Mortgage Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Industry: Financial Services / Mortgage Lending

Job Function: Talent Acquisition / Recruiting / Business Development

Workplace Type: Hybrid / Remote

Compensation: $45,000–$75,000 annually, depending on experience, plus performance-based recruiting incentives

Mortgage Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Arbor Home Loans is looking for a driven, relationship-focused Mortgage Talent Acquisition Recruiter to help us grow our production team and expand into new markets.

This is not a traditional recruiting role centered around reviewing inbound applications. We are looking for someone who knows how to proactively identify strong mortgage talent, start conversations, build relationships, and create recruiting opportunities with successful producers who may not be actively looking for their next move.

The primary focus of this position will be recruiting producing Mortgage Loan Originators, producing Branch Managers, established mortgage teams, and other strategic production talent
.

The right person will understand the mortgage industry, be comfortable speaking with experienced producers, and know how to build credibility and maintain relationships throughout what can often be a longer recruiting cycle.

Company: Arbor Home Loans

Employment Type: Full-Time

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

Industry: Financial Services / Mortgage Lending

Job Function: Talent Acquisition / Recruiting / Business Development

Workplace Type: Hybrid / Remote

Travel: Some travel required

Compensation: $45,000–$75,000 annually, depending on experience, plus performance-based recruiting incentives

• Proactively identify and recruit producing Mortgage Loan Originators, producing Branch Managers, and established mortgage teams.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective recruits across existing and targeted markets.
• Conduct outbound recruiting through phone, email, Linked In, referrals, networking, industry relationships, and other sourcing channels.
• Build long-term relationships with strong producers, including individuals who may not be ready to make an immediate move.
• Research prospective candidates, including production history, market presence, team structure, referral relationships, and overall fit.
• Conduct initial recruiting conversations to understand candidates' production, business model, compensation, support needs, goals, and potential reasons for considering a transition.
• Communicate Arbor Home Loans' opportunities, resources, culture, support structure, products, technology, marketing capabilities, and growth strategy.
• Partner closely with executive and production leadership to identify recruiting priorities and target specific individuals, teams, branches, and markets.
• Coordinate recruiting conversations and introductions between qualified prospects and company leadership.
• Maintain accurate recruiting pipeline information, follow-up dates, candidate activity, production information, and next steps.
• Assist leadership with recruiting proposals and compensation discussions.
• Maintain consistent follow-up throughout the recruiting process and help move opportunities from initial conversation through offer and transition.
• Coordinate with internal teams on contracts, licensing, onboarding, technology, marketing, and branch setup when a recruit joins the organization.
• Identify opportunities to recruit full teams, establish new branches, and expand into strategic markets.
• Travel as needed for candidate meetings, branch visits, recruiting events, networking opportunities, and other business-related activities.

• 3+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience required.
• 2+ years of mortgage industry recruiting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting producing MLOs, Branch Managers, and/or mortgage teams strongly preferred.
• Proven experience with proactive/outbound recruiting and relationship-based sourcing
  , rather than primarily managing inbound applicants.
• Strong understanding of mortgage production roles and the factors that influence an originator's decision to change companies.
• Familiarity with mortgage production metrics, compensation structures, branch models, and team structures.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish credibility with experienced mortgage professionals.
• Competitive, persistent, self-motivated, and comfortable initiating conversations with prospective recruits.
• Strong follow-up, organization, pipeline-management, and relationship-management…