Recruiter (Entry Level)

Job Description

Recruiter (Entry Level) | Bridgeway Partners, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Bridgeway Partners, Inc. The company, entering its 21st year, provides a high-quality professional search service and is now aiming to double its revenue by 2030 through expansion into new markets and the development of the next generation of search professionals. This role is designed for early career professionals who want to develop judgment, communication skills, business maturity, and the ability to manage important work. It offers an intensive, paid education that lays a strong foundation for various professional paths, including search consulting, project management, sales, and internal HR.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Mission: To help companies understand and access the available talent market, while supporting professionals in thoughtfully evaluating career opportunities that could improve their lives.
• Tech Stack: CRM systems, modern research tools, AI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Research Talent Markets: Learn to extensively research industries, companies, and talent markets to accurately identify professionals with relevant experience, understanding their career histories and potential beyond simple job titles.
• Engage and Communicate: Develop the ability to approach and communicate effectively with professionals you do not know, creating conversations through phone, email, and other channels, while presenting opportunities accurately and with professional credibility.
• Manage Hiring Processes: Work hand-in-hand with senior partners to conduct substantive career conversations, distinguish between experience, potential, and genuine fit, and prepare candidates for productive client interactions.
• Navigate Complex Decisions: Identify concerns before they escalate, challenge assumptions, offer opposing viewpoints with influence, and help both companies and candidates make better-informed decisions regarding compensation, timing, and priorities.
• Own Search Assignments: Progress to building and executing full search strategies, defining target candidate markets, managing research and outreach campaigns, and running searches through completion while maintaining momentum and communicating with senior leaders.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An early-career professional seeking their first significant job opportunity, demonstrating ambition, curiosity, and high coachability, rather than a polished résumé.
• Experience: No specific years of experience required, but a comfort level with initiating conversations with unfamiliar professionals and a genuine curiosity about how companies operate are essential.
• Skills: Strong foundational skills in research, clear and credible communication, robust organizational abilities, the capacity to ask thoughtful questions, and keen active listening.
• Bonus: A desire to become exceptionally good at something, a willingness to receive direct coaching and be held accountable for results, and an open mind to question first impressions and consider competing viewpoints.