Careers at Common Agenda
The Common Agenda team is a collection of professionals with years of experience under their belt and young talents with fresh ideas. We believe the most innovative and successful work is created in a happy and healthy environment where different perspectives join forces. The culture at Common Agenda is one where everyone belongs, and all ideas are heard. Vested in each other’s success, we support, encourage, and celebrate one another and the impact we make. We believe that employees make the best companies and should know that they are valued.
If you’re seeking out new challenges, a talented team, and a motivating culture, then you should come work with us.
Open Positions
Junior Recruiter
Associate/Junior Technical Executive Recruiter
As a member of our small team, you’ll be tasked with filling current open requirements by finding and qualifying candidates. A willingness to learn is vital, as we will provide training in all aspects of the role. We expect you to be savvy, hardworking, and intelligent in getting the most from the state-of-the-art CRM/ATS and other tools we supply. Strong interpersonal, spot presentation, written & verbal communications skills are key because we’re internally and externally interactive – we learn something new every day! You must have a talent for interacting with people – our team members are confident in themselves and are never nervous on the phone, whether talking to an engineer or the CEO of an industry-leading company.
CLASSIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a pipeline of “A-player” candidates through networking, cold calling, and other creative means of research
- Screen prospective candidates to evaluate company fit, technical ability, and interest
- Mentor candidates through hiring process from resume writing, interviewing and offer acceptance
- Work closely with Account and Operations Managers to ensure we meet our recruiting goals
- Meet and exceed all weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance targets
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
- We’re seeking solid experience and self-drive in a sales environment with a record of achievement
- Experience in recruiting is desired but not required
- Experience building and nurturing relationships with clients, leads, prospects and/or customers from a sales environment
- Demonstrated success sourcing leads through referrals, warm, and cold calling is desired but not required
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- High-energy with polished and persuasive written and verbal skills
- Technical savviness with the intellectual curiosity to learn new things daily
- Strong commitment to ethics, integrity, and quality
- Sense of humor, positive attitude, and a respect for teamwork
- College degree or equivalent experience
Executive Recruiter
Technical Executive Recruiter
As a member of our small team, you’ll be tasked with filling current open requirements as well as identifying new ones. You will find and qualify candidates and client leads, sell the benefits of working with Common Agenda, and bring new clients to the company. Once you’ve landed a new client, you’ll be the point person on their account, helping to meet all their recruiting needs and acting as a Subject Matter Expert on all topics in recruiting and hiring.
We expect you to be savvy, hardworking, and intelligent in getting the most from the state-of-the-art CRM/ATS and other tools we supply. We live-eat-and-breath search strings, Boolean, internet research, Google, LinkedIn, etc. Natural curiosity and excitement about markets, people, business, and technology are in your DNA. Strong interpersonal, spot presentation, written & verbal communications skills are key because we’re internally and externally interactive – we learn something new every day! Our team members are confident in themselves and are never nervous on the phone, whether talking to an engineer or the CEO of an industry-leading company.
CLASSIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a pipeline of “A-player” candidates through networking, cold calling, and other creative means of research
- Screen prospective candidates to evaluate company fit, technical ability, and interest
- Mentor candidates through hiring process from resume writing, interviewing and offer acceptance
- Present Common Agenda to prospective clients as a solution to their hiring needs
- Work closely with Account and Operations Managers to ensure we meet our recruiting goals
- Meet and exceed all weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance targets
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
- Experience and progression in recruitment, regardless of field, resulting in a record of placements and meeting targets
- Experience building and nurturing relationships with clients, leads, and prospects
- Demonstrated success sourcing leads through referrals, warm, and cold calling
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- High-energy with polished and persuasive written and verbal skills
- Technical savviness with the intellectual curiosity to learn new things daily
- Strong commitment to ethics, integrity, and quality
- Sense of humor, positive attitude, and a respect for teamwork
- College degree or equivalent experience
Life at Common Agenda
We believe that a positive working environment is conducive to a successful company. Our culture consists of:
- Positive thinking
- Productive Atmosphere
- Positive reinforcement
- Compassionate team members
- Open and honest communication
- Growth opportunities
- Good work-life balance
Ask our team
What I’ve learned since joining Common Agenda
“You cannot always say “Yes.” If something cannot be done, you have to be open and honest about it. Your clients will respect you for it and it will build a foundation of trust.”
“I learned how valuable and important people are to companies. The culture of an organization is made up of the people. Even if a company has the coolest, most cutting-edge products/services, without great transformational leaders, a company doesn’t have an attractive culture.”
“Never stop learning and don’t rest on your laurels. You need to be more than just willing to improve your skillset. Take the steps needed for you to continually evolve.”
What is special about our team that makes work better?
“We’re truly a collaborative environment where the attitude is one of shared success, and not of internal competition.”
“We all work differently and find our energy from different channels but come together to get the job done. It’s a great environment to be in.”
“We all bring different ideas to the table and each one is heard. Our different personalities make for a fun environment.”
Tips for someone joining our team:
“Recruiting isn’t just about how hard you work, it’s also about how smart you work. There are only so many hours in the day, so you have to work in the most efficient way possible if you want to be successful.”
“Executive recruiting is a great in-between of sales and human resources. Selling positions to prospective candidates is the sales piece and walking candidates through the interview process is the HR piece. It’s a niche skillset. Most days are really fun!”
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions and for help. We want our teammates to be successful and are always available for one another.”
Favorite perk:
“Flexibility to work from home when needed.”
“Lunches, coffee, and everyday chit chat that makes the day go by quickly.”
“Flexibility to work from home if necessary, bringing my dogs to work, lunches, team snack/coffee breaks, games.”
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