Senior Full-Desk Recruiter

Silicon Valley Recruiting • San Francisco, CA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

The client, an established national staffing and recruiting organization, is seeking an experienced full-desk permanent placement recruiter to launch and grow its direct-hire recruiting business in San Francisco. The position is the first dedicated permanent placement role in the San Francisco office, which has expanded since launching in 2025 and is growing beyond temporary and temp-to-hire staffing. The recruiter will build a book of business while drawing on the resources, infrastructure, and existing client relationships of a national staffing organization.

This role offers autonomy and an entrepreneurial environment, with potential to progress into a Permanent Placement Manager or Division Manager role as the business grows. The recruiter will own the full permanent placement process, from developing clients and acquiring job orders through sourcing, assessing, presenting, and placing candidates. The position focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area and professional services disciplines including administrative, human resources, accounting, and finance.

Requirements

• Proven agency recruiting experience focused on permanent placement or direct-hire staffing.
• Demonstrated success managing a full desk, including new business development and candidate recruiting.
• Ability to independently generate new client relationships and direct-hire job orders.
• Experience negotiating placement agreements, managing client relationships, and closing permanent placements.
• Strong prospecting, sales, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches, client relationships, and recruiting priorities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and motivation to establish and grow a profitable recruiting desk.
• Strong organizational, communication, and candidate assessment skills.

Nice To Haves

• Established client relationships in San Francisco or the greater Bay Area.
• Experience recruiting administrative, HR, accounting, finance, or other professional services positions.
• Demonstrated history of consistent permanent placement production and revenue generation.
• Experience launching or expanding a recruiting desk, practice area, or business line.
• Previous mentoring, training, or team leadership experience.
• Interest in progressing into a player/coach or division leadership position.

Responsibilities

• Establish and grow a permanent placement desk focused on the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Identify and develop new client relationships through prospecting, cold calling, networking, referrals, and strategic outreach.
• Generate direct-hire job orders and negotiate permanent placement fee agreements.
• Build relationships with hiring managers, HR leaders, department heads, and executive decision-makers.
• Meet with clients to understand hiring needs, organizational priorities, and talent requirements.
• Use existing staffing relationships to identify cross-selling and permanent placement opportunities.
• Develop a pipeline of new business, repeat clients, and placement revenue.
• Manage the recruiting lifecycle from business development and job order acquisition through candidate placement.
• Source, interview, qualify, and present candidates for direct-hire opportunities.
• Build candidate networks across administrative, human resources, accounting, finance, and related professional services disciplines.
• Assess candidate qualifications, compensation expectations, career goals, and alignment with client requirements.
• Coordinate interviews, manage client and candidate communications, and provide interview preparation.
• Negotiate offers, facilitate placements, and maintain relationships that generate repeat business and referrals.
• Maintain accurate recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, and client information in the applicant tracking system.
• Develop business development, sourcing, recruiting, and account management strategies for the new practice.
• Collaborate with temporary staffing recruiters and sales professionals to identify direct-hire opportunities.
• Share market insights and best practices to support office growth.
• Help establish processes and infrastructure for future expansion.
• Potentially mentor and lead additional permanent placement recruiters as the business grows.

Benefits

• Opportunity to become the first dedicated permanent placement recruiter in a growing San Francisco office.
• Access to the infrastructure and established relationships of a national staffing organization.
• Autonomy to develop clients, recruiting strategies, and a book of business.
• Support and collaboration from an established temporary staffing team.
• Potential advancement into a Permanent Placement Manager or Division Manager position.
• Opportunity to help shape a growing permanent placement practice.

What This Job Offers

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