Skilled Trades Recruiter – Inside Sales & Professional

Purple Cow Recruiting; Bethlehem Township (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cell phone reimbursement

Laptop provided

Job summary

Purple Cow Recruiting, in partnership with Heartline Staffing, seeks a Skilled Trades Recruiter for a fully on-site role in Bethlehem, PA. You will build client relationships, source and place candidates, and manage multiple job orders with a consultative sales approach.

This role emphasizes outbound outreach, pipeline development, and account management within skilled-trades and technical manufacturing spaces. Local territory focuses on the Lehigh Valley with no overnight travel.

Qualifications

• Requires strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Sales-minded with outbound calling experience and follow-up discipline.
• Ability to manage multiple clients, candidates, and job orders simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Develop new client partnerships and conduct outbound calls to prospects.
• Source, interview, and place qualified candidates in skilled-trades and professional roles.
• Coordinate interviews, support offer negotiations, and onboarding; maintain client and candidate relationships.

Skills

Strong communication

Relationship-building

Outbound sales

Client development

Account management

Consultative selling

Multitasking

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree helpful

Job description

Skilled Trades Recruiter - Inside Sales & Professional | Bethlehem, PA

Full-Time - Fully On-Site - Staffing, Recruiting & Business Development

Lehigh Valley Territory | Local Client Travel Only | No Overnight Travel

Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN

Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing

Heartline Staffing, in partnership with Purple Cow Recruiting, is seeking a motivated Skilled Trades Recruiter - Inside Sales & Professional for a full-time, fully on-site opportunity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This position combines recruiting, consultative sales, business development, account management, and candidate relationship management within the skilled-trades and professional staffing space.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives on building relationships, exceeding measurable goals, developing client and candidate pipelines, and helping employers solve difficult hiring challenges while helping skilled-trades professionals advance their careers.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Skilled Trades Recruiter manages both sides of the staffing relationship: developing new client business while sourcing, interviewing, and placing qualified candidates. The role requires consistent outbound activity, strong relationship-building ability, excellent follow-up, and the ability to manage multiple clients, candidates, and job orders simultaneously.

The recruiter will focus on skilled-trades and technical positions such as Maintenance Technicians, Maintenance Mechanics, Welders, Machinists, CNC Operators, Electronics Technicians, Warehouse Leads, Industrial Electricians, Service Technicians, Quality Technicians, Mechanics, and Machine Repair Technicians.

CLIENT DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS GROWTH

• Prospect and develop new client partnerships
• Conduct outbound calls to prospective clients
• Schedule and conduct client meetings
• Network within the local business community
• Learn client businesses, operations, and hiring challenges
• Conduct consultative conversations to identify staffing needs
• Develop staffing and recruiting solutions based on client requirements
• Build long-term client relationships
• Generate repeat hiring activity and referrals
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client partnerships
• Maintain an active business-development pipeline
• Track client opportunities and activity within a CRM

RECRUITING & TALENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Source skilled-trades and professional candidates
• Conduct candidate interviews and discovery conversations
• Assess candidate experience, technical skills, and career goals
• Match candidates to appropriate client opportunities
• Present qualified candidates to clients
• Maintain communication with candidates throughout the hiring process
• Build strong candidate relationships for recurring client needs
• Maintain an active skilled-trades talent pipeline
• Provide career guidance and consultative support to candidates
• Ensure quality submissions align with client requirements

PLACEMENT & ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

• Coordinate candidate interviews with clients
• Support offer negotiations and acceptance
• Coordinate onboarding activities
• Follow up after placements
• Maintain relationships with both clients and placed candidates
• Identify additional hiring opportunities within existing accounts
• Support repeat business and long-term client retention
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and candidates

SKILLED TRADES FOCUS

Recruiting activity may include positions such as:

• Maintenance Technician
• Maintenance Mechanic
• Welder
• Fabricator
• Machinist
• CNC Machinist
• CNC Operator
• Industrial Electrician
• Electronics Technician
• Service Technician
• Quality Technician
• Machine Repair Technician
• Mechanic
• Warehouse Lead
• Other Skilled Trades and Technical Manufacturing Roles

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Consistently achieving outbound activity goals
• Developing new client relationships
• Building a healthy pipeline of clients and candidates
• Successfully filling skilled-trades positions
• Growing repeat business
• Maintaining strong client and candidate relationships
• Managing multiple active job orders effectively
• Meeting measurable recruiting and sales goals

This is a performance-driven position where effort, activity, relationships, consistency, and results directly influence both career growth and earning potential.

LOCAL TERRITORY

• Fully On-Site in Bethlehem, PA
• Local Lehigh Valley Business Development
• Client Travel Generally Within Approximately 25-30 Miles of the Office
• No Overnight Travel
• Cell Phone Reimbursement Provided
• Laptop Provided

Requirements

• Strong Communication and Relationship-Building Skills REQUIRED
• Customer-Focused or Sales-Oriented Mindset REQUIRED
• Comfort with Outbound Calls and Follow-Up REQUIRED
• Comfort Conducting Consultative Sales Conversations REQUIRED
• Strong Organizational Skills REQUIRED
• Goal-Driven / Performance-Oriented Mindset REQUIRED
• Ability to Manage Multiple Priorities REQUIRED
• Ability to Work Full-Time Fully On-Site in Bethlehem, PA REQUIRED
• High School Diploma or Equivalent REQUIRED
• Approximately 3 Years of Relevant Recruiting, Sales, Account Management, Business Development, or Comparable Experience Preferred
• Staffing / Recruiting Experience Preferred
• Skilled-Trades Recruiting Experience Preferred
• Full-Desk Recruiting Experience Preferred
• B2B Sales / Business Development Experience Preferred
• Account Management Experience Preferred
• CRM Experience Preferred
• Applicant Tracking System Experience Preferred
• LinkedIn Sourcing Experience Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree Helpful but NOT Required

EXPERIENCE NOTE: The role is listed with three years of experience, but the actual job description intentionally allows transferable backgrounds. Retail sales, inside sales, account management, recruiting, business development, and other customer-facing sales experience may translate well when the candidate demonstrates strong relationship-building skills, outbound activity, organization, and a goal-oriented mindset.

SKILLED-TRADES EXPERIENCE: Direct skilled-trades recruiting experience is highly valuable but is not written as an absolute must-have in the employer's job description. Candidates with staffing, recruiting, manufacturing hiring, technical recruiting, B2B sales, or another strong transferable background should be evaluated based on their ability to learn technical positions and conduct effective candidate assessments.

SALES REQUIREMENT: This role includes a meaningful business-development component. Candidates must be comfortable prospecting, making outbound calls, following up consistently, building client relationships, and having consultative conversations with employers.

LOCAL REQUIREMENT: This is a fully on-site position in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The territory is local to the Lehigh Valley, generally within approximately 25-30 miles of the office, with no overnight travel.