Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Job Description

The Talent Acquisition (TA) Recruiter partners closely with hiring managers, TA leaders and HR business partners to understand staffing needs and develop, implement, and refine a well-rounded recruitment strategy that delivers quality candidates to assigned regions/business units. The Recruiter drives all full cycle recruiting activities, including client intake meetings, job postings, outbound sourcing, engaging past applicants/prospects, conducting hiring events, leveraging community/professional partnerships, screening/interviewing, scheduling interviews, delivering offers, and executing key preboarding tasks. 

Core Duties & Responsibilities

• Partner with assigned hiring managers and business partners to assess current and future staffing needs and develop recruitment strategies
• Facilitate recruitment strategy/intake meetings and candidate debrief meetings with hiring teams to ensure focused searches and efficient, compliant interview processes
• Publicize job postings via the company’s Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and leading job boards to generate inbound applicants
• Proactively source and engage passive candidates, past applicants and prospects via resume databases and social media to develop deeper candidate pipelines
• Represent the company at career fairs, professional conferences, community networking events, and targeted colleges and universities, as needed
• Pre-qualify resumes, conduct phone/video interviews and present qualified applicants to assigned hiring managers for further consideration
• Manage candidates throughout the hiring process, developing strong candidate relationships to ensure a positive candidate experience
• Deliver frequent communication, provide feedback and deliver insights to assist hiring managers in the selection process while focusing on delivering a positive candidate experience.
• Actively contribute and participate in the continuous improvement processes, assisting with projects as requested.
• Maintain or exceed established KPIs, including time to fill, hiring target goals, quality of hire metrics, and hiring manager satisfaction scores, etc.
• Extend verbal and written offer packages of varying levels of complexity
• Facilitate the preboarding process, which may include but not be limited to, background check/drug screen initiation and adjudication, Form I-9 verification, prehire paperwork completion, etc.
• All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, marketing or other related field required; Recruiting/HR Industry certifications (AIRs, etc.) preferred.
• Experience: 1-2 years’+ experience working in an internal talent acquisition program and/or third-party staffing agency/search firm preferred.
• Technical experience with leading Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) technologies is highly preferred; we use Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
• Proven ability to proactively source, pre-qualify, and interview candidates using a variety of leading recruitment resources, including Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, CareerBuilder, Monster, ZipRecruiter, Handshake, and others.
• Expertise in quickly building and leveraging strong business relationships with internal and external clients.
• Comfort working in a metrics-driven performance environment.
• Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information
• Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
• Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events

About this Job Description: This position description is not inclusive of every aspect of the role, and additional responsibilities / qualifications may be required to ensure ongoing eligibility and compliance in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as Forward policies and procedures.

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