Job Description

Talent House seeks to hire a current college student for a recruiting internship. The ideal candidate will be an energetic self-starter with an interest to build a career in sales or recruiting. This role is an amazing opportunity for someone who is passionate about people, process and contributing to the early stages of growing talent search firm. Our internship program is commission only giving you the ability to make supplemental income while learning invaluable knowledge and skills to build your career in the professional world.

You will have the opportunity to be mentored by our Founder Bill McHargue. He has spent over 19 years working for tech companies in the Valley recruiting and hiring his own sales, customer success and account managers for top SaaS and enterprise companies like StrongView, the Rubicon Project and Swrve. Bill has been a part of 7 startups including 1 IPO and 1 acquisition You will help Talent House with our end-to-end recruiting operations from identifying top talent and strategic projects to building out our internal systems. You will interface with leading early stage startup teams and understand the critical roles they are looking to fill, and learn how they filter and hire for key positions.

Responsibilities

• You will be assisting the Founder with finding talent (candidates) and clients (hiring managers) through internal referrals, networking internet searches, LinkedIn outreach, cold outreach email and phone and more

• Build new business pipeline through reaching out to prospective clients

• Help maintain and enter information in our applicant and client tracking systems

• Communicate effectively and confidently at all levels over the phone, in person and by email

• You will perform special projects, research and other related duties as required

• Participate in screening resumes and LinkedIn profiles to source top talent

• Professional discretion and ability to work with extremely sensitive, confidential information

• Self-starter with entrepreneurial mind-set

• Must be currently enrolled in a local SF Bay Area college/university

• All applicants must be able to work at least 10 or more hours per week through the duration of the current school semester

• Education: Pursuing BA/ BS, MBA, or MA/MS in Business, Communication, Human Resources, Organizational Development or a related field

• You have a genuine interest in recruiting/HR/sales

• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• You are a self-starter, able to support multiple demands

• Willingness to prospect on the phone, email, LinkedIn and other channels to find new clients.

Talent House is a boutique talent acquisition firm based in the San Francisco bay area. We know that building a great company is tough and sometimes near impossible. Talent House was started by a former Silicon Valley veteran who has worked for several startups covering executive roles from sales to marketing. Nothing can replace hands-on experience when it comes to attracting, hiring and building successful teams. We know intimately what our founders, CEOs, VPs and hiring managers are going through. If a company is going to make it, attracting and retaining top talent must be a constant priority. We’re passionate about partnering with growing companies to hire the best possible talent imaginable.