Professional Recruiter

Professional RecruiterOpenwork is looking for a Professional Recruiter to join our team and play a critical role in delivering great talent to our clients. In this role, you'll recruit and fill both direct hire and contract positions across the professional space, including areas such as engineering, IT, construction, manufacturing, HR/administrative, and other professional disciplines.This is a recruiting-focused role where you'll own the candidate experience from initial sourcing through placement and onboarding while partnering closely with clients, account management, and internal teams. You'll focus on what you do best: finding great people, building meaningful talent relationships, delivering qualified candidates, and helping our clients solve their hiring needs. You'll also have the opportunity to develop your commercial awareness by identifying additional hiring needs and opportunities within existing client relationships and partnering with our Account Executives to help grow those accounts.If you're looking for a place where your ideas matter and your work can make a real impact, we'd love to meet you.What You'll Do as a Professional RecruiterRecruit and fill direct hire and contract professional positions across areas including engineering, IT, construction, manufacturing, HR/administrative, and other professional disciplinesManage recruiting activity for assigned job searches from intake through placement and onboardingIdentify, attract, and engage qualified talent through direct recruiting, referrals, job boards, social media, networking, community involvement, and other sourcing strategiesBuild and maintain strong candidate pipelines based on current and anticipated client needsConduct candidate interviews and assess qualifications, skills, experience, and overall fitPrepare and present polished candidate profiles to account management teamsCoordinate interviews, manage candidate and client feedback, and help guide both parties through the decision-making processMaintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the recruiting process and provide a high-quality candidate experienceComplete required vetting and screening processes, including background checks, drug screening, skills assessments, and reference verificationsSupport successful candidate onboarding and placementConduct regular quality-control check-ins with placed talent to support retention and identify future opportunitiesCoach and counsel talent regarding performance, professional expectations, and assignment-related mattersMaintain accurate and timely documentation within the ATSPartner with clients and account management teams to understand evolving hiring needs and provide recruiting insightIdentify additional hiring needs, skill gaps, or potential business opportunities and communicate them to the appropriate Account Manager or internal partnerActively skill-market qualified candidates to the sales team to help generate future client opportunities and job ordersParticipate in daily team huddles and contribute to a collaborative, high-accountability team environmentSupport administrative and operational needs for assigned accounts and provide coverage for teammates when neededWhat Success Looks LikeBuild strong, relevant talent pipelines and consistently deliver qualified candidatesMove searches forward with urgency, organization, and follow-throughBuild credibility with clients and become a trusted recruiting partnerDevelop long-term relationships with candidates and placed talentIdentify opportunities to support account growth and proactively share them with the sales teamAdapt your recruiting strategy when searches or market conditions changeMaintain high standards for candidate quality, documentation, compliance, and process executionConsistently contribute to placements, retention, and overall team performanceWho You AreProactive and accountable: take ownership and follow through without needing constant directionRelationship-oriented and emotionally intelligent: you know how to build trust with candidates, clients, and teammatesResourceful and solutions-oriented: have the ability to adapt your approach when the traditional recruiting strategy isn't producing resultsA strong communicator: confidently communicate with candidates, clients, and internal stakeholdersResilient and results-oriented: maintain consistency and urgency even when searches are challenging or priorities changeCurious about people: motivated by understanding what makes the right candidate-client matchOrganized and detail-oriented: able to manage multiple searches and competing prioritiesComfortable in a fast-paced, high-accountability environmentWhat You'll BringRecruiting, staffing, talent acquisition, or related experience preferredExperience recruiting professional-level talent is preferredExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to build relationships and establish credibility quicklyStrong organizational and time-management skillsAbility to work independently while collaborating closely with a teamA strong sense of urgency and commitment to delivering resultsGrow Your Career at OpenworkAt Openwork, we're building a modern staffing organization where recruiting is a critical part of the business, not simply a support function.As a Professional Recruiter, you'll gain experience across recruiting, client partnership, talent management, and the staffing business as a whole. You'll work closely with Account Executives and leadership, develop a deep understanding of our clients and markets, and have opportunities to grow your career as Openwork continues to expand.If you're looking for a recruiting role where you can make an impact, build meaningful relationships, and grow your career, we'd love to meet you.About OpenworkOpenwork is a people-first staffing and recruiting firm with 50+ years of experience supporting companies across light industrial, manufacturing, logistics, office, professional, and healthcare sectors. Our mission: to build careers, companies, and communities, one person at a time.Learn more at openwork.com