiter, have the drive to become a great consultant, and want to be surrounded by people who will challenge you to raise your game, we should talk.
• We have high expectations, a reputation for excellence, and a culture of accountability.
• We take our craft seriously, work hard, own our outcomes, and hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard.
• We expect, practice, deliver, celebrate and reward “next level exceptional” client experiences.