Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Start Date: January 19th, 2027. Location: Manhattan, New York, NY 10017 (full-time, in-office).

About the Role

Founded in 2019, Levin has grown from a three-person start-up into a specialist technology recruitment business operating across FinTech, HealthTech, and Energy & Infrastructure through our brands Storm2, Storm3, and Storm4. We connect some of the world's fastest-growing technology companies with exceptional talent, while building exceptional careers for our people. Our mission is to connect high-growth technology companies with the talent they need to scale. To do that, we invest heavily in our Associates through structured training, hands-on coaching, recruitment technology, and clear progression pathways. Every one of our top performers started their career at Levin as an Associate and progressed through the business.

Responsibilities

• Learn the full 360 recruitment process from start to finish.
• Build relationships with senior-level tech executives and partner with technology companies.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment journey from first conversation through to successful placement.
• Develop expertise within a specialist technology market, becoming a trusted consultant to both clients and candidates.
• Find and engage top talent using LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, CRM tools, market mapping, and phone outreach.
• Build client relationships with hiring leaders at technology companies, understanding their talent needs and showcasing how Levin can help solve their hiring challenges.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing market insight, coordinating interviews, supporting candidate preparation, and delivering successful hiring outcomes.
• Develop commercial skills across business development, negotiation, account management, and market research, using those insights to build strong client partnerships and support successful hiring.

Requirements

• Recent or upcoming graduates, ideally from the Classes of 2023–2026.
• Ambitious, resilient, and motivated by clear goals.
• Confident communicator who enjoys building relationships.
• Curious about business, technology, sales, or people.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, target-driven, high-energy office environment.
• Excited by performance-based progression and earning potential.
• Coachable, self-motivated, and open to feedback.
• Comfortable learning new technologies and proactively using tools such as Outlook, Teams, and other workplace platforms.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities.
• No prior recruitment experience required; sales, customer service, leadership, athletics, hospitality, fundraising, or campus involvement can all be relevant experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $55,000 (non-exempt) plus uncapped commission.
• Expected First-Year OTE: $60,000–$75,000+; top performers earn $100,000+.
• Progression: Performance-based promotions; first promotion typically around 10–12 months, top 3 performers promoted to Management (3rd promotion) in 18 months.
• Health & Financial: 401K, Health and Dental Insurance, FSA & Commuter Benefits.
• Time Off: 20 vacation days, 9 national holidays, company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year, Corporate Social Responsibility day, and birthday off.
• Schedule: 9am–6pm Monday–Thursday, 9am–3pm Friday; Wednesday work-from-home after first four weeks.
• Wellness: Gym discounts through WellHub from day 1.
• Additional Perks: Performance-based relocation opportunities and potential equity for top performers; Employee Resource Groups (Parity and Nexus); target-based incentives including international vacations, restaurant outings, group activities; Levin Ambassadors Initiative (early mentorship opportunity).