Talent Acquisition Specialist - Sales Agent Recruiting (Hybrid)

Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, particularly in sales roles.
  • Proficiency in sourcing passive candidates and building candidate pipelines.
  • Strong relationship management skills with sales leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated success in recruiting for competitive markets.
  • Experience utilizing technological tools such as Workday, Beamery, and LinkedIn Recruiter.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with sales leaders to define recruiting needs and workforce strategies.
  • Develop strong pipelines of sales talent through proactive sourcing and networking.
  • Create innovative strategies to attract top sales candidates in the market.
  • Advise sales leadership on market trends and candidate insights.
  • Conduct candidate sourcing, screening, and interviewing to ensure a smooth hiring process.
  • Leverage data and recruiting technologies to enhance outcomes and talent pipeline health.
  • Represent the company at various recruiting events to promote sales opportunities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with competitive company contribution.
  • Pension plan for long-term financial security.
  • Annual incentive program for performance recognition.
  • Generous paid time off program, including 23 days accrued annually.
  • Student loan repayment assistance.
  • Paid family leave to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
We're seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to recruit sales-focused talent (insurance agents) at American Family. In this role, you'll serve as a strategic talent partner to sales leaders, helping attract, assess, and appoint top-performing sales professionals, business owners, and other skilled professionals who drive business growth and customer success. You will report to a senior manager, talent acquisition.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in candidate sourcing and recruiting, including experience recruiting sales talent in competitive markets. You excel at sourcing passive candidates, building relationships with sales leaders, and developing proactive talent pipelines.

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Position Compensation Range:
$69,000.00 - $115,000.00

Pay Rate Type:
Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

What You'll Do
  • Partner directly with sales leaders across the organization to understand recruiting needs, workforce plans, and talent market dynamics.
  • Build and maintain robust pipelines of high-performing agency sales talent through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and talent community engagement.
  • Develop innovative recruiting strategies to identify and attract top agency sales candidates in competitive talent markets.
  • Serve as a trusted talent advisor to sales leadership by providing market intelligence, candidate insights, and recruiting recommendations.
  • Source, screen, interview, and assess candidates while delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruiting lifecycle.
  • Leverage recruiting technologies, data, and talent intelligence platforms to improve recruiting outcomes and pipeline health.
  • Represent American Family at recruiting events, industry networking opportunities, career fairs, and agency sales-focused talent initiatives.
  • Develop relationships with professional associations, universities, and external talent communities to strengthen long-term agency sales talent pipelines.
  • Utilize Workday, Beamery, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing tools to identify, engage, and nurture prospective candidates.


What You'll Bring
  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support, or service.
  • Demonstrated experience and success sourcing and hiring passive candidates for senior-level positions.
  • Demonstrated track record working in and across teams to identify talent needs.
  • Demonstrated experience relationship-building, communication, organization, presentation, negotiation, and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrated experience and comfort engaging with senior-level leaders across the organization and in candidate pools.
  • Extensive knowledge of clients' business strategies and objectives.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience recruiting for sales organizations and revenue-generating teams.
  • Experience using Workday Recruiting and Beamery.
  • Experience leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms to identify and engage top sales talent.
  • Insurance, financial services, or corporate sales recruiting experience helpful but not required.


Travel Requirements
• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements
• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions
• Not applicable.

Additional Information
  • To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.
  • Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
  • Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
  • Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting


In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from one of the following office locations: Madison, WI, Phoenix, AZ; Hopkins, MN; Denver, CO; St Joseph, MO; Englewood, CO; Boston, MA; Keene, NH offices.

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

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