Talent Acquisition Specialist

Summary

Groundworks is North America's leading foundation repair and water management specialist, committed to protecting and improving customers’ homes. The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for full-cycle, high-volume recruiting, promoting the company as an Employer of Choice, and delivering exceptional customer service to internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Advises hiring manager of recruiting best practices, HR compliance, company policies and departmental procedures
• Coordinates with Human Resources, hiring managers, and staffing reports to confirm staffing needs
• Updates active requisition data in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) weekly, responds to candidates in a timely manner
• Manages the ATS and properly documents all open requisitions and applicant activity, ensuring timely updates to requisition, candidate status and documentation of interview notes, interview feedback, report of new hire forms, referral forms and related paperwork
• Partners with recruiting agencies as needed and approved by Manager for recruitment support
• Conducts intake calls with hiring managers to review position requirements, establishes interview schedules, and determines recruitment strategies to meet hiring needs
• Sources and recruits qualified candidates through active and passive recruiting methods using recruiting tools such as Indeed and LinkedIn
• Assesses candidates for current and future open roles through quality screenings on a daily and weekly basis
• Coordinates with candidates and hiring managers to schedule in-person and/or virtual interviews, coordinates candidate travel itineraries as necessary
• Provides regular recruiting updates to necessary company stakeholders, tracks progress and individual performance towards recruiting goals
• Drafts and extends verbal and formal offer letters by next business day, assists with offer negotiations as necessary
• Tracks and communicates candidate progress towards offer acceptance to the hiring team, ensuring that candidates have accepted their offer within the allotted timeframe
• Maintains strong, collaborative, and productive relationships with hiring managers, HR partners, and company stakeholders
• It is an essential function of this job that the employee regularly and reliably reports to work on time each working day
• Preforms other duties as needed or assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, related field or equivalent work-related experience required
• Three or more years of experience with full-cycle, high-volume recruiting required
• Working understanding of talent acquisition and/or human resource principles, practices and procedures
• Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems required
• Proficiency with using job boards and resume mining platforms required (Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, etc.)
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook and SharePoint, etc. required
• Proven customer service experience with both internal and external customers
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Human resources professional certification preferred but not required
• Experience with Human Resources Information Systems (Workday) preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, related field or equivalent work-related experience required
• Three or more years of experience with full-cycle, high-volume recruiting required
• Working understanding of talent acquisition and/or human resource principles, practices and procedures
• Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems required
• Proficiency with using job boards and resume mining platforms required (Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, etc.)
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook and SharePoint, etc. required
• Proven customer service experience with both internal and external customers
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Nice to Haves

• Human resources professional certification preferred but not required
• Experience with Human Resources Information Systems (Workday) preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Benefits

• Employee Company Ownership Opportunities
• Industry Leading Training Programs
• Leadership Development and Career Growth Tracks
• Comprehensive and Affordable Benefits Package
• Top Workplace with Award Winning Culture