My business partner and I started Mission Recruiting back in 2013 after being with a huge retained recruiting firm for close to a decade.
Quick note: We labeled this job in Houston, but it is fully remote. Unfortunately, we cannot hire in CA as CA hates businesses. We love Texans, though, so if you live in Texas, please apply.
The last few years have been great in that we’ve grown our client base and expanded our offerings as a firm.
But the last few years have also been some of the hardest we’ve experienced. Part of the challenge of running a business is the ability to pivot and change with the times. Until recently, we have been stuck in an older recruiting approach and had not been able to pivot.
We have not been perfect at running this business. We have made a commitment to get better. We have recently undergone some major changes to improve the quality of work here at Mission Recruiting.
Here is what we were doing wrong:
In the recent past, we were too system-driven. We had a hyper-granular process because we felt that checking every box gave our people the best shot for success. But of course, that system was hard to learn and it overwhelmed people. New people struggled to learn an overly-complex system. Our recruiters spent too much time filling in boxes and moving candidates through too many stages.
We were too caught up in micro-metrics. Of course, you have to call people to recruit, but we were too focused on dials and micros rather than what is the most important thing: for our recruiters to build quality relationships with their candidates and their clients.
We were too caught up in process rather than focusing on results. And being out of sync with our people has cost us:
We lost a great recruiter who said our environment felt “heavy.” She wasn’t wrong.
We lost another recruiter who felt our KPIs were too high so that even when she had a good month, she still felt like she lost. That was tough to hear. She was right, also.
So here is what we’re offering now:
Want to just recruit? Okay. Want to work both sides (the sales side)? Okay, we’ll teach you that, too. We just upgraded our CRM/ATS to provide state-of-the-art business development workflows for you to not only recruit, but capture new business if you want to. Double-dip as they say.
Competitive draw and top commission rates. We’ve increased our commission packages by 56% for most roles. We’re offering top-of-the-industry commission packages (50-60% with requisite experience) for those who work both sides of the desk.
A workplace you can be proud of. Our approach is to support the people that make us a company with a commitment to put people before metrics.
Reasonable minimum KPIs. We want our people to be able to breathe and know that their jobs are safe, even if they aren’t crushing every month.
Flexibility with accountability. Get your work in. Help your clients grow their firms. Help your candidates find great new jobs. And live your life.
Lots of searches with long-standing clients and lots of places to send candidates. We have more than 200+ open searches and are adding more daily.
Direct hire, staffing, temp-to-perm - we do it all. Plus, we pay on conversions (lots of firms do not).
It doesn’t stop there. Here are a few other things we offer:
A rising tide lifts all boats! In addition to competitive draws and top commissions, we’ve recently launched a profit sharing program for 2026.
One of the best perks at working at Mission Recruiting is our experience team. They reach out regularly to make sure you’re working viable searches. They help navigate the sometimes bumpy waters of client interaction. They were responsible for bringing us back more than 100 clients each of the last two years.
Our marketing team helps refresh our job ads every two weeks. That means your searches get seen (and applied to) more and more.
Streamlined and simple recruiting process. No onerous boxes to fill out. No twisting yourself into a pretzel to get a candidate across the finish line.
Plenty of time to get things done. We have reduced meeting times to less than two hours of meetings a month . Your time should be spent with your clients and candidates - not justifying your existence to your company. We have a weekly huddle and two brief production meetings a month. This gets you back to building relationships and making the kind of money you want to make.
State of the art CRM/ATS. We’ve been using our database for more than ten years. We recently upgraded to allow for campaigns, sequences, MPC-hunting and more. Built in AI to make your work more streamlined.
The best candidate-finding platform in the business. We’ve partnered with one of the top sourcing platforms in the country to expedite your candidate-solving solutions.
Here is who we’re looking for:
Confident professionals. The team we have here is amazing and they all try their best.
Communicators. The best recruiters connect with their clients regularly to make sure they understand the searches they’re working. The best recruiters keep their candidates up to date. Natural communicators wanted.
Born recruiters. If you love the dopamine hit every time you set an interview or make a placement this is the place for you.
What We Offer:
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