Associate Recruiter

The Opportunity

HIRECLOUT is hiring an ambitious Associate Recruiter to join our team in Woodland Hills, California. No previous recruiting experience is required. We are open to high-potential candidates from sales, hospitality, customer service, business development, luxury retail, real estate, or other performance-driven and relationship-focused environments.

This is not an HR or administrative role. It is a fast-paced, commercial position that combines recruiting, relationship building, sales, market research, negotiation, and lead generation.

You will recruit sales, marketing, customer success, revenue operations, and other go-to-market professionals for high-growth technology and technology-enabled companies. You will learn how to identify exceptional talent, engage passive candidates, manage complex hiring processes, close placements, and generate new business opportunities.

You will be surrounded by, trained by, mentored by, and led by multiple proven big billers. This is a hands-on environment where you will learn directly from professionals who know how to win searches, build trusted relationships, close placements, and develop substantial books of business.

What You Will Do

• Learn and manage the full candidate lifecycle, from initial sourcing through offer acceptance
• Recruit professionals across sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships, revenue operations, and GTM leadership
• Develop a strong understanding of each client, position, hiring need, and ideal candidate profile
• Build targeted talent pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, our internal database, referrals, market research, and AI-powered recruiting tools
• Conduct high-volume outbound outreach through phone, email, LinkedIn, and other channels
• Engage passive candidates and present compelling career opportunities
• Interview and qualify candidates based on experience, performance, motivation, compensation, career goals, and cultural alignment
• Prepare strong candidate submissions for clients
• Prepare candidates for interviews and manage communication throughout the hiring process
• Gather feedback, resolve concerns, maintain momentum, and deliver an excellent candidate experience
• Support offer negotiations, counteroffer management, references, and candidate closing
• Build long-term relationships with high-performing GTM professionals
• Identify hiring signals, organizational changes, and market intelligence through candidate conversations
• Generate warm leads, hiring-manager introductions, referrals, and potential business opportunities
• Maintain accurate candidate, client, and lead information in the ATS and CRM
• Collaborate with experienced recruiters and business development leaders to convert qualified opportunities into searches
• Meet weekly outreach, conversation, submission, interview, placement, and lead-generation goals
• Continuously improve your understanding of GTM roles, technology companies, consultative selling, and professional recruiting

Qualifications

• Experience in sales, business development, hospitality, customer service, luxury retail, real estate, account management, recruiting, or another relationship-driven field
• Genuine interest in building a long-term career in professional recruiting and search
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confidence initiating conversations with people you do not already know
• Ability to build rapport quickly and ask thoughtful, direct questions
• Comfortable working on the phone and conducting consistent outbound outreach
• Competitive, coachable, resilient, and motivated by measurable results
• Able to handle rejection, maintain urgency, and follow through consistently
• Commercially curious and capable of recognizing hiring needs, introductions, and potential business opportunities
• Highly organized, responsive, and attentive to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Willing to learn recruiting technology, AI tools, an ATS, and a CRM
• Able to work from HIRECLOUT’s Woodland Hills office five days per week

Recruiting Experience

Previous recruiting experience is welcomed but not required. We care more about your drive, communication ability, relationship-building skills, work ethic, coachability, and interest in becoming a high-performing recruiter.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Success in a commission-based or performance-driven position
• Sales, hospitality, business development, customer-facing, or agency experience
• A record of exceeding goals, quotas, or service expectations
• Strong phone presence and confidence conducting outbound outreach
• Experience persuading, negotiating, resolving objections, or closing
• Evidence of rapid career progression or increased responsibility
• Familiarity with technology, SaaS, startups, or professional services
• A genuine desire to become a big biller and eventually develop your own client relationships

This Role Is a Good Fit If You

• Enjoy connecting with people and understanding what motivates them
• Are energized by goals, competition, and measurable success
• Want your income and advancement to be influenced by your performance
• Can hear “no” without losing momentum
• Want to learn both recruiting and business development
• Prefer a commercial career over a traditional HR career
• Want direct access to accomplished recruiters who will train and mentor you
• Are serious about developing into a top-producing search professional