Creative Talent Acquisition Partner / Recruiter

Mitchell Companies•Gulfport, MS

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Mitchell Companies is seeking a creative recruiter to lead recruiting across the organization, with a particular focus on recurring warehouse and delivery hiring needs. The role creates compelling recruitment campaigns, builds candidate pipelines, and supports managers in making informed hiring decisions. The successful candidate will bring business judgment, persuasive communication, creativity, accountability, and follow-through to the company’s talent attraction and selection efforts. The Talent Acquisition Partner develops recruiting campaigns and honest, engaging job advertisements; establishes hiring priorities; and uses position success profiles to create realistic job information, structured interviews, and scorecards. The role builds candidate pipelines through targeted outreach, referrals, schools, and community partnerships, and coaches managers on interviewing and evaluation while addressing delays in the hiring process. The recruiter manages candidates through offer acceptance before introducing HR to lead the new-hire relationship. The role uses hiring and campaign data to improve applicant flow, sourcing effectiveness, offer acceptance, and successful starts. In partnership with HR and operations, the Talent Acquisition Partner reviews early retention patterns and recommends action regarding pay, schedules, and job-condition barriers. The position reports to the Director of Human Resources, works on-site Monday through Friday, and includes periodic travel.

Requirements

At least three years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience creating campaigns, advertisements, or outreach that generated qualified applicants.
Ability to coach managers, influence decisions, and address barriers candidly.
Curiosity and initiative to test approaches and improve results.
Strong organization and follow-through.
Experience with an applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting data.

Nice To Haves

Distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or multi-location high-volume recruiting experience is strongly preferred.
ADP Workforce Now experience is a plus.
HR or talent acquisition certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Create recruiting campaigns and job advertisements that honestly communicate opportunities and encourage qualified candidates to apply.
Set hiring priorities and use position success profiles to develop realistic job information, structured interviews, and scorecards.
Build candidate pipelines through targeted outreach, referrals, schools, and community partnerships.
Coach managers on interviewing and evaluation, establish response expectations, and resolve hiring delays.
Manage recruiting through offer acceptance and introduce HR to take over the new-hire relationship.
Use hiring and campaign data to improve applicant flow, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, and successful starts.
Partner with HR and operations to review early retention patterns and recommend action on pay, schedule, and job-condition barriers.