Skilled Trades Recruiter

Role Highlights

• Compensation: Salary ($55k-$75k) plus uncapped incentive opportunity.
• Impact: Build and own a high-demand skilled trades recruiting desk.
• Support: Backed by an experienced staffing team
• Growth: Excellent career progression specializing in recruiting, sales, and workforce solutions.

About The Role

• Spherion WI & Northern IL is expanding our Skilled Trades practice to help regional manufacturers solve critical hiring shortages. As a Skilled Trades Recruiter, you will manage a "full desk"-proactively sourcing top talent while simultaneously building relationships with local industrial employers.
• We welcome candidates from recruiting, B2B sales, manufacturing, or workforce development backgrounds. Prior industry experience is helpful but not required; we provide comprehensive training for driven, coachable, and curious professionals. This is a local, relationship-driven role requiring regular office presence and client site visits.

What You'll Do

• Conduct outbound sales and networking to build relationships with manufacturing leaders.
• Source and pipeline skilled trades talent via job boards, social media, and community outreach.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients on workforce planning, pay trends, and hiring.
• Manage the full hiring lifecycle: interview coordination, offers, and onboarding.
• Maintain accurate records within internal systems and contribute to team goals.

What We're Looking For Open to backgrounds in sales, recruiting, customer service, or manufacturing.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, and organization skills.
• Curiosity about technical roles and how businesses operate.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and US work authorization.
• Plus: Prior staffing or skilled trades experience (CNC, welding, maintenance).

Helpful, But Not Required

• Prior staffing industry or technical/skilled trades recruiting experience.
• Familiarity with industrial roles (e.g., CNC machinists, welders, maintenance technicians).

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $55,000 - $75,000/year base + performance-based incentive program.
• Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, STD/LTD, Life Insurance, FSAs, 401(k) with match, Parental Leave, and competitive PTO/holidays.

If you are a driven, relationship-focused professional, we want to hear from you!

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Spherion has helped thousands of people just like you find work happiness! Our experienced staff will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temp-to-perm or direct hire opportunities, no one works harder for you than Spherion.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Spherion, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [email protected].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).