Thriving boutique search firm, The Good Search, is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate executive search associate to build out our team  Avoid an increasingly costly commute by telecommuting as a virtual associate from the comfort of your own home.  We offer an amazing work/life balance, recruiting for companies considered to be among the best places to work.  As a  telecommuting associate, you will help recruit passive candidates who are, primarily, at the executive level for some of the most powerful, and successful companies in the world.

Our associates thrive on the challenge of finding the perfect candidate. (In fact, not finding the ideal candidate occasionally keeps us up at night. ) We do a lot of calling.  So you have to like to pick up the phone and actually talk to people you don't know.  Also, you have to be okay with occasional night or weekend calls, if that's the only time your candidate can speak. 

We deal with luminaries and executives considered to be the "best of the best". So you have to be smart, charming, articulate, well-read, and well spoken. Our associates are highly interactive and collaborative-- checking in, sharing observations, brainstorming, asking questions, and helping one another.  As an elite team, we're pretty driven.  So we expect the best from ourselves and each other. Moreover, we believe that for search to be great, it has to be good (see our website at www.thegoodsearch.net )  . . .So we have a definite "no jerks" policy.  You have to care about the candidate, about the client, and about your team because you believe you can make a real difference.

 The successful  candidate will possess the following skills and background.:

- Demonstrated success recruiting passive candidates (executives, technologists, mid-level)
- Experience identifying potential candidates through Internet sourcing and phone sourcing. AIRS certified preferred.
-Ability to produce viable candidates rapidly and work with a deadline sensibility.
-Articulate and well-spoken with excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills. Prefer someone who also is adept at IMing, texting, and alternative channels of communication.
- Drive results working independently, but remain actively engaged with our team.
- B uild enduring professional relationships with clients, candidates and peers.- Strong computer and candidate database skills. Fluent in Internet search.
- Team Player.
- Exemplary leadership and positive attitude.
- BA or BS degree a plus.

Okay, we're asking a lot. But then we've got a lot to give -- the chance to grow your career with our firm. The work is as an independent contractor to start. The best will have the oportunity to join our team as employees.