
Recruiter
McLean, VAJob$60–80K/yrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Recruiter partners with leadership and hiring managers to attract talent across multiple programs, managing recruiting from sourcing through onboarding. The role provides market and competitive intelligence, builds candidate pipelines, and supports funded, contingent, proposal, and surge hiring. It covers technical and non-technical recruiting and requires understanding security clearance requirements and aligning recruiting with organizational and government contract goals.
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Overview
Step into a pivotal role as a Recruiter , whereyou’llcollaborate closely with the leadership team to discover and attract top-tier professional talent.You’llown the entire recruiting journey, from sourcing to onboarding, ensuring every step is seamless and compliant. As a trusted advisor,you’llguide internal partners through market trends and competitive intelligence, empowering the business to thrive in today’s fast-evolving talent landscape and prepare for tomorrow’s opportunities.
Contributions
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Provide recruiting support across multiple programs and stakeholders.
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Serve as a subject matter expert in attracting and recruiting talent, applying advanced sourcing best practices, translating recruitingconceptsto practical applications to support the business, anddemonstratingthe ability to flex from strategic to tactical in support of the business.
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Demonstratethe ability toestablishtrust and confidence bymaintaininga high levelof credibility, integrity, and skilled communications with managers and staff.
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Utilizesourcing tools and techniques toidentifycandidates such as online social networking, traditional networking, Boolean searches, and referrals.
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Be proactive; actively engage with hiring managers, provide ongoing status of sourcing activities and candidates.
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Collaborate with hiring managers to evaluate position criteria,determinecandidate requirements, and sourcing options to understand staffing needs and contract terms.
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Utilizecandidate relationship management skills toidentify, qualify, andmaintaincandidates.
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Communicate with managers on an on-going basis toidentifyand review requirements and responsiveness to organizational needs.
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Perform individual full life cycle technical and non-technical recruiting and functional roles to include sourcing, screening, interviewing,submitting, coordinating/scheduling interviews, and negotiating offers to have an impact on contract deliverables and talent pipeline readiness.
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Strategically build pipeline for both funded, contingent work, proposals, and surge hiring efforts.
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Align with organizational/government contract goals
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Understand security clearance requirements.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two years’ experience in staffing or talent acquisition.
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Must be eligible for U.S. security clearance.
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Proven ability to develop and execute effective sourcing strategies.
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Skilled in building, cultivating, andmaintainingnetworks of qualified passive candidates, with systems to manage candidate pools.
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Demonstrated success in fast-paced, complex, and deadline-driven environments.
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Results-oriented, with strong skills in managing multiple priorities.
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Well-versed in OFCCP regulatory compliance.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $60,000 to $80,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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Job Location US-VA-McLean
Posted Date (11/5/2026 2:04 PM)
Job ID 8381
Clearance Requirement None
How this job compares
Set against the 2,677 open Recruiter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60–80K/yr
- Virginia median$70–103K/yr66 salary ranges
- US median$75–109K/yr1,355 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $70K, is 19% below the Virginia median midpoint ($86K) — in the middle half of Recruiter salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 97 open Recruiter jobs in Virginia and 2,677 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Capital One13 open
- Aston Carter9 open
- Adecco US, Inc.5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Recruiter postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,875 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 296 of the 2,677 open Recruiter jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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