Associate Recruiter

Associate Consultant – Deep Tech Recruitment

IC Resources | Austin, TX

About IC Resources

We're building IC Resources into the firm clients call first for deep tech talent in North America. We specialize exclusively in deep tech – semiconductor, AI silicon, embedded software, robotics, photonics, and the hardware-led industries shaping the future of compute. We go inch wide and mile deep, building the relationships and market intelligence that generalists can't.

This is a ground-floor opportunity. The people we hire now are the ones we'll build the business around.

The Role

The Associate Consultant role is our entry-level position from where you will gain the skills, knowledge and experience to help you develop into a fully-fledged 360 Recruitment Consultant.

You'll work closely with our leadership to develop the skills that define exceptional recruitment consultants – sourcing, qualification, candidate management, client development, market expertise, and commercial judgement. You'll learn directly from people who've built recruitment businesses before, in a market experiencing huge growth and huge potential.

You'll start in a resourcing role, learning recruitment from the ground up. You'll source candidates, learn your market by talking to it, and develop the discipline that underpins every successful recruiter. From there, you'll progress into running candidate processes end-to-end, then into client development, until you're operating as a full 360 consultant with your own desk and your own clients.

This isn't a sink-or-swim role. We invest in your development because we want the people we hire now to be the leaders of this business in the years ahead.

Your Development

• Resourcing first. Learn the fundamentals. Source and headhunt candidates across your deep tech vertical. Speak to candidates daily. Build market intelligence. Develop the habits of a high-performing recruiter.
• Candidate-led 360. Take ownership of candidate processes. Manage interviews, offers, and placements. Deepen your expertise in your vertical. Start contributing to client relationships through the strength of your work.
• Full 360. Move into client development. Win your own clients. Run full 360 searches. Build a desk that's genuinely yours.

Progression is earned, not given. We back your development based on what you're ready for, working closely with you to build the skills that make exceptional recruitment consultants.

What We're Looking For

• A recent graduate who is hungry to build a career, not just take a job
• Goal-oriented with a track record of setting targets and hitting them – whether in sport, work, school, or life
• Coachable, mature, and comfortable with consistent, repetitive work
• Resilient – you bounce back from setbacks and don't let bad days define you
• Genuinely interested in deep tech and the industries we serve

What's In It For You

• A clear, structured path from trainee to 360 Recruiter to leadership – the future leaders of this business will come from this cohort
• Hands-on training and mentorship from leadership who've built recruitment businesses before
• A specialist focus in a deep tech market with huge growth and huge potential
• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission [insert structure]
• Genuine ownership of a vertical as you progress

How We Work

Three values define how we operate, and we hire to them:

• Earn Everything – No shortcuts, no entitlement. You earn your promotions, your clients, and your success.
• Be Accountable – You own your effort, your standards, your results, and your mistakes.
• Give a Sh!t – Care about the people you work with. Bring real energy and lift the people around you.