Jackson Kohout
Chicago
Summary
Experienced with sales techniques and customer relationship management. Utilizes effective communication and negotiation skills to support sales goals. Track record of contributing to team success and adapting to changing market conditions.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruiting Manager/Team Lead
Mondo
08.2020 - 03.2025
- Lead a team of 4-6 recruiters while continuing to recruit at a high level
- Manage an office of $225,000+ in weekly revenue
- Manage expectations and ramp up for my team of recruiters
- Shadow and coach recruiters through sourcing, clearing calls and other tasks as needed
- Provide feedback to recruiters in order to coach and grow their abilities
- Forecast revenue data for the office utilizing Excel/Google Sheets in order to accurately strategize future action and needs for office revenue
- Handle client communication in order to scope requirements and set the recruiting team up for success on delivery
- Lead Chicago office delivery by assigning requirements to junior and senior recruiters
Technical Recruiter/Sr. Technical Recruiter
Mondo
- Build my own network of candidates to fill requirements set by management and sales team
- Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, JobDiva, Dice and other job boards/applicant tracking systems in order to find qualified candidates for niche technical roles such as Project Managers, Business Analysts, Technical Directors
- Cold call candidates looking for work to gain information, put the candidates to work and uncover leads for business development
- Built a book of business including over $3,000,000 in revenue over 4 years
- Handle the entire recruiting cycle for candidates from clearing call, interview requests and preparation, i9 and onboarding
- Utilized Salesforce for submittal tracking, onboarding information, and statistical tracking
- Handle regular check ins with current candidates
- Filled permanent and contract roles for clients across the country from Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and other markets
- Successfully filled numerous hard-to-source roles by utilizing creative search methods and tapping into niche networks.
- Developed strong rapport with candidates, providing support during interviews, offer negotiations, and onboarding process.
Assigned Recruiter
Aerotek Staffing
05.2018 - 07.2020
- Build my own network of candidates to fill requirements set by my manager
- Create call sheets of candidates using in house software Connected (SalesForce), Careerbuilder, Illinois Job Link, Indeed etc
- Reached $5,000 in spread to exceed my 6 month growth line
- Cold call candidates looking for work to gain information, put the candidates to work and uncover leads for business development
- Cold call potential and current clients to set meetings for the management team
- Perform interviews for qualifying candidates to determine the qualification level of the candidates
Recruiting/Sales Intern
Aerotek Staffing
- Build my own network of candidates to fill requirements set by my manager
- Create call sheets of candidates using in house software RWS (Applicant Tracking System), Careerbuilder, and Illinois Job Link
- Cold call candidates looking for work to gain information, put the candidates to work and uncover leads for business development
- Perform interviews for qualifying candidates to determine the qualification level of the candidates
- Office employee of the month for July 2017
- Earned a full time offer after the 12 week internship
Education
B.A - Enterprise Leadership, Sports and Recreation Management Minor, Communication Studies Minor
University of Iowa
12.2018
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Salesforce
- SDLC
- Leadership
- Verbal Communication
- Energetic
- Sales strategies
- Data evaluation
- Cold calling
- Lead generation
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Customer acquisition
- Records management
- Research
- MS PowerPoint
- CRM proficiency
- Project management
- Sourcing strategies
- Quality control
Timeline
Recruiting Manager/Team Lead
Mondo
08.2020 - 03.2025
Assigned Recruiter
Aerotek Staffing
05.2018 - 07.2020
Technical Recruiter/Sr. Technical Recruiter
Mondo
Recruiting/Sales Intern
Aerotek Staffing
B.A - Enterprise Leadership, Sports and Recreation Management Minor, Communication Studies Minor
University of Iowa
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