Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Recruiting Specialist Job Description

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Recruiting specialist provides guidance on changing regulations related to OFCCP, EEOC, VEVRAA, Section 503, EEO, and miscellaneous federal, state, local employment laws.

Recruiting Specialist Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Provide consultation to hiring managers and other stakeholders in alignment with applicable federal and state employment laws and regulations departmental processes
Organize monthly in-house job fairs and attend local job fairs
Acts as the Subject Matter Expert for the particular subject or activity
May meet directly with clients, or may deal with the clients' primary points of concern behind the scenes
May represent the department in matters pertaining to the particular subject
Consults with management on recommendations for problem resolution
Source and attract candidates across EMEA through networking, sourcing, direct approach, referrals, university relations
Develop strong market expertise
Improve the candidate, new hires, hiring managers, and recruiters experience
Facilitate the hiring of targeted professionals based on needs

Recruiting Specialist Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Recruiting Specialist

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: AIRS, PHR, SPHR, HR, CP, SHRM, ISO, IMS, I-9, JDE

Education for Recruiting Specialist

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the recruiting specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Human Resources, Business, Education, Public Relations, Communications, Business/Administration, Management, Psychology, Graduate, Communication

Skills for Recruiting Specialist

Desired skills for recruiting specialist include:

Relation to position requirements
Federal and state employment and labor laws and OFCCP and EEO compliance
State
Additional European language would be an asset
Federal regulations related to employment
Local
Workday
Federal
Employment law
Local employment laws

Desired experience for recruiting specialist includes:

Process Invoices and be the point of contact for new hardware, software and supply request
Partner and collaborate with Marketing/Communications to send out messages via social media outlets, while maintaining consistency of our brands on social media outlets
Analyze usage of global recruiting partnerships with job board/social media vendors
Demonstrate ownership for deliverables
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Human Resources experience
Manage internal client relationships and external vendors

