Sourcing Specialist

MissionHires is seeking a Sourcing Specialist (Independent Contractor) with 2+ years of experience sourcing passive talent across healthcare, IT, engineering, and/or legal in the United States. You will leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, and cold outreach to consistently place 3–5 candidates per month without relying on job boards. Compensation: $1,000/month retainer + 10% of placement fee.

• Source and engage passive candidates primarily without job boards
• Run targeted searches using LinkedIn Recruiter and advanced boolean
• Leverage AI tools to identify, enrich, and prioritize prospect pipelines
• Execute high-volume, personalized cold outreach via email/LinkedIn/InMail
• Qualify candidates for role fit, interest, and compensation alignment
• Maintain clean pipelines and progress tracking for active requisitions
• Collaborate with internal team on role kickoffs, ideal profiles, and messaging
• Report weekly on pipeline health, outreach metrics, and placements

• 2+ years of sourcing experience in the U.S. across healthcare, IT, engineering, and/or legal

• Proven track record placing 3–5 candidates per month (provide examples/metrics)

• Hands-on expertise with LinkedIn Recruiter, AI sourcing/enrichment tools, and other job boards (for reference only—primary focus on non–job board sourcing)

• Demonstrated strength in passive candidate identification, boolean/x-ray search, and competitive mapping

• Experience running personalized cold outreach campaigns and driving high response rates

• Strong communication, follow-up, and candidate qualification skills

• Ability to work as a 1099 independent contractor

• Comfort working in a startup environment with minimal ATS and using spreadsheets/CRM workflows

• Reliable availability during U.S. business hours

• Salary: $1,000 a month

• Placement commission: 10% of the placements received by MissionHires

• Access to LinkedIn Recruiter

• Access to MissionHires

MissionHires is the AI hiring partner of top talent teams. Our platform helps recruiters, agencies, and top companies source, engage with, and evaluate top talent 10 times faster than job boards.

To bridge the gap between companies and passionate talent.