Entry-level recruiter jobs in Illinois: 159 open roles
159 open entry-level recruiter jobs in Illinois, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $70,000 a year. 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.
Open entry-level recruiter jobs in Illinois
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Recruiter / HR Generalist
Mack & Associates · Chicago, IL
$85k–$95k · Nov 8, 2026
- Business Development & Marketing Representative and Recruiter
Salmon, Salmon, Labbe & Dehne, P.a. · Chicago, IL
Nov 7, 2026
- Recruiter
Veeva Systems · Illinois - Chicago
Nov 6, 2026
- Recruiter
HireLevel. · Edwardsville, IL
$45k–$65k · Nov 6, 2026
- Bilingual Recruiter, Frontline
ABM Industries · Chicago, IL, United States
Nov 6, 2026
- Recruiter/ HR Coordinator
Starcon International · New Lenox, IL
Nov 6, 2026
- HR Generalist / Corporate Recruiter
Creative Financial Staffing · Aurora, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Hybrid Talent Acquisition Specialist - Full-Cycle Recruiter
Brass Finch Brands · Chicago, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Direct Hire Recruiter
Addison Group · Chicago, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- HR Generalist & Recruiter (RRMF)
Robert R. McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Staffing Recruiter
Just in Time Staffing · Bensenville, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Technical Recruiter
Lorenz Engineering, a division of The Salem Group · Chicago, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Technical Recruiter
Addison Group · Chicago, IL
Nov 5, 2026
- Recruiter - Contract - Work from Home
Wonder · Illinois
Nov 4, 2026
- Recruiter, Banking and Insurance - Flora, IL (Remote)
GPAC · Flora, IL
Nov 4, 2026
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Search all recruiter jobs in Illinois · What a recruiter does and the skills it takes
The recruiter job in Illinois
The job is the same anywhere; what changes is who is hiring.
A typical day
- 1. Write job postings
- 2. Screen resumes and call candidates
- 3. Present shortlists to managers
- 4. Manage offers
- 5. Build candidate pipelines
Skills it uses
- 1. Interviewing
- 2. Sourcing
- 3. Sales and persuasion
- 4. Applicant tracking systems
- 5. Organization
- 6. Resilience
Employers hiring in Illinois
- Uline 38
- GPAC 9
- Addison Group 3
- GoodwinRecruiting 3
- MV Transportation 3
- Abacus Staffing 2
- Dayton Freight Lines 2
- EmployBridge 2
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