Strategic Search Consultant

Title: Strategic Search Consultant Reports to: Market Director

Work Status: Exempt

Work Schedule: M-F/8 AM – 5 PM

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruits, presents, and fills senior-level direct hire positions for clients, while striving to exceed the needs and expectations of the client.


• Identifies candidates to present based on the client criteria; schedules interviews and negotiates salary offers with


• Identifies new business opportunities and cross selling


• Conducts his/her work with integrity and


• Develops and maintains a network of contacts to provide candidates and leads for available direct hire job


• Attends and actively participates in job fairs to recruit applicants for open positions through advertising, and


• Develops and maintains professional relationships with college, university, and community college placement offices as a source to generate qualified


• Demonstrate and understand how to build a candidate profile that can drive an efficient sourcing program and able to determine the best sourcing method for different candidates.


• Successfully develops effective ads, job postings, and sourcing plans that maximize sourcing dollars and reduce time to hire.


• Identifies and gathers relevant information from a resume for specific job categories while assessing candidates’ true goals and motivations to determine which candidates are most likely to be successful for specific job categories.


• Provide initial screening of job applicants and evaluates work history, education and training, job skills, compensation needs, and other qualifications of applicants.


• Directs the efforts of employment negotiating and controlling employment related fees while identifying objections or problems in closing.


• Negotiates effectively to gain commitment from the candidate and ensure job placement


• Performs other duties as

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be a highly self-motivated, money-motivated, goal-focused individual who is proactive and enjoys meeting new people and networking.


• Provides regular communication with internal and external customers in a courteous and professional manner. Intermediate computer knowledge and particularly comfortable and proficient with different job boards and Microsoft Suite.


• Maintains complete confidentiality of all business matters of the

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently while demonstrating good common sense and sound judgment to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction.


• Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative


• Ability to explain complex concepts verbally and written while synthesizing diverse


• Ability to sort, check, count, verify numbers, multi-task, prioritize and work effectively and efficiently while demonstrating good common sense and sound judgment.


• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information


• Displays emotional intelligence by willingly making decisions in the best interest of the


• Professionally maintains composure and effectiveness under pressure while adapting to change and setting the tone for the Company.


• Identify risks and propose alternative structures to mitigate


• Flexibility to adapt to all situations and work varied hours; possibly work weekends or evenings Strong individual contributor and team player with little or no supervision.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field


• Three year’s proven experience in sales or related


• Demonstrates the ability to create proactive Knowledge of business office operations.


• Sound judgment and ability to analyze situations and


• Dresses in appropriate business attire and is professional in appearance and


• Adheres to Company Handbook and serves as a role model within and outside the Company while maintaining a positive and respectful attitude.


• Able to read, write, and fluently speak


• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize


• Must successfully pass a pre-employment and random drug


• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.


• Requires employee to use hands, arms, feet, legs, neck, and head while performing various


• Requires occasional twisting at desk when answering phone or typing at


• Requires retrieving files by pulling & pushing filing cabinet drawers with occasional bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, and reaching above shoulder level.


• Requires the ability to see well both close and far away; see colors; and distinguish symbols, letters, and numbers. Requires frequent data entry into computer keyboard.


• Requires extensive speaking in person and on the telephone with staff, clients, and non-company

L.K. Jordan & Associates is an equal opportunity employer.