Business Development Representative

Position Overview

Attain Talent is seeking a Business Development Representative with a proven track record in selling staffing, recruitment, or talent placement services.

In this role, you will identify and build relationships with businesses that can benefit from our recruiting solutions. You’ll spend your time prospecting, making introductory calls, visiting client sites, and delivering impactful presentations. This is a relationship-driven sales role where success comes from persistence, creativity, and collaboration with our recruiting team to deliver exceptional talent solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• New Business Development: Identify, pursue, and secure new client relationships within target industries including commercial, non-profit, and higher education sectors.
• Sales Strategy: Develop and execute plans to achieve revenue goals and expand market presence.
• Client Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their staffing needs and delivering tailored solutions.
• Negotiation & Closing: Prepare proposals, negotiate terms, and close deals effectively.
• Collaboration: Partner with recruiters to ensure successful fulfillment of client requirements.
• Market Insight: Stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and market conditions to identify opportunities.

What You’ll Do

• Prospect and generate new clients through cold calling, email campaigns, LinkedIn networking, and industry events.
• Pitch staffing solutions tailored to client needs: contract, direct hire, executive search, and advisory services.
• Manage job orders and act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the hiring process.
• Track openings, submissions, interviews, and placements using CRM/ATS systems.
• Provide accurate weekly sales reports, KPIs, and forecast updates.

Required Skills and Experience

• 2–4 years in staffing or recruiting sales (must have experience selling staffing services).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven negotiation and closing abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Hunter mentality, results-driven, and highly motivated by targets and commissions.
• Familiarity with CRM systems and Microsoft Office Suite.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience with IT staffing or technical roles
• Familiarity with ATS or CRM systems (Greenhouse, Salesforce, etc.)

Key Competencies

• Hunter mindset – proactive and persistent
• Strong relationship builder – consultative approach
• Results-driven – motivated by targets and commissions
• Organized and detail-oriented – able to manage multiple accounts and roles
• Fast learner – able to understand client needs and staffing strategies quickly

Why Attain Talent?

At Attain Talent, we are passionate about connecting exceptional talent with outstanding organizations. We are in full growth mode, and this is your chance to be part of something big. We’re expanding rapidly and building a team of driven professionals who are passionate about transforming the way organizations connect with top talent. Joining us means stepping into a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment where your ideas matter, your impact is visible, and your success is celebrated. If you thrive in a competitive, relationship-focused role and want to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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Additional Information

Attain Partners values your mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing. Our comprehensive benefits package starts on your first day of employment and includes benefits such as:

• Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, HSA and FSA accounts, life and disability insurance, fertility and family planning benefits, and employee assistance and discount programs
• 11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Flexible career paths – our career tracks provide advancement, mobility, and flexibility as you continue to grow with us
• A healthy environment where we value unique experiences, and care about everything that makes you, you.

Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills, ranging from $60,000 - $75,000. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.