Staffing Intern – Recruiting & Talent

Asendia AI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 11,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Asendia AI is seeking a Staffing Intern in San Francisco, CA with remote flexibility across the US. You will work closely with the founders on sourcing, screening, and coordinating interviews for engineering, sales, and marketing roles.

You will gain hands-on experience in startup recruiting, own parts of the hiring process, and help build the initial team of a fast-growing AI company. This internship emphasizes real responsibility, candidate outreach through LinkedIn and email, and continuous

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable reaching out to and speaking with candidates.
• Proactive and able to take ownership without constant direction.
• Interest in recruiting, staffing, AI, and startups.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Previous recruiting, sourcing, HR, or staffing experience is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify strong candidates for open roles.
• Review applications and résumés and help build candidate shortlists.
• Reach out to candidates through LinkedIn, email, and other channels.
• Conduct initial candidate screening and help evaluate fit.
• Coordinate interviews between candidates, founders, and team members.
• Keep our recruiting pipeline and candidate information organized and up to date.
• Follow up with candidates throughout the interview process.
• Research new sourcing channels, communities, and recruiting strategies.
• Help improve our job descriptions, outreach messages, and hiring processes.
• Support the founders with day-to-day recruiting and hiring priorities.

Skills

Strong communication

Organized

Candidate outreach

Ownership

Recruiting interest

Fast-paced environment

HR experience (nice-to-have)

Job description

Asendia AI is an AI-powered recruiting platform that helps staffing firms find, engage, and place candidates more efficiently. We’re one of the fastest-growing startups in our YC batch and recently raised an oversubscribed seed round backed by leading investors.

We’re growing quickly and looking for a Staffing Intern to work closely with our founders and help us hire exceptional people across engineering, sales, marketing, and other roles.

This is a hands-on opportunity to learn how recruiting works inside a fast-growing AI startup while taking real ownership of the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify strong candidates for open roles
• Review applications and résumés and help build candidate shortlists
• Reach out to candidates through LinkedIn, email, and other channels
• Conduct initial candidate screening and help evaluate fit
• Coordinate interviews between candidates, founders, and team members
• Keep our recruiting pipeline and candidate information organized and up to date
• Follow up with candidates throughout the interview process
• Research new sourcing channels, communities, and recruiting strategies
• Help improve our job descriptions, outreach messages, and hiring processes
• Support the founders with day-to-day recruiting and hiring priorities

What We’re Looking For

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable reaching out to and speaking with candidates
• Proactive and able to take ownership without constant direction
• Interest in recruiting, staffing, AI, and startups
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Previous recruiting, sourcing, HR, or staffing experience is a plus, but not required

Why Join

You’ll work directly with Asendia AI’s founders and get hands‑on exposure to startup recruiting from sourcing through hiring. You’ll learn how to identify great candidates, run recruiting processes, and help build the early team of a fast-growing AI company.

This is not an observational internship, you’ll have real responsibility and directly contribute to growing the Asendia team.

Skills: Recruiting, Candidate Sourcing, Communication, Talent Acquisition

Job type: Internship

Location: San Francisco, CA / Remote (US)

Remote: Yes

Salary: $1K–$2K / month