Restaurant & Hospitality Recruiter – $125K+ Uncapped Earnings | Work from Home
Location: Portland, OR
Salary: 100k/year - 125k/year
Posted Date: 05.25.2026
Employment Type: Permanent
Job ID: 1351218
Job Description
Restaurant & Hospitality Recruiter – $125K+ Uncapped Earnings | Work from Home
Join Gecko Hospitality as a Remote Hospitality Recruiter and build a rewarding, high-income career in the industry you love — without the nights, weekends, or burnout.
We’re experiencing strong growth and actively seeking motivated professionals with restaurant or hospitality experience to join our national recruiting team. If you’re tired of long hours, limited earning potential, and corporate bureaucracy, this is your opportunity to leverage your industry expertise in a flexible, remote role with unlimited upside.
Why Top Talent Choose Gecko Hospitality
- Proven Industry Leader: Named to Forbes America’s Best Recruiting Firms multiple times over the past decade.
- Established Since 2000: 59 regional offices across the U.S., specializing exclusively in restaurant and hospitality recruiting.
- True Work-Life Balance: Monday–Friday schedule, fully remote, no nights or weekends.
- Unlimited Earning Potential: $125K+ first-year potential for strong performers through a transparent, performance-driven compensation model.
At Gecko Hospitality, we match exceptional restaurant and hospitality management talent with leading hotel, restaurant, and food service brands. You’ll play a meaningful role in shaping great careers and strengthening outstanding hospitality teams.
What You’ll Do as a Hospitality Recruiter
- Source, recruit, and place top-tier restaurant managers, chefs, general managers, multi-unit operators, and hospitality executives.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with both candidates and clients using advanced recruiting tools, databases, and networking strategies.
- Partner with premier restaurant and hotel brands across the country to understand their hiring needs and deliver high-quality talent.
- Operate with an entrepreneurial mindset while benefiting from an established national infrastructure and support system.
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of hands-on restaurant or hospitality industry experience (strongly preferred).
- Solid understanding of restaurant management structures, operations, and key roles.
- Previous recruiting, sales, or talent acquisition experience (a big plus).
- Proficiency with internet research, Boolean search techniques, Microsoft Office, and modern recruiting platforms.
- Exceptional communication skills, professionalism, high integrity, and strong emotional intelligence.
- Self-motivated, organized, and entrepreneurial with the discipline to succeed in a remote environment.
What We Offer Our Remote Hospitality Recruiters
- Fully Remote Work: Work from your home office anywhere in the U.S. in the Pacific Time Zone.
- Predictable Schedule: Monday–Friday business hours — reclaim your evenings and weekends.
- High Earnings Potential: $125K+ with uncapped commission structure (top performers earn significantly more).
- Robust Support: Access to a large existing client and candidate database, industry-leading technology, training, and a network of experienced recruiters.
- Long-Term Career Growth: Opportunity to build a personal book of business within a respected national brand.
Ready to Transform Your Hospitality Career?
If you’re a high-energy professional who understands the restaurant world, loves connecting great people with great opportunities, and wants better work-life balance with serious earning potential, we want to hear from you.
This is more than a recruiting job — it’s a chance to stay connected to the hospitality industry while enjoying the freedom and rewards of executive search.
Let Go, and Let Gecko!
Apply today to become part of the nation’s premier restaurant and hospitality recruiting fir
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