Senior Associate, Recruiting

Senior Associate, Recruiting, Technology Staffing Solutions

Build Talent Networks With a Stronger Platform

You know how to identify exceptional technology talent, build trusted relationships, and guide candidates through important career decisions. At Vaco by Highspring, you will join an empowered, collaborative culture where experienced recruiters are trusted to develop specialized talent networks and deliver meaningful results.

This is an opportunity for an established recruiter or technology professional who wants to deepen their market expertise, partner closely with experienced business development professionals, and connect clients with high-quality technology talent across staff augmentation, project support, consulting, and direct-hire needs.

Who We Are

At Vaco by Highspring, we help clients solve business and workforce challenges through the right combination of talent, project support, consulting, and professional services.

• Inc. 5000: List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies - 17 years in a row
• Forbes: America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms - 6 years in a row
• SIA: Best Staffing Firms to Work For - 6 years in a row
  
  

What You'll Do

• Source, engage, evaluate, and recruit technology professionals for staff augmentation, project, consulting, and direct-hire opportunities.
• Build and maintain pipelines of qualified active and passive candidates through networking, referrals, social media, market intelligence, and direct outreach.
• Conduct candidate interviews to understand technical experience, career goals, compensation expectations, work preferences, and specialized skill requirements.
• Partner closely with business development professionals to understand client needs, clarify technical and functional requirements, and create effective recruiting strategies.
• Assess candidate qualifications and present well-matched professionals with clear, accurate summaries of their experience, motivation, and fit.
• Manage candidates throughout the hiring process, including interview preparation, feedback, offer support, onboarding coordination, and ongoing communication.
• Develop long-term candidate relationships that generate repeat engagement and referrals.
• Collaborate across offices, practices, and markets to share talent and support client delivery.
• Maintain accurate candidate, job, placement, and activity information in our ATS and CRM system.
• Achieve individual recruiting, placement, activity, and performance objectives.
  
  

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

• A collaborative sales partnership that allows you to focus on recruiting, delivery, and candidate relationships.
• Access to a broad portfolio of technology staffing, project, consulting, and direct-hire solutions.
• An established brand combined with the autonomy to build and own a specialized talent network.
• Performance-based, uncapped earning potential.
• Recognition programs that include a five-star vacation for top performers.
• Training, professional development, and transparent career-growth opportunities.
• Flexible PTO, technology support, and comprehensive benefits that include 401(k), health insurance, fertility assistance, maternity and paternity leave, and more.
  
  

What You Bring

• 3+ years of successful technology recruiting, staffing, consulting, or related industry experience. Relevant technology industry experience may be considered.
• A demonstrated track record of sourcing specialized technology talent, managing candidate relationships, and successfully completing placements is highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of technology roles, skill sets, and talent-market trends.
• Strong interviewing, networking, communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches, priorities, and candidate relationships in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
  
  

Travel

Occasional local travel and attendance at company events.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Highspring believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure to be between the range below. The individual may also be eligible for a variety of bonus and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.

Base Compensation Range: $60,000 CAD - $70,000 CAD

EEO Notice

Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@highspring.com.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Privacy Notice

Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
• Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
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• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
• Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
  
  

Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers.