Recruiting Associate

LifeWorx is a premier elder care and domestic staffing company seeking a Recruiting Associate to join our Westport, CT office, responsible for recruiting elder care candidates in the Greenwich area.

What are the responsibilities of a Recruiting Associate?

• Posting elder care jobs on various job boards and reviewing external and internal applications
• Completing in-person or zoom interviews with candidates
• Completing background and reference checks, and creating bios on candidates to present to families looking to hire
• Developing relationships with existing candidates to promote referral pipelines for new candidates
• Maintaining contact and updating availability info on candidates
• Assisting sales managers in setting up interviews and performing candidate searches to identify best fits for open roles
• Administrative component, including data entry and maintenance, and entering clients and jobs into QuickBooks

What are the expectations and characteristics of a successful Recruiting Associate?

• Ideal candidate is ambitious and interested in career growth and has the bandwidth and entrepreneurial energy to help grow the business
• Organized, efficient, authentic, personable, and can function well in small teams
• Comfortable exercising judgment and making gut decisions about candidates
• Goal- and performance-oriented, willing to hold oneself accountable, learn from mistakes and take initiative

What are the requirements of a Recruiting Associate?

• Must have Bachelor's degree
• Must have at least 2 years of office experience
• Must have good time management and strong interpersonal skills as well as outstanding verbal and communication skills.
• Candidates must work 5 days in the office during training and ramp-up. Typical hours are 8am-5pm or 9am-6pm
• Must be willing to travel for training
• Previous experience in staffing and recruiting or working on commission a plus
• Local and medical knowledge a plus

Why should you join our team?

• Strong commission potential based on recurring revenue generated by your candidates
• Growth-oriented – we have opened a new office or expanded territories each year for the last four years (Midtown NYC, Long Island, Sarasota, West Palm Beach)
• We mostly promote from within - this position has a high opportunity to grow into other areas of the business including sales, business development, and marketing
• Culture of autonomy and empowerment – trust is one of our core values, and the leadership team has no time or desire to micromanage
• Results matter, but they are also weighed against effort and intent

Compensation and Benefits:

• Expected total comp in first year of employment: $75,000-$85,000
• Base salary – $45,000-$50,000
• Commission – transferred commission plus on target goal earnings expected to be $500-$700 per week, paid out every 4 weeks
• Commission is primarily based on a percentage of revenue generated by working candidates assigned to and/or brought on by you and has no draw
• PTO – 3 weeks of paid vacation, 5 personal/sick days, and 7 holidays
• 401k with partial company matching
• Medical, dental and vision insurance

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you comfortable working on base salary commission?
• What compensation range are you looking for?
• Are you comfortable working in-office 5 days a week?