What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Recruiter position at SnapDragon Associates, LLC?
Former Athletes, Hospitality Professionals, and Salespeople — This One's for You.
If you played sports, worked in hospitality, or carried a sales quota, you may already have the foundation for one of the most rewarding careers most people never consider: executive recruiting.
Not because you studied it. Not because you planned for it. But because those environments teach something incredibly valuable, how to work with people under pressure.
Athletes develop discipline, resilience, and a competitive mindset. Hospitality professionals learn how to read people and build trust quickly. Sales professionals learn how to handle rejection and create opportunities. Those are the exact skills that make great recruiters.
Who We're Looking For
We're hiring driven individuals who want to build a long-term career in executive search and talent acquisition within the building materials and construction industry. No prior recruiting or staffing experience is required.
Ideal backgrounds include account executives, BDRs/SDRs, sales representatives, outside sales reps, restaurant managers, hotel managers, bartenders, servers, event coordinators, personal trainers, coaches, military veterans, or anyone in a client-facing, quota-carrying, or team-competitive role.
What You'll Do
- Develop client relationships through outbound business development, cold calling, and consultative selling
- Source, engage, and recruit passive candidates through research, networking, and pipeline management
- Manage a full-desk recruiting process from lead generation through placement and offer negotiation
- Conduct market mapping and talent research within building materials, construction, and wholesale building products
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and candidates throughout the search process
What This Career Offers
- Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission — your effort directly impacts your income
- Long-term relationships with leaders across the building materials industry
- The ability to help companies grow and help people change their lives through career opportunities
- A performance-driven environment where results determine your success
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
- Background in one or more of the following: competitive or collegiate athletics, hospitality management or food and beverage, B2B or B2C sales and account management, military service, fitness, coaching, or personal training
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills
- Comfortable with cold calling, outbound outreach, and prospecting
- Competitive drive and comfort in a metrics-based, KPI-driven environment
- Coachable, persistent, and willing to learn a new industry
Core Skills
Sales, business development, cold calling, relationship management, account management, candidate sourcing, executive search, talent acquisition, recruiting, pipeline management, negotiation, prospecting, lead generation, consultative selling, networking, market research.
About SnapDragon Associates
SnapDragon Associates is a national executive search firm specializing in the building materials industry. We partner with companies across North America in the construction, wholesale building products, and manufacturing sectors to hire leaders in sales, operations, finance, supply chain, and executive leadership.
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