Associate Recruitment Consultant

Your new team:

Join our high-performing construction and property team comprised of professionals from diverse cultures and backgrounds, including top-producing Hays Recruitment professionals with experience from our global businesses.

The team consists of industry experts with over 12 years of staffing expertise, consultants with 2-3 years of high-level success as well as associates who have recently started their Hays journey. Our leadership team fosters an environment of hands-on support, team collaboration, and inclusive competition to challenge one another to be their best.

We enjoy working together in a high-pace, relentless, sales driven environment while also taking part in various social events like team lunches, team bonding activities, and happy-hours to celebrate team and individual success.

Your new role:

• Develop new business relationships and maintain your network of client companies through business development calls, client visits, networking and entertainment events.
• Apply a relationship-based sales approach to build and maintain a successful book of business.
• Source, recruit, interview, evaluate and place highly skilled professionals to match client requirements for contract, contract to hire or permanent opportunities.
• Build a network of active and passive professionals through creative sourcing, referrals and networking events.
• Foster long-term relationships with clients and candidates through ongoing contact.
• Drive client relationships for designated market and take action on leads passed.
• Follow up with pipeline and placed candidates to grow your professional network within your market.
• Build foundational recruitment (find & engage) skills, knowledge and take responsibility for own development.
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities with Learning & Development.
• Actively showcase and live HAYS values/vision/standards and expectations for high performance.

What you will have:

• 1-2 years' experience in a sales related role, ideally with outbound sales experience.
• Achievement focused, resilient, authentic & trustworthy.
• Self-motivated, self-reliant and takes initiative.
• Good communicator; able to overcome obstacles, team player.
• Desire for personal development and professional growth.
• Able to be in-person in Arlington, VA
• Have a reliable vehicle to attend client and candidate meetings.

What you will get:

• We offer base compensation of $52,500, plus a high percentage, uncapped commission plan from 8-12%
• Hybrid/flexible schedule. 3 days minimum in-person in Arlington, VA.
• PTO starting at 22 days, 2 floating holidays and 2 volunteer days. Our top producers have the opportunity to earn UNLIMITED PTO.
• Competitively priced medical, vision and dental plans to choose what works best for you.
• 401K with guaranteed match and fast-paced vesting schedule.
• Initial and continuous training & support from Learning & Development for your professional growth.

What you need to do now

Excited yet? If you're already itching to take the next step to achieving your career goals, apply now.

More about us

Hays is the world's leading recruitment experts. Last year we placed 80,000 people in permanent jobs and over 250,000 people in to temporary roles globally. We employ over 13,000 recruiting experts in 32 countries with opportunities for growth, leadership and travel. And enjoy an unrivalled position as the number most followed staffing company on LinkedIn, with over 6 million followers.

For us it starts with people. By combining years of hands-on experience with global and local expertise, we deliver tangible insights that help move our customers forward.

We challenge the status quo in our ways of working, our technology and tools, and how we envisage the future of stronger, fairer, more inclusive working environments for everyone.

Everyone is welcome here. We care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (Search “Hays Our Promise” to read more). We encourage applicants from all groups, including women, indigenous people, visible or racial minorities, persons with disabilities, and anyone else who may belong to any group protected by federal, state, or local law. We have active employee resource groups which you can tap into from day one including the Pride Network, Black Excellence Network, WE Lead (for female leaders), and other employee resource groups supporting Veterans, Neurodiverse individuals, South Asians, and individuals interested in Sustainability. We have a very active relationship with Think Big for Kids who we support with their work of supporting youth engagement. You will be given in-depth training around different DE&I topics, which we believe are not only important for us, but for our clients and our candidates. At Hays, we foster a culture of inclusion. We want to hear from you. You are welcome here.

Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with difference backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees.