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Entry-level recruiter jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles

A recruiter finds and screens candidates for open roles, working with hiring managers. Agency recruiters (staffing firms) often hire people with no recruiting background and train them to sell and place talent. Right now 2,475 entry-level recruiter jobs are open on employers’ own career sites.

What a recruiter does

In the hr and recruiting family of jobs. Roles that find, hire, onboard and support employees.

A typical day

  1. 1. Write job postings
  2. 2. Screen resumes and call candidates
  3. 3. Present shortlists to managers
  4. 4. Manage offers
  5. 5. Build candidate pipelines

Do you need experience?

None of the 2,475 open entry-level recruiter jobs we track say in their own text that no experience is required, so expect employers to look for related experience, coursework or projects. The figures are counted from the posting text and change as jobs open and close.

Open entry-level recruiter jobs

Taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open within the last week.

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Skills for recruiter jobs

The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.

Skills to build or show

  1. 1. Interviewing
  2. 2. Sourcing
  3. 3. Sales and persuasion
  4. 4. Applicant tracking systems
  5. 5. Organization
  6. 6. Resilience

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The market for recruiter work

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Open entry-level recruiter jobs
2,475

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Openings that say no experience is required
0

Source: The posting’s own text, counted by NextChapter.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$77,500

Source: NextChapter verified openings (645 with pay).

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Employment outlook, the closest government category
Projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035 (faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

AI use at work, the closest government category
Among human resources specialists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Across 645 open entry-level recruiter listings that state an annual pay figure, the middle half run from $57,500 to $120,500, with a median of $77,500. Listings that state pay are not every listing, and some roles add commission or bonus on top.

Outlook and AI-use figures are for the government category “Human resources specialists”, the closest match to this job.

Where entry-level recruiter jobs are

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Employers hiring recruiters now

  • GPAC 92
  • Renewal by Andersen | Esler Companies 87
  • Uline 39
  • GoodwinRecruiting 33
  • SpaceX 24
  • GrabJobs 22
  • TQL 22
  • Adecco 21
  • gpac 14
  • Kelly Services 14

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Questions about recruiter jobs

What does a recruiter do?
A recruiter finds and screens candidates for open roles, working with hiring managers. Agency recruiters (staffing firms) often hire people with no recruiting background and train them to sell and place talent. A typical day includes: write job postings; screen resumes and call candidates; present shortlists to managers; manage offers; build candidate pipelines.
Can I get an entry-level recruiter job with no experience?
None of the 2,475 open entry-level recruiter jobs we track say in their own text that no experience is required, so expect employers to look for related experience, coursework or projects. The figures are counted from the posting text and change as jobs open and close.
What skills do you need to be a recruiter?
The skills this job uses most are interviewing, sourcing, sales and persuasion, applicant tracking systems, organization, resilience. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
How much does an entry-level recruiter make?
Across 645 open entry-level recruiter listings that state an annual pay figure, the middle half run from $57,500 to $120,500, with a median of $77,500. Listings that state pay are not every listing, and some roles add commission or bonus on top.
Where can a recruiter job lead?
People in this job commonly move to HR generalist, sourcer, account manager. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.

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