Develops and executes proactive, innovative and cost-effective recruitment/sourcing strategy to target diverse pool of qualified applicants for vacancies. Develops deep expertise in sourcing for hard-to-fill positions within assigned area. Develops plan to find candidates for specific roles. Conducts research to create pipelines for candidates. Performs advanced sourcing including social media, internet and data base mining, and development of relationships with professional organizations, colleges and schools and community agencies to identify and recruit a diverse slate of candidates for open positions. Ensures communications align with the organization's culture and strategic plans. Promotes the Organization’s mission, brand and strategies and translates jobs into career opportunities to attract top talent into the organization. Conducts positive and enthusiastic cold calls to passive candidates to present opportunities for hard-to-fill positions. Builds relationships with passive candidates that results in candidates wanting to work for Advocate Aurora Health and choosing to stay in contact with the sourcing specialist. Develops and maintains network and database of potential candidates for future reference including pipeline of passive candidates. Screens applications, selects appropriate candidates for interviews using phone, audio, and video resources where applicable. Performs structured screening and assessment to ensure applicants meet both job, organization requirements, and fit for role. Makes recommendations to the Recruiter and Hiring Manager on the referral of qualified candidates. Develops relationships with hiring managers and HR partners. Consults with hiring leadership to anticipate, develop and provide solutions for short-term and long term hiring needs and business goals which include the following: identifying hiring needs, interviewing candidates, recommending qualified candidates, and engaging unique candidates. Maintains sourcing models that meet clients’ needs and serves as best practice guides for quality and expedient, effective hiring solutions including continued engagement of candidates with successful hiring metrics. Acts as key resource for referred candidates in identifying best fits, providing recommendations of the best way to engage in our recruitment process and following up with the referring party. Works closely with Recruiter to understand staffing needs and develop proactive, innovative sourcing/recruitment strategy to attract and recruit top talent. Maintains and reports recruitment metrics for assigned departments/key jobs on regular basis. Collaborates with hiring manager, and recruitment to address trends. Participates in media planning to determine spend to drive candidate volume for hard-to-fill positions. Performs social media campaigning to proactively engage candidates through innovative and diverse methods. Leverages a variety of recruiting resources, social media and internet space to find top talent such as search engine optimization, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. Proactively diagnoses recruiting and sourcing issues that impact the Organization's ability to attract and retain qualified, diverse candidates/employees. Develops, recommends and implements solutions for enhancements. Ensures recruitment and sourcing strategies meet clients’ needs and serves as best practice guides for quality, expedient and effective hiring. Works with the talent acquisition team to assess recruitment and sourcing success by tracking trends, statistics, and averages and presents findings to hiring leaders, at operational management meetings and to HR partners. Identifies key gaps, assesses needs, presents effective solutions and proactively implements strategies to react to employment market trends. Actively leads special sourcing projects, campaigns, initiatives and work teams and partners with other talent acquisition staff on recruitment strategies for pivotal positions. Proactively identifies and drives process improvements initiatives and shares success with other team members to help drive consistency, build efficiencies and coach/mentor others. Serves as a resource and mentor to colleagues and Sourcing Specialists for complex recruitment scenarios, solutions, and proactive recruiting tools. Reinforces critical thinking skills of less experienced team members. Functions independently with limited direction from leadership. Attends webinars/seminars as available and delivers educational opportunities to the team.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees