Business Development, Staffing Industry
Job Description
Business Development Professional - Raleigh, NC
Must have Staffing Agency experience
Fast-growing staffing agency dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with high-impact opportunities. Their team partners with companies across multiple industries, providing recruiting expertise, talent market insights, and long-term workforce solutions.
As a Business Development Representative (BDR), you will play a critical role in generating new business opportunities, supporting client engagement, and helping drive revenue growth. This is an ideal role for someone who is energetic, driven, and eager to advance a career in the staffing and recruiting industry.
Key Responsibilities:
Client Acquisition & Lead Generation
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with prospects and clients.
Collaboration with Recruiting Team
- Communicate client hiring needs and job requirements to recruiters.
- Partner with the recruiting team to ensure strong alignment on candidate profiles.
- Provide updates to clients regarding candidate submissions, interviews, and hiring progress.
Market Research & Commercial Insights
- Stay informed about staffing trends, talent market shifts, and competitive landscape.
- Track industry events, company hiring announcements, and organizational changes.
- Contribute insights that help shape outreach strategies and messaging.
Administrative & CRM Management
- Maintain accurate records in CRM/ATS systems.
Qualifications:
- 1+ years of business development in agency staffing experience is required.
- Strong communication skills — both written and verbal.
- Comfortable with high-volume outreach and relationship building.
- Coachable, eager to learn, and open to feedback.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary 60k + six figure expected ote based on + performance/commission opportunity.
- Supportive team culture that values collaboration and career development.
- Opportunity to build a long-term career in a rapidly growing industry.
Contact Jill@meederby.com
Job Number 7756
Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter
Jill Balick
Director and Executive Recruiter
Jill has more than 25 years of staffing management and recruiting experience, and brings significant industry intelligence and networking channels to MeeDerby’s client companies. Jill joined MeeDerby after a successful career in New York City managing Executive Search divisions for several organizations. Jill is a graduate of Colgate University and is fluent in Spanish.
Jill served as the former chair for the North Carolina chapter of ASA. She has been a mentor for the Wayfinders program in Charlotte, NC for over a decade, an organization providing children from high-poverty schools the opportunity to supplement their education with experiences that improve academic achievement and physical activity, expand their social capital, and increase their preparedness for the workforce.
