Talent Acquisition Specialist

JBA•Hartford, CT

27d

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Specialist reports to the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition and is responsible for full cycle recruitment within the West markets. This is a high-demand role, responsible for actively recruiting for high volume openings (about 200-500 requisitions between the team).

Requirements

1-2 years of high-volume recruitment/scheduling position and/or experience in a recruiting role for multi-site front-line staff.
Must be proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and general Microsoft Office Applications.
Strong customer service and communication skills.
Strong time-management skills and ability to hold self and others accountable to deadlines.
Ability to seek improvement and create an environment of idea-sharing and creative problem-solving, to encourage open expression of ideas and opinions.
Ability to be approachable and facilitate coaching conversations with employees and managers.
Ability to mitigate and lead others to overcome challenges (Never Ever Give Up Attitude).
Excellent team building and interpersonal skills.
Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Aggressively fuels the application/hiring pipeline by posting job ads, attending career/job fairs, leveraging social media, internal referrals, and external networking, and searching resume databases for current and future needs.
Researches and actively sources passive job seekers.
Builds relationships with Operations to understand business needs and objectives and identify high-potential employees to support the region’s continued growth.
Develops and implements recruiting strategies that fit business needs and budget considerations.
Partners with the Home Office HR Concierge Desk to ensure that new hires are pushed through the process accurately and timely.
Follows up with requisition statuses.
Accurately maintains dashboards and recruiting metrics including open positions, new hires, etc.
Conducts and schedules interviews for operations.
Manage requisitions submitted by operations.
Other related duties as assigned.