Business Development Rep (Early Career) | Denver, CO (Cherry Creek) Prodigy is actively looking to hire exceptional sales talent. We're a boutique recruiting firm working in the technology space, in an environment where things move fast. This is an early career Business Development Rep role. You'll learn technical recruiting first, then grow into owning client relationships and bringing in new business. Sales is the track. Recruiting is where you learn the market, the clients, and the people, and it makes you a much better salesperson. This is a hunting job. You'll hunt for the right candidate on every search, and over time you'll hunt for the next client, the next req, and the next account. If you like chasing a hard-to-find person or a hard-to-win deal, you'll fit here. Why Prodigy Winning culture. Come help us take this company to the next level. You'll be rewarded with lucrative pay in a highly progressive organization, and we celebrate wins together. Small team, real opportunity. We keep our very talented recruiting team lean on purpose so everyone gets to make a lot of money. You won't get lost, and you'll work real searches and real clients from day one. Busy sales team. We have a very active sales team, so there's always work to fill and money to be made. Hybrid flexibility. We have an office in Cherry Creek with beautiful views, and we work 2-3 days onsite per week. The rest is flexible. Work-life balance. We want people who work hard and have a life outside of work. Both are possible here. Yearly incentive trip. Top performers earn a trip every year. Team outings. We spend time together outside of work, too. Room to move up. We have a superb reputation in the industry and a relentless focus on delivering exceptional service. Prove yourself as a leader and we'll give you the opportunity to move up fast and lead within our organization. Who we're looking for You're highly self-driven, a terrific communicator, and an overachiever. We want top producers, people with a gravitational force of their own and an unstoppable desire to be the best they can be. Recruiting experience is optional. A track record of winning at something is required, whether that's sales, athletics, a customer-facing job, or something else you can point to.
What you'll do: Early on, you'll learn the recruiting side with real searches:
- Hunt for technical candidates through our internal database, referrals, job boards, LinkedIn, email, and phone calls.
- Connect with candidates, build relationships, present opportunities, and screen for fit on calls and in meetings.
- Network in the Denver tech community, including meetups and events, to build your own talent pipeline.
- Negotiate compensation, prepare resumes, coordinate interviews, present offers, and run references.
- Build pipelines of IT candidates ahead of upcoming client needs.
- Keep our data accurate so the whole team can see where every search stands.
- As you build confidence, you'll take on the business development side:
- Join our sales team on client calls and intake meetings.
- Learn how to run an intake, qualify a req, and decide which searches are worth our time.
- Hunt for new clients and open reqs through calls, email, LinkedIn, and in-person meetings.
- Build relationships with hiring managers and own accounts, from the first conversation through placement and repeat business.
- You'll sit in team meetings, learn from experienced recruiters and sales leaders, and see how a search moves from client need to placed candidate.
- Compensation45K+ plus commission and other incentives. The good ones make 100K+ in year 2. Commissions are uncapped and the earning potential is unlimited. Strong benefits package included.
Qualifications:
BA degree0 to 2 years of experience. An internship or role in recruiting, sales, or another customer-facing job is a plus.
Competitive drive, a strong sense of urgency, and a work ethic you can back up.
Comfort on the phone, in meetings, and at networking events.
Interest in the tech industry and curiosity about how technical roles work.
Ability to work onsite in Cherry Creek 2-3 days per week.
If you want to build a career in sales and you're ready to earn it, this is the place for you.
