People & Talent Apprentice

Liminal • Boston, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is focused on supporting the People & Talent team in finding, hiring, and retaining great people. It involves recruitment, coordination, onboarding, and maintaining people systems. The goal is to build a company that people want to join and can function within effectively. Liminal is a Founders' Studio that co-builds with founders, providing expertise, capital, and access from founding to Series B. This apprentice will be based in Boston, providing US hours coverage and acting as a local point of contact, while much of the team operates from Singapore, requiring a high degree of independence.

Requirements

• Good with people: warm, perceptive, and comfortable speaking with a wide range of individuals.
• High agency: comfortable operating independently, solving problems, and asking good questions.
• Natural researcher: enjoys figuring things out and tackling unfamiliar tasks.
• Clear writer: able to communicate concisely and effectively in emails, updates, and instructions.
• Early-career, high-trajectory: student, recent graduate, or a few years into a career.
• Evidence of being trusted with real responsibility.
• Independent thinker with a contrarian streak, unafraid to question processes.
• Ability to disagree and commit.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in recruiting, HR, coordination, or another people-heavy environment.
• Experience building a student organization.
• Experience recruiting a founding team for a company.
• Experience running operations for a political campaign, conference, sports team, or nonprofit.
• Demonstrated instances of being trusted with significant responsibility at a young age.

Responsibilities

• Support searches across Liminal and its ventures by sourcing candidates and conducting first-round screenings.
• Manage scheduling, follow-ups, and maintain accurate documentation for hiring coordination.
• Support day-to-day processes of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employee records, HR systems, and internal requests.
• Identify and simplify inefficient or outdated processes within the company.
• Provide People & Talent presence during US hours, handling tasks independently and coordinating broader input as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed