Human Resources · Boston, MA

Recruiter jobs in Boston, MA

Recruiters find and hire candidates for open roles. They source talent, screen applicants, coordinate interviews, and guide both candidates and hiring managers from first contact through accepted offer.

1,068
Open roles today
$29–$74/hr
Typical pay range
$99k
Median, full-time
6
Fresh in this list

No email, no resume, no sign-up. Save any listing below and you start anonymously.

You're signed in. Saving a listing drops it straight into your pipeline.

01

Open recruiter roles

12 shown of 1,068 · sorted by freshness

Customer Experience (CX) Lead

Motion Recruitment · Boston, MA
$40 - $45 per hour

and post-tax optionsPaid Sick Time LeaveLegal and Identity Protection PlansPre-tax Commuter Benefit529 College Saver PlanMotion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currentl…

Posted 2d ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

Senior Recruiter

Gilbane Building Company · Boston, MA
$95k - $140k

OverviewDo you consider yourself a relationship-driven recruiter with the ability to identify, engage, and attract top construction talent? Next 150 Construction is seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead the recruitment of h…

Posted 3d ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

Recruiter

Robert Half · Woburn, MA

We are looking for an experienced Recruiter to support hiring efforts for a healthcare-focused organization in Woburn, Massachusetts. This Long-term Contract position will lead end-to-end recruitment activities, helping…

Posted 3d ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

PV Italy Support Specialist

Planet Pharma · Cambridge, MA

Reference: 631229Posted: 2026-09-25Location: Cambridge, RomaCompany: Planet Pharma GroupContact: ApplicationsEmail: ****@*****.*** Title: Pharmacovigilance Support Specialist - PV ItalyOverview: Join a dynamic team suppo…

Posted 3d ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

Creator Campaigns Recruiter Co-Op

Later · Boston, MA · Full-time

experience and deep industry expertise to drive our customers’ influencer performance marketing programs forward. As a Creator Campaigns Recruiter Co-op, you will play a pivotal role in our Campaigns team, assisting in t…

Posted 2w ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

Entry Level Remote Recruiter

Gpac · Newton, MA · Full-time
$30k - $36k

largest and most successful executive search firms in the country, with over 350 search consultants. We do not require previous recruiting experience because we provide the proper training, tools, resources and support t…

Posted 7mo ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

ENTRY LEVEL - REMOTE RECRUITER

Gpac · Watertown, MA · Full-time
$100k

Gpac offers an excellent, remote work-life balance, in a fast-paced work environment. This is a position that allows you to help transform people's lives by placing them in their ideal positions with clients, while trans…

Posted 7mo ago
+ Save to tracker View listing

Remote Recruiter

Gpac · Watertown, MA · Full-time
$36k - $150k

Overview: Gpac has grown from a small, family-owned company into a top recruiting firm in the nation over our 30+ years in business. With a reputation for excellence, we are dedicated to providing the best service to our…

Posted 7mo ago
+ Save to tracker View listing
02

What recruiters earn in Boston

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $29–$40 $61k–$83k
Mid level $40–$55 $83k–$115k
Senior $52–$74 $109k–$154k

Adjusted for the Boston market from national ranges.

03

What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Candidate sourcingLinkedIn RecruiterATS (Greenhouse, Lever)Interviewing and screeningOffer negotiationHiring manager partnershipPipeline metricsCandidate experienceBoolean search
04

Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Walk me through how you fill a role from intake to offer.

Show a structured process: a real intake conversation, a sourcing plan, calibrated screening, tight scheduling, and a managed offer stage. Mention typical timelines.

How do you source candidates for a hard-to-fill role?

Go beyond job posts: Boolean and X-ray search, communities, referrals, and re-engaging past candidates. Give an example of a creative find that closed.

What are your recruiting metrics?

Know your numbers: requisitions carried, time to fill, pass-through rates, and offer acceptance. Explain what you changed when a metric lagged.

How do you handle a hiring manager with unrealistic expectations?

Describe using market data — comp benchmarks, pipeline evidence — to recalibrate, and proposing tradeoffs between requirements, budget, and speed.

Tell me about an offer you almost lost and how you saved it.

Show that you understood the candidate's real motivators early, pre-closed before the formal offer, and moved fast when a competing offer appeared.

How do you keep candidates warm during a slow process?

Talk about honest, proactive communication on cadence, sharing what you can about timing, and never letting a candidate learn about delays from silence.

How do you reduce bias in your screening process?

Mention structured interviews, consistent scorecards, and skills-based criteria set at intake, rather than gut feel and resume pattern-matching.

05

Resume tips that move the needle

For recruiters specifically — generic advice costs you here

01

Lead with hires per year and the role types you filled; volume plus difficulty is the core signal.

02

Include time-to-fill and offer-acceptance numbers against team or industry baselines.

03

Name your ATS and sourcing stack precisely, since agencies and in-house teams both screen for tool fluency.

04

Distinguish agency versus in-house experience clearly; hiring teams weigh them differently.

05

Show one sourcing win in a niche market, describing how you found and closed a candidate others could not.

06

Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Recruiting Coordinator
02 Recruiter
03 Senior Recruiter
04 Recruiting Manager
05 Director of Talent Acquisition
Ten quiet minutes a day

Applying for recruiter jobs in Boston?

Robbi carries this page into your first day: your role, your city, your shift preference. Then it hands you a few small things each morning and keeps the pipeline honest.

Save what looks right here, then let Robbi hand you a few small things each morning and keep the follow-ups honest.

Start with this search No email, no resume, no sign-up. Open your tracker Everything you saved is already there.
1,068 Recruiter roles in Boston Save them into one pipeline Save them into your pipeline
Start free My tracker