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Associate Recruiter

About Us

At Harrison Gray, we are a team of results-driven, high-performing individuals who attack each day while maintaining a laser focus on building our future. We pride ourselves on the inclusive team environment that fuels each other's growth and success in a traditionally individually focused industry. 

Our culture encourages and challenges you to Bring Your Best and empowers you to forge your future. We Win Together by celebrating each other’s wins, large or small, and are grateful to be a part of an open-minded team built on trust in an environment that rewards results instead of tenure. At Harrison Gray, we understand Good Grows Slow and that long-term and sustained success results from persistence, determination, and patience. We are known for the unmatched level of service we consistently deliver and help great companies hire great people.

Who We are Looking for

We are looking for an Associate Recruiter to join our growing team. If you’re a driven individual who enjoys networking, building relationships, and matching skills with needs, then this is a great opportunity for you.

The ideal candidate is someone who has recruiting, inside sales, or customer service experience. This position will have immediate access to a functioning and growing book of clients with multiple openings. This person should be a strong communicator with a keen ability to connect with both clients and candidates. This role offers a very competitive commission structure.

Overview:

The Associate Recruiter will work closely with their team to source and place top-qualified candidates. This person will be responsible for recruiting for several high-level openings at any given time. 

The Skills: As an Associate Recruiter, you will be responsible for generating a steady stream of qualified candidates for our client’s open positions. Daily responsibilities will include:

• Cold-calling potential candidates
• Interviewing candidates to evaluate their abilities.
• Finding great candidates through the use of social media and networking.
• Staying organized - following up with people you connect with and meet.
• Thinking outside the box to enable placements at every opportunity.
• Building relationships with candidates at all experience levels.
• Increasing your knowledge of your industry to become an expert.
• Working your absolute hardest.

The Requirements:

You absolutely MUST see yourself as the type of person who is persuasive and convincing. This could be anything from direct sales experience to fighting for a nonprofit or social justice issue to convincing people to join a specific club or fraternity in college. We are looking for future leaders who can influence through effective communication. We have an industry-leading commission structure.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work to understand client needs
• Source and recruit qualified candidates 
• Conduct discovery calls to pre-vet candidates
• Obtain resume from candidate 
• Utilize our database systems to build a pipeline
• Connect with candidates via phone and email
• Review resumes
• Partner with the VP of Recruiting to manage communication with clients/hiring managers to understand needs/priorities, submit and articulate candidate qualifications, schedule interviews, and facilitate offers.
• Keep all candidate information updated and organized in all required systems, including accurate and adequate notes at all stages of the process.
• Hunter mentality, always listening for new leads and passing them off to the Business Development Team.
• All team members are responsible for upholding and adding value to the culture at Harrison Gray. 

Key Qualifications:

• Excellent relationship-building, interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively through verbal and written correspondence
• A positive attitude and a team player 
• Comfortable with high call and email volume expectations daily
• The ability to work under pressure and a heightened sense of urgency
• Proven ability to work in an activity-driven work culture
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team
• Must be able to start cold conversations
• You have demonstrated the ability to work well under the pressure of deadlines and multiple priorities.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• A strong work ethic
• Cold calling ability/experience 
• Outgoing
• Goal-Oriented
• Process Oriented

Location:

Grand Rapids, MI

Benefits:

• Health
• Unlimited commission
• Growth & development 
• Amazing culture and supportive team environment
• Casual office environment

Candidates with experience in the following roles are encouraged to apply: Talent Advisor, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Sales Representative, Talent Associate, Customer Care Representative, B2B Sales, Direct Sales, Inside Sales, Sales Assistant, Sales Associate, Business Development Representative, Customer Service Associate, SDR