Hr Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 4 years of in-house full-cycle recruiting experience, including direct ownership of professional, technical, or client-facing searches. Agency or staffing-firm recruiting experience is considered separately.
• Demonstrated success sourcing passive candidates for specialized or difficult-to-fill roles.
• Strong proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and a full-suite applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Working knowledge of laws and regulations governing interviewing, selection, candidate privacy, and fair hiring practices.
• Experience using talent-market data, recruiting analytics, AI-assisted research, or workflow automation to improve search effectiveness.
• Bachelor’s degree or four additional years of equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to use data, AI, and automation while validating outputs, protecting confidential information, and applying human judgment.
• Ability to translate business needs and role outcomes into success profiles, assess evidence and tradeoffs, challenge unsupported hiring decisions, and guide stakeholders toward clear recommendations.
• Ability to manage recruiting from intake through a cleared, ready-to-start hire, align partners, keep work moving, and surface risks and handoff gaps.

Nice To Haves

• Current working knowledge of recruiting across iCrossing’s role portfolio.
• Experience recruiting in a consultancy or in environments with highly fluid workforce-planning needs.
• Experience with Greenhouse and background screenings, including relevant screening and data-handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting from intake through onboarding for permanent and short-term hiring needs across iCrossing US.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders to define candidate success profiles, sourcing strategies, adjacent-market maps, assessment criteria, and candidate propositions based on business needs.
• Develop sourcing strategies for passive and underrepresented talent, build relationships, and maintain reusable talent communities for priority capabilities.
• Design recruiter screens, interview plans, scorecards, work samples, and feedback practices; synthesize and coordinate interview feedback.
• Create pre-boarding packages, send and track offers, initiate and monitor background screenings, resolve or escalate verification issues, and ensure candidates are cleared before starting.
• Coordinate with Hearst HR, iCrossing HR Operations, hiring managers, Office Management, IT, and other partners to deliver onboarding, first-day readiness, and 90-day success.
• Advise leaders and hiring managers on talent; challenge approaches that may unnecessarily narrow candidate pools, build stakeholder consensus, connect staffing to client outcomes, and provide market intelligence to inform talent, location, and compensation strategies.
• Track recruiting outcomes, identify recurring obstacles, and improve processes based on search results, hiring quality, stakeholder feedback, and new-hire experience.
• Administer, support, and contribute to talent, development, and HR programs as needed.
• Contribute to other iCrossing and/or Hearst projects, programs, and initiatives as needed.

Benefits

• Access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and industry events.
• Hybrid work flexibility.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1 for the temporary position.
• 401(k) plan with a company match, subject to eligibility requirements.
• For full-time permanent employees: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• For full-time permanent employees: 401(k) retirement plan.
• For full-time permanent employees: Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• For full-time permanent employees: paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.
• For full-time permanent employees: parental leave.
• For full-time permanent employees: employee assistance program and other company benefits.