$55 - $67 per hour
Data Science, Robotics) at various levels. Responsibilities include sourcing and screening candidates and acting as a consultant to Recruiters and Hiring Managers throughout the hiring process. Work Location: Mountain Vi…
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Recruiter jobs in San Jose, CA
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.
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$32–$80/hr
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$107k
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matching, and life insurance. Rate: $50.00 to $60.00/hr. w2 JN -072026-108148 Responsibilities: Manage full life-cycle recruiting from intake to close, including strategy, sourcing, screening, offer construction, negotia…
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Responsibilities Supporting the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to screening and engaging top-tier technical talent. Ass…
$800 - $2,000 per week
Work From Home Truck Driver Recruiter – Earn $800–$2,000+/Week – Leads & Ad Support Provided Location: 100% Remote – Work from anywhere Schedule: Flexible Inquire about our hire own bonus About the Role: Are you a motiva…
$54.82k - $68.52k
Rexel USA is one of the largest distributors of electrical products, data communication, wireless communication and related supplies in the United States. Rexel USA operates its electrical distribution business in the Un…
$80 - $93 per hour
FocusKPI is seeking a Technical Recruiter to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company. This position is for the Human Resoureces department within the client's company. Work Location: Mountain View, CA (Onsite r…
$80k - $115k
Recruiter (7785) Overview of Role TSMC North America is seeking a Recruiter to join a high-performing, small but mighty TA team supporting a critical and fast-growing arm of the world's leading semiconductor foundry. Thi…
$28 - $33 per hour
Sr. Customer Services Coordinator Date: Jul 20, 2026 Location: San Jose, California, United States Company: Super Micro Computer About Supermicro Supermicro is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and network…
$25 - $28 per hour
regional Ice Centers—supporting a workforce of union and non-union employees. This role maintains accurate employee records, assists in recruitment and onboarding, supports compliance and safety documentation, and ensure…
$50 - $60 per hour
the company is well established and continuing to grow aggressively as demand for its technology increases. Job Title: Technical Recruiter - Systems Compensation: $50–$60/hour, depending on experience Location: Sunnyvale…
Pacific Working Capital is seeking a dedicated and articulate Remote Chat & Email Support Representative to join our team. We are an organization committed to supporting the success of small businesses by providing a tra…
$86k - $95k
Overview TransitAmerica Services, Inc. is currently seeking a Human Resources (HR) Generalist in San Jose, CA to join our team. The HR Generalist is responsible for assisting and supporting HR-related duties on a profess…
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What recruiters earn in San Jose
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$43 | $66k–$90k |
| Mid level | $43–$60 | $90k–$124k |
| Senior | $56–$80 | $117k–$166k |
Adjusted for the San Jose 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
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Director of Talent Acquisition
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