Account Executive

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated Account Executive to join our Team in Temecula, CA. This role is ideal for a sales-minded professional who enjoys building client relationships, recruiting qualified talent, and creating successful staffing matches that support both customer needs and candidate career goals.

This opportunity offers a supportive, team-oriented staffing environment with structured onboarding, mentorship, and a defined career path for professional growth. The Account Executive will work closely with leadership and teammates in a collaborative culture that values reliability, professionalism, service quality, accountability, and ongoing development.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop, maintain, and grow client relationships through proactive outreach, needs assessment, service recommendations, and consistent follow-up.
- Recruit, interview, qualify, and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates for temporary and direct hire placement opportunities.
- Match qualified candidates to open job orders, prepare accurate candidate profiles, and guide clients and candidates through the hiring process.
- Manage daily, weekly, and monthly activity plans to meet key performance indicators, minimum standards, and revenue goals.
- Provide timely communication and service to clients, candidates, temporary associates, and internal team members.
- Maintain accurate documentation in company systems while following established policies, processes, quality standards, and sales strategies.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $52,000.00 to $85,000.00 per year (Base + Commission)
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Location: Temecula, CA.
- Commission eligibility is tied to required client and candidate service, follow-up, and placement activity standards.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Build and expand client relationships through sales outreach, account development, and customer retention activities.
- Recruit, qualify, interview, and maintain candidate pipelines for staffing and employment opportunities.
- Manage job orders, candidate submissions, hiring process communication, and post-placement follow-up.
- Plan and execute daily business development, recruiting, and relationship management activities to achieve performance goals.

- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience preferred for this Account Executive role.
- Two or more years of similar customer development, sales, recruiting, account management, or business development experience, or completion of an approved internal training program.
- Prior experience working in a commission, bonus, goal-based, or performance-driven role.
- Ability to develop client relationships, identify business needs, present services, and support staffing placements.
- Strong written, verbal, and digital communication skills with consistent grammar, spelling, and professional sentence structure.
- Ability to work productively in a team environment, independently, onsite, or remotely as business needs require.
- Strong organization, time management, follow-up, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to perform under pressure while managing competing deadlines, customer concerns, multiple tasks, and complex situations.
- Proficiency using the internet and basic Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Ability to type at least 36 WPM.
- Experience navigating and documenting information in applicant tracking, sales, marketing, customer service, or similar processing systems.
- Professional judgment, emotional intelligence, adaptability, reliability, and a collaborative service mindset.
- Ability to participate in client meetings at customer locations as needed.
- Consistent recent employment history aligned with professional sales and service expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in staffing, recruiting, employment services, or a related business-to-business service environment.
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, CRM platforms, job order management, and candidate sourcing tools.
- Experience supporting both temporary staffing and direct hire placements.
- Proven success meeting sales activity goals, recruiting targets, client retention goals, or revenue expectations.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.