Associate Recruitment Consultant (Sales)

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Company

Specialist Staffing Group is a U.S. STEM staffing business connecting organizations with engineering, technology, life sciences, energy, and other technical talent across a global office network.

What you will do

• Identify new business opportunities and build relationships with prospective and existing clients.
• Conduct outbound calls, meetings, presentations, negotiations, and commercial partnership discussions.
• Source, attract, screen, interview, and qualify STEM candidates for specialized roles.
• Create job advertisements and recruitment campaigns, present candidates, and manage interview processes.
• Guide candidates through offer negotiations, close placements, and support onboarding and post-placement follow-up.
• Develop expertise in a STEM market and provide consultative support to clients and candidates.

Requirements

• 6 months to 2 years of experience in sales, business development, recruiting, customer-facing, or relationship management roles.
• Experience with outbound calling, opportunity generation, and influencing decision-makers.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, interpersonal, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, performance-oriented environment.
• Proven ability to meet goals, deadlines, or performance metrics.
• Motivation, resilience, persistence, coachability, and ambition for career and financial growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Structured onboarding, sales training, and ongoing coaching from Learning & Development professionals.
• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission and performance incentives.
• Merit-based career progression with opportunities to advance into leadership roles.
• Collaborative, diverse, and achievement-oriented workplace with employee resource groups.
• 17 days of paid time off, 12 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), wellbeing resources, and employee support programs.