Permanent Recruitment Consultant
- Reference Number
- JR7211971013
- Date Posted
- 19/10/2026
- Province
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
- Job Type
- Contract
- Salary Range
- $0.00 /hr
Job Title: Permanent Recruitment Consultant
Location: Calgary Alberta
Work Type: Permanent
Salary: $55,000 + Commission
Vacancy: Existing vacancy
About the Role
This role is ideal for a motivated recruitment and sales professional who enjoys building relationships, developing new business, and connecting top talent with leading employers. It is suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, target-driven environment and has experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle while delivering exceptional client and candidate experiences.
Why This Role
This role offers the opportunity to manage the full recruitment cycle while driving new business development and expanding existing client relationships. You'll gain exposure to business development, account management, candidate sourcing, and workforce planning while working alongside an experienced recruitment team. Unlike traditional recruitment roles, this position provides the opportunity to build your own client portfolio, influence hiring strategies, and directly contribute to the growth of the business through consultative recruitment solutions.
The Role: Dedicated Recruitment Consultant
In this role, you will spend most of your time developing new business opportunities, managing client relationships, sourcing and interviewing candidates, and coordinating the recruitment process from initial contact through to successful placement. You will work closely with clients, candidates, and internal recruitment teams to deliver high-quality staffing solutions across temporary, permanent, and contract positions.
This role balances business development and sales with recruitment delivery, ensuring clients receive exceptional service while candidates experience a professional and supportive hiring process.
- Develop new business through prospecting, networking, referrals, and client meetings.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with new and existing clients.
- Conduct client needs assessments and develop tailored recruitment solutions.
- Source, screen, interview, and assess candidates for temporary and permanent opportunities.
- Prepare candidate profiles and present qualified candidates to clients.
- Coordinate interviews, reference checks, offers, and onboarding activities.
- Maintain accurate candidate and client records within the CRM/ATS.
- Achieve recruitment, sales, and business development targets.
- Provide market insights, salary guidance, and recruitment advice to clients.
- Deliver an exceptional experience for both clients and candidates throughout the recruitment process.
What You'll Bring
- Post secondary degree preferred
- Minimum 1 year Business-to-Business sales experience or 3 years Business-to-Consumer
- Demonstrated ability to foster long-term client relationships with an emphasis on total quality management
- History of prospecting, negotiating and proactively closing business with multi-level contacts
- Exceptional customer service and negotiation ability, supported by a high sense of urgency
- Results-oriented approach with a proven record of achieving service and revenue objectives
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to plan and organize in a time-sensitive environment to deliver on deadlines
- Proficient computer skills and experience working with ATS and CRM platforms
Benefits & Environment
Benefits for this role include a hybrid work environment, ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities, competitive base salary plus uncapped commission, and a collaborative, high-performance culture that values teamwork, accountability, integrity, and entrepreneurial thinking.
If this Dedicated Recruitment Consultant role sounds right for you, apply today.
Since 1951, Drake International has connected people with meaningful work across Canada and around the world. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process. For accommodation requests, please contact your local Drake International Branch Representative
This hiring process may use AI-enabled tools to support candidate screening and recruitment activities.
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