Entry Level Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant | Entry Level | Summ Start

Location: Chicago, IL- Loop

Compensation: $45,000 + uncapped commission from day 1 ($70k-80k 1st year OTE)

Recruitment Consultant

Our Chicago team is growing! We are looking for an entry level Recruitment Consultant to join our team.

What does a Recruitment Consultant do at Phaidon International?

Over the course of the interview process, you will be matched to a sub-team within one of our specialized brands.

You will develop your network, maintain non-transactional relationships, and establish yourself as an expert in your market by doing these core recruitment functions:

Business Development

• Reaching out (phone, email, messenger) to potential clients to establish a relationship, network, and win new business
• Pitching and negotiating service agreements with key stake holders for potential clients
• Maintaining existing client relationships and updating them throughout ongoing searches
• Pulling and qualifying client hiring needs to understand the role, goals of the company, and necessary experience

Candidate Sourcing

• Headhunting top talent (mid-to-senior and executive level candidates) within your assigned niche and territory
• Networking with passive/inactive talent
• Cold calling active and passive candidates for rapport building, market intel, motivations
• Messaging, emailing, and cold calling candidates to maintain a pipeline of mid-to-senior level candidates within your specialized niche

Process Management

• Introduce candidates to clients
• Coordinate interview process, exchanging feedback between candidate and client
• Negotiate and deliver the offer to the candidate
• Post placement care: Keep in touch with the candidate after their start to ensure a long-term fit

What Phaidon International can offer you:

• Base salary + uncapped commission
• Merit based career progression - opportunities to step into management or excel as an individual contributor.
• Training: A training program made for recruiters, by recruiters - paid training, at all levels.
• Benefits: Wellhub (Gympass), 401(k) plan with a company match, Medical, Dental and Vision care, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care FSA, Commuter Benefits and 20+ days of PTO (separate sick time, PTO, and holidays)!
• Incentives: Quarterly 'Lunch Clubs' - a chance to dine at some of the finest restaurants in the area, weekly happy hours, paid company vacations and luxury incentives for top performers
• Perks: Work in the heart in the Loop, Network with senior clients and candidates, 3pm finish on Fridays, gym in the building, discounted pet insurance and a ½ day on your birthday

We are looking for driven, curious, and resilient people with a sense of purpose to join our team and grow with us. Anybody that joins our business can make a real difference to our company, clients and their own careers from day one.

Applications are reviewed in real time, so apply today!