Associate Consultant - Energy Talent

What you'll do: Run a full or split desk in a specialized, high-demand market Talk to clients about hiring strategy, not just job specs: help them figure out what they actually need and whether their comp will land it Talk to candidates about their market value and their next move, not just the opening in front of them Source and engage passive candidates and manage the process through offer Build your book and your billings on what you close, drawing on Meritaas Group's shared tools and cross-brand market knowledge when it helps What you'll get Hands-on coaching from a leadership team with 40+ years combined experience, teaching the craft of consultative searchA path to bigger accounts and your own specialization, earned through performanceA five-person team where your work gets noticed, and a group behind you when you need it What we're looking for 1+ years of agency recruitment (perm or contract), or 1-2 years in outbound sales generating leads, pitching, and closing, with real interest in a more consultative sales cycle Someone who wants to learn the sector and bill more because of it Coachable and driven; no engineering background required, but curiosity about a technical market is Compensation Base salary plus commission, up to 35% year 1, 40% year 2. No draw. Full benefits. Why root/edge We're building toward being the best search partner in energy and infrastructure. Clients call us because we find the right person and tell them the truth about the market along the way. Join now and build that with leaders who actually want to teach, backed by a group that closed hundreds of searches across its brands last year.