Human Resources · Columbus, OH

Recruiter jobs in Columbus, OH

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.

576
Open roles today
$22–$55/hr
Typical pay range
$74k
Median, full-time
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Sourcing Specialist I

Mindlance · Columbus, OH

Job-ID29227685Reference26-25251Hardware Admin Hybrid position - 3 days onsite, 2 remote. Standard business hours. Duties: Global Business Purchase Agreement (GBPA) & FIT updates: Handle large-volume updates ranging from…

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Consultant, Procurement Category Mgmt

Nationwide · Columbus, OH
$97k - $180k

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, the…

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Peak Retirement Planning, Inc. · Columbus, OH · Full-time

Lifer" - those who want to work with us for 30+ years (not just a 9-5 job). Main Requirements: Managing our end-to-end recruiting process Sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates Coordinating interviews and hirin…

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Business Services Recruiter

Equus · Columbus, OH · Full-time

The Business Services Recruiter is a professional workforce development position responsible for developing and implementing strategic talent acquisition and employer engagement solutions that support regional workforce…

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Remote Recruiter

Gpac · Columbus, OH · 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…

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ENTRY LEVEL - REMOTE RECRUITER

Gpac · Columbus, OH · Full-time

executive search firms in the country, with an extensive and ever-growing network of search consultants. We do not require previous recruiting experience because we provide the proper training, tools, resources, and supp…

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Entry Level Remote Recruiter

Gpac · Columbus, OH · 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…

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What recruiters earn in Columbus

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $22–$30 $46k–$62k
Mid level $30–$41 $62k–$86k
Senior $39–$55 $81k–$114k

Adjusted for the Columbus market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

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

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Resume tips that move the needle

For recruiters specifically — generic advice costs you here

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

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

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

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

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

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Recruiting Coordinator
02 Recruiter
03 Senior Recruiter
04 Recruiting Manager
05 Director of Talent Acquisition
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