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Interim Recruiter

Versique Executive, Professional & Interim Recruiting
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 8/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/11/2027
The Interim Senior Recruiter will lead full-cycle recruiting efforts for highly specialized engineering and technical positions. This role will focus on sourcing, talent mapping, candidate engagement, and hiring manager partnership across product development and engineering functions. The ideal consultant brings deep technical recruiting experience, strong industry networks, and the ability to identify and attract niche talent in highly competitive markets.

Worksite Location: Hybrid - Minneapolis, MN

Salary Range: Hourly rate between $40-$55, DOE

Benefits: Versique benefits include medical, dental, vision, accident/critical illness insurance, MN ESST, MN PFML, and a 401(k) with company match.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Manage full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized engineering and technical positions
  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify passive and active candidates
  • Build targeted talent pipelines for hard-to-fill engineering roles
  • Partner closely with hiring leaders to understand technical requirements and business priorities
  • Conduct candidate screening, assessment, interview coordination, and offer management
  • Source talent across multiple geographic markets and industry sectors
  • Provide market intelligence and competitive talent insights to hiring managers
  • Develop relationships with highly sought-after engineering professionals and industry networks
  • Maintain recruiting activity and candidate data within ATS platforms
  • Deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the hiring lifecycle

Required Skills & Experience

  • Proven full-cycle recruiting experience with a strong emphasis on engineering and technical talent
  • Agency recruiting experience strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated success sourcing hard-to-find engineering professionals
  • Experience recruiting within regulated product development environments preferred
  • Familiarity recruiting for hardware, embedded systems, firmware, software, cloud, IoT, quality, validation, testing, or related engineering disciplines
  • Strong sourcing and networking capabilities, with the ability to engage passive candidates
  • Ability to understand complex technical skill sets and communicate effectively with engineering leaders
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
  • Self-starter who can operate independently in a fast-paced and evolving environment
  • Experience recruiting for medical device, healthcare technology, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex engineering organizations is highly preferred

Ideal Background

  • Senior Technical Recruiter
  • Engineering Recruiter
  • Medical Device Recruiter
  • Product Development Recruiter
  • Validation & Verification Recruiting
  • Embedded Systems Recruiting
  • Quality & Regulatory Recruiting
  • Agency Recruiting with Technical Engineering Focus

About Versique

Versique: /ver-seek/ adj. being both versatile and unique; n. a high-performance recruiting firm specializing in executive leadership search, direct hire, and interim hiring solutions.

Versique Executive, Professional, & Interim Recruiting is a locally owned and operated hiring and placement firm based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. With specialized practice areas across our three divisions, Versique delivers tailored expertise to a wide range of industries. What sets us apart is our team of recruiters—seasoned professionals who have worked in the very fields they now hire for, providing unmatched industry insight and connections.

We believe people are more than just resumes—they are transformative, unlocking the potential for organizational growth and success.

Versique is proud to be award-winning, earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for 2023. We are also consistently recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace and were named a Best Place to Work in 2022 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Let’s find your people, together.

Versique is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Salary : $40 - $55

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