Pearl Talent- Headhunter
About the role
We are hiring a Talent Headhunting Partner to focus exclusively on headhunting passive talent — candidates who are currently employed and not actively seeking new opportunities. Your mandate is to: Identify, engage, and convert passive candidates through tailored outbound strategies Pre-qualify candidates to ensure strong role, compensation, and motivation alignment Deliver a steady flow of high-quality, TA-ready candidates for active client roles Adapt headhunting strategies based on pipeline health and feedback This role is intentionally designed as: Passive Headhunting (Non–Job-Seeking Talent) – 80% Pipeline Readiness & Maintenance – 20% This structure protects focus on high-impact headhunting while ensuring clean hando
What you'll do
- Identify and engage candidates who are currently employed and not actively job searching
- Build targeted outreach strategies tailored to role requirements and seniority
- Craft personalized messaging to convert passive candidates
- Conduct initial pre-qualification to confirm:
- Role alignment
- Compensation expectations
- Motivation and availability
- Use voice notes or async communication where appropriate to improve conversion
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to refine targeting and calibration
- Ensure all headhunted candidates are accurately logged and staged in the ATS
- Maintain clean, up-to-date pipelines for TA handoff
- Monitor candidate progress and follow up to prevent drop-offs
- Collaborate with the Talent Sourcing Coordinator to ensure pipeline hygiene
- This role does not:
- Source candidates who are actively job searching
- Manage job board postings
- Own dashboards, reporting logic, or analytics
- Conduct interviews or make hiring decisions
Requirements
- Proven experience headhunting passive, currently employed candidates
- Strong outbound and persuasion skills with a consultative approach
- Ability to personalize outreach at scale without sacrificing quality
- Strong pre-qualification and alignment skills
- KPI-driven mindset focused on response rate, acceptance rate, and pipeline quality
- Clear, professional communicator capable of representing premium startup brands
About Pearl Talent
Pearl Talent is a talent placement company that recruits remote workers, trains them to work effectively with AI tools, and places them as managed contractors with client companies — across roles ranging from client-facing positions to software engineers and executive assistants. The company is roughly 50 people managing a few hundred placed contractors, growing into new verticals, with clients spanning venture-backed tech and healthcare sectors. They emphasize community-building (events, culture) alongside the placement business itself.
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