Professional Recruiter

Openwork•Houston, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Openwork 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.

Requirements

Recruiting, staffing, talent acquisition, or related experience preferred
Experience recruiting professional-level talent is preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to build relationships and establish credibility quickly
Strong organizational and time-management skills
Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a team
A strong sense of urgency and commitment to delivering results

Responsibilities

Manage recruiting activity for assigned job searches from intake through placement and onboarding
Identify, attract, and engage qualified talent through direct recruiting, referrals, job boards, social media, networking, community involvement, and other sourcing strategies
Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines based on current and anticipated client needs
Conduct candidate interviews and assess qualifications, skills, experience, and overall fit
Prepare and present polished candidate profiles to account management teams
Coordinate interviews, manage candidate and client feedback, and help guide both parties through the decision-making process
Maintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the recruiting process and provide a high-quality candidate experience
Complete required vetting and screening processes, including background checks, drug screening, skills assessments, and reference verifications
Support successful candidate onboarding and placement
Conduct regular quality-control check-ins with placed talent to support retention and identify future opportunities
Coach and counsel talent regarding performance, professional expectations, and assignment-related matters
Maintain accurate and timely documentation within the ATS
Partner with clients and account management teams to understand evolving hiring needs and provide recruiting insight
Identify additional hiring needs, skill gaps, or potential business opportunities and communicate them to the appropriate Account Manager or internal partner
Actively skill-market qualified candidates to the sales team to help generate future client opportunities and job orders
Participate in daily team huddles and contribute to a collaborative, high-accountability team environment
Support administrative and operational needs for assigned accounts and provide coverage for teammates when needed