Talent Acquisition Recruiter
The Talent Acquisition Recruiter will drive recruiting activity and advisor contract production for Northwestern Mutual. This person will own an individual candidate pipeline, including sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, and selecting prospective Financial Advisors, while building strong internal and external relationships that promote the Northwestern Mutual career opportunity, generate referrals, and support long-term advisor retention.
About Our Firm
Northwestern Mutual is a growth-oriented financial-services organization focused on attracting, selecting, developing, and retaining high-caliber Financial Advisors. The team operates in a relationship-driven environment that values entrepreneurial energy, professional development, community presence, and a strong referral culture.
Essential Duties
- Own recruiting activity and individual contract-production goals in support of the firm’s growth plan.
- Proactively source prospective Financial Advisor candidates through outreach, networking, referrals, community involvement, and personal connections.
- Build, manage, and maintain an active recruiting pipeline from first contact through selection and onboarding.
- Conduct initial interviews to evaluate candidate interest, qualifications, professional goals, and overall fit with the Financial Advisor opportunity.
- Guide candidates through the selection process and coordinate subsequent meetings with field leaders.
- Maintain timely, professional, and high-touch communication with candidates throughout the recruiting and selection process.
- Build quality relationships with candidates, current advisors, colleagues, and community contacts to foster a referral-based recruiting culture.
- Promote the Northwestern Mutual career opportunity and brand within the community and through personal and professional networks.
- Partner with the on-boarding team to support candidates during pre-training and post-selection stages.
- Track individual performance against recruiting activity, interview, and contract-production objectives.
Performance Expectations
- Achieve 10 or more full-time Financial Advisor contracts annually.
- Generate 400 or more initial interviews annually, averaging approximately 32 per month.
- Conduct 100 or more in-depth interviews annually, averaging approximately 8 per month.
- Maintain a healthy, consistent candidate pipeline to support ongoing firm growth.
Qualifications
- Experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, sales, business development, financial services, or another relationship-driven and goal-oriented environment.
- Demonstrated ability to source, engage, interview, and advance candidates or prospects through a structured process.
- Strong written, verbal, interviewing, and follow-up communication skills.
- Ability to build trust and credibility with candidates, colleagues, advisors, leaders, and community contacts.
- Strong organization and time-management skills, with the ability to independently manage a high volume of recruiting activity.
- Comfort with activity-based performance metrics and individual production goals.
- Experience with applicant tracking systems, CRM platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, or other sourcing and recruiting technology is preferred.
- Experience in financial services, wealth management, insurance, professional services, or a high-performance sales environment is preferred.
Growth Path
This individual will have the opportunity to deepen their expertise in talent acquisition, advisor selection, candidate development, and community-based recruiting. As they build a successful track record of contract production, referral generation, and advisor pipeline development, the role can expand into broader recruiting leadership, talent strategy, onboarding, or firm growth initiatives.
Benefits
- Base salary of $90,000.
- Performance bonus opportunity of up to $55,000.
- Target total compensation of $145,000.
- Opportunity to build a high-impact recruiting function directly tied to firm growth.
- Professional development within a leading financial-services organization.
- Collaborative, relationship-oriented team environment.
Competencies
- Interpersonal Communication: Builds trust quickly with prospective candidates, current advisors, internal leaders, and external community contacts. Communicates with clarity, professionalism, diplomacy, and a consultative approach in both written and verbal interactions.
- Prioritization: Manages recruiting activity strategically, focusing time on high-value sourcing channels, candidate follow-up, interviews, and pipeline movement. Keeps multiple candidates and deadlines organized without losing momentum.
- Good Judgment: Evaluates candidates thoughtfully, balances objective selection standards with strong instincts, and makes sound recommendations to field leaders. Listens carefully to understand both what candidates say and what may remain unspoken.
- Self-Starter: Takes ownership of sourcing, relationship development, recruiting goals, and pipeline results. Operates independently, identifies obstacles early, and takes initiative to create solutions.
- Relationship Building: Develops lasting internal and external relationships that lead to referrals, stronger candidate engagement, and a sustainable talent pipeline.
- Results Orientation: Maintains disciplined activity levels and consistently works toward annual contract, initial interview, and in-depth interview targets
Pay: $90,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
