Jobs · Business Development · New York

Entry Level Recruitment Consultant | Summer Start

Phaidon International · New York, NY · 2 wk ago
On-siteBusiness Development$70k–$80k/yrFull-time

What You'll Be Doing

  • Client Development: Build and manage relationships with hiring managers and business leaders across your specialist sector. Negotiate agreements, understand their talent needs, and become their go-to talent partner.
  • Candidate Engagement: Identify and headhunt top mid-to-senior and executive-level professionals. Pick up the phone. Make connections. Build a pipeline of exceptional talent through proactive outreach and genuine relationship-building.
  • End-to-End Process Management: Own the full recruitment cycle, from introductions and interviews through to offer negotiation and post-placement support. You'll be the person both sides rely on to get it right.

What We're Looking For

  • Ambition: You want to build something, earn well, and grow fast.
  • Communication: You're confident, clear, and know how to adapt your style.
  • Professionalism: You show up prepared, follow through, and carry yourself with maturity.
  • Work ethic: Whether it's sport, part-time work, internships or academics, you've shown what you're made of.
  • Education: A bachelor's degree or 2 years of sales experience.

What We Expect

  • Show Up and Deliver, Consistently: Success in recruitment is built on activity. That means making the calls, having the conversations, and putting in the work, day after day, not just when it feels easy.
  • Own Your Results: We'll give you the training, the tools, and the support, but what you do with them is on you. We want people who take responsibility for their desk, their relationships, and their outcomes. If something isn't working, we expect you to raise it, learn from it, and come back stronger.
  • Be Resilient: Recruitment is a people business, and people are unpredictable. Deals fall through. Candidates change their minds. Clients go quiet. The consultants who thrive here are the ones who take that in their stride, stay focused, and keep moving forward. Resilience isn't just a nice-to-have, it is what this career is built on.

Pay

$55,000 + uncapped commission from day one ($70k-80k 1st year OTE)

Schedule

Summer Start

Benefits

  • Uncapped commission from day one
  • Award-winning internal training
  • Leading healthcare benefits

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