Recruiting Specialist Examples

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Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of recruiting specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for recruiting specialist
  • Assist with managing Workday Onboarding process to ensure documents are up-to-date and legally compliant
  • Create targeted sourcing campaigns, utilizing methods such as social media, job boards, and networking to find top talent for each requisition
  • Screen resumes and disposition candidates that do not fit the recruiting strategy
  • Interview selected candidates (by phone or in person), evaluating them for their basic job-specific qualifications, the ability to succeed while working on a remote, harsh continent
  • Assess the pool of candidates for their strengths and weaknesses, forwarding top candidates to the appropriate Hiring Manager for the technical interview
  • Make recommendations for hire (or not hire)
  • Propose pay rates and generate employment offers
  • Communicate important employment information during delivery of employment offers
  • Conduct appropriate reference and/or background checking
  • Follow up Hiring Managers to ensure updated information on the interview process status
Qualifications for recruiting specialist
  • Process all paperwork from candidates to generate offers for positions in support of the Program
  • Correspond with applicants, candidates, and newly hired employees via email and phone to insure proper submission of documents and follow through with on-boarding procedures
  • Receive and track employment documents received via fax, email and overnight mail
  • May assist with arranging travel and scheduling appointments
  • At least 1 year of experience in maintaining information inside an applicant tracking system
  • At least 6 months prior applicant sourcing experience
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Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a recruiting specialist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for recruiting specialist
  • Flexibility and adaptability to assist outside normal business hours, as necessary
  • Work with the BMD and leadership to design creative sourcing strategies intended to identify qualified candidates through various recruiting tools and avenues in an effective and timely manner according to the needs to the Paris location of WESA Platinion
  • Work with other PLA recruiters and leadership to supportinitiatives to establish a recognizable "employer of choice" reputation for Platinion WESA, both externally and within BCG
  • Maintain regular contact with possible future candidates and develop a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need
  • Processes weekly background reports
  • Work closely with background company contacts
  • Monitor the Compliance team inbox
  • Conduct review of candidate backgrounds including work/education/criminal history in a timely manner
  • Update background check results in background vendor site and ATS
  • Coordinate with team to ensure appropriate coverage at all times
Qualifications for recruiting specialist
  • Practical experience in a related field
  • Fluency in English & German (at least near native level)
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines, stress resistant
  • Full command of all MS office related programs
  • Ability to partner with and act as an advisor to clients on a senior level
  • Recruit for the Global Analytics Team in Mumbai
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Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a recruiting specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for recruiting specialist
  • Supports and acts a subject matter expert for system testing
  • Collaborate with HR Business Partners
  • Assist with developing ongoing strategies to enhance onboarding and hiring
  • Responsible for the proactive sourcing of talent
  • Research and develop new ways of using the Internet for recruitment
  • Maintain/update all external job boards
  • Blog on social media sites (Facebook/Linkedin/Twitter)
  • Create innovative sourcing strategies
  • Organize career fairs
  • Prescreen candidate for position eligibility
Qualifications for recruiting specialist
  • The ability to target qualified candidates and screen resumes identifying potential matches
  • Desire to provide the highest level of service
  • High tolerance to stress and ability to work under pressure, personal time management
  • Minimum 1-2 years in a recruiting or HR environment
  • Minimum 1-2 working in an ATS
  • Ability to handle highly confidential material and information
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Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a recruiting specialist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for recruiting specialist
  • Maintain Hexcel’s ATS Workday
  • Ensure regulatory client specific process compliance
  • Work to proactively build talent pipeline and employer brand
  • Identifies potential sources for recruiting staff, such as through job fairs, associations, community organizations, advocacy groups, government agencies, military transition centers, vocational/ technical schools, colleges and universities
  • Manage full-cycle recruiting process for our contingent workers, ensuring a seamless, uniform and incredibly positive candidate experience
  • May refer applicants for job openings, administer pre-employment tests, check references and conduct exit interviews
  • May assist with the placement of employment advertising and/or act as a company representative at external career fairs
  • Lead designing a robust digital recruitment strategy including creating digital media campaigns and coordinating the creation of digital content
  • Bring experience and ideas to drafting a remodeled diversity and inclusion recruitment plan that strengthens our pipelines in collaboration with internal and external partners
  • Proactively utilize sourcing techniques (including direct sourcing, internet data mining, search engines, networking, university and organization partnerships, employee referrals and other recruiting tactics) that attract candidates in order to decrease our school based vacancies by 50%
Qualifications for recruiting specialist
  • Master degree, ideally with specialization in Human Resources
  • First significant experience in recruiting desired (apprenticeship or internship minimum)
  • Good proficiency in English (spoken and written)
  • Strong employee communications and team/morale building experience
  • Fluent in English, Hungarian and German
  • Knowledge of Market trends and implications on acquiring talent
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Recruiting Specialist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a recruiting specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for recruiting specialist
  • Manages a diverse requisition load which often focuses on passive candidate pools
  • Leverages professional social networks, internal applicant tracking system, various candidate databases, professional organizations, and community associations to network, identify and recruit candidates
  • Assisting in coordinating the sourcing and review of all levels of candidates in all areas of the organization
  • Making recommendations for and implementing sourcing, recruiting, advertising, and all other strategies that could possibly attract candidates and increase the talent pool
  • Brand and market Hexcel’s social media sites
  • Manage background and drug screening vendor to ensure background and drug screens for new hires and internal promotions are completed timely
  • Implement the sourcing strategy for each search, and source candidates for external job searches from networks, associations, approved websites, direct sources and employee referrals
  • Manage the end-to-end candidate process, including resume/phone screening, interviews, selection, offers, negotiation and onboarding
  • Oversee the internal posting process for all jobs in support of and in compliance with HR protocols
  • Qualify candidates for cultural, financial and experience fit, utilizing behavioral based approach utilizing the screening criteria defined by the Hiring Manager
Qualifications for recruiting specialist
  • A strong work ethic and a never quit attitude
  • Excellent organizational, prioritization and communication skills are a must
  • At least 2 years experience in functional recruitment best practices in advanced recruitment (not high volume or retail recruitment)
  • At least 3 years experience working in an ATS
  • At least 3 years experience sourcing through social media channels
  • Exceptional professionalism, communication, and sense of urgency

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