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Entry Level Recruiter:

Sales Position — 50k Base Salary + uncapped commission

• Uncapped commission
• 4 days a week in office, 1 day work from home
• 360 recruitment placing candidates on a contract/permanent basis**

Looking to kick-start your career in sales and recruitment? Look no further than Meet.

What is Meet Recruitment:

We are a global, Life Sciences focused recruitment company founded in London, with offices now in New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, and Raleigh. Our client’s range across the top Medical Device companies, to Pharma, Biotech and Contract Research Organizations (CROs) as well.

Here at Meet, we give inexperienced and experienced professionals the opportunity to work in a high performing, fast-paced sales environment which includes hands on onboarding, continuous guidance, career development opportunities, and much more. A few of the things that sets us apart from our industry peers: uncapped commission structure with no draws or thresholds, the ability to receive additional training as you get promoted into senior/lead recruiter and management (if that is of interest), and the ability to work in an award winning environment for our culture.

Meets core values include: Good humans, unapologetically driven, purpose-led, community chemistry, specialized brilliance.

What is Meet looking for within their Entry Level Recruiters?

• Ability to work in a high performing environment.
• Eagerness to be involved with both candidate delivery and new business development - proactively cold calling, sourcing, and negotiating contracts with your own potential clients.
• Ability to be resilient and proactive in addressing new obstacles.
• Ability to be self-directed and work in partnership with team members.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit who has a proven track record of success in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive to succeed and grow in a sales/recruitment career.
• Ability to network and engage with people from various backgrounds.

Day to day duties of a Meet Entry Level Recruiter:

• Running your own 360 desk - candidate delivery and new business development.
• Headhunt candidates utilizing cold calling, LinkedIn Recruiter, Job Adverts, and referrals.
• Market research on companies for business development purposes.
• Gain insight into the Life Sciences space and become an expert in sourcing high quality and relevant candidates for open positions.
• Provide exceptional candidate experiences throughout the entire recruitment life cycle from the initial phone call to closing the offer.
• Work with numerous hiring managers while assisting with their staffing needs.
• Represent Meet and our global clients in order to appeal to and maintain top talent in the industry.
• Administrative tasks in order to keep the pipeline and system up to date.
• Perform tasks as assigned by the manager.

Benefits of working at Meet:

• Generous PTO package which includes the week off between Christmas and New Year’s along with a free day off for your birthday!
• Base salary of $50k in addition to an uncapped commission
• Award-winning training process and tools to succeed as a recruiter even for inexperienced team members.
• Exciting incentives in which the company covers all expenses including monthly lunches to 5-star restaurants, company vacations, and days out to music festivals.
• The opportunity to be a part of an energetic, motivated team that will offer guidance throughout your career.

Our success in Life Sciences:

• In December 2021 a private equity firm invested in us
• For the first time ever, we had 5 consultants billing over 1 million in 2025
• Sept 2024 our Contract team had a record setting month in revenue generated, and then reached a new record of runners out in December 2024.
• 4 consecutive quarters of revenue growth since the dip in the market
• In 2025 we signed 185 terms as a global business (new and re-engaged)
• March 2025 had our highest performing month as a business since August 2022 when the market was booming!
• In terms of learning & development, we had 29 promotions, 518 learning & development led trainings, and 940 personal learning & development training sessions in 2025
• Life Science companies and Technology companies have grown strong partnerships over the past couple of years, making the North East one of the most stable hub's in Life Sciences
• We won the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award

Qualifications:

• 6+ months of experience in a client facing role (can be full time or internship) OR in an athletic program (required)
• Outbound sales experience (highly preferred)
• Bachelor's degree

Interview Process:

• 15 minute phone screen with internal recruiter -->30 minute Zoom interview with internal recruiter --> 30 minute Zoom interview with hiring manager --> Writing assignment --> Final on-site

Email: cedar.casper@meetlifesciences.com