Title: Talent Acquisition Partner
Location: Dallas, TX
Type: Contract to Hire
ID: 1561718
Role Overview: The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for driving recruiting strategy, building candidate and hiring manager relationships, and filling critical roles at the corporate office and field locations. This role will make recommendations to both facilitate innovative sourcing strategies and implement and execute recruiting programs and practices that will expedite the candidate pipeline process in quickly delivering top talent for active job openings.
Qualifications:
- Education/Licensing Requirements: Degree in Human Resources Management, Business or related field preferred
Experience Requirements:
- 3+ years in talent acquisition/recruiting
- Agency experience required
- Technology recruiting experience required
- Superior sourcing skills
- Healthcare experience preferred
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruiting sites such as Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of labor and employment laws accompanied by the drive to keep up to date and understand future legislation
- Ability to provide outstanding customer service to both internal and external clients
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate on a remote basis
- Highly analytical thinker and problem solver
- Adept at cultivating and fostering relationships as well as influencing and negotiating
- Strong project and time management skills with ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects to closure
- Demonstrated negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong relationship management skills
- Leadership and navigation skills
- Proven ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Solid working knowledge of applicant tracking systems
- Intermediate skills in MS Office
Essential Characteristics:
- Self-directed and organized
- Discrete/ability to maintain confidentiality
- Team player
- Detail-oriented
- Sense of urgency
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work well independently
- Use sound judgment in decision making
- Ability to take direction
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain positive, collaborative and pro-active relationships with all associates, including company leaders to maintain business-relevant, strong working relationships
- Design, develop, and manage all aspects of full life cycle recruitment process for field and corporate positions. Evaluate all aspects of the recruitment and selection process on an ongoing basis and make recommendations for improvements
- Partner with leadership and other key stakeholders to develop employer brand and talent acquisition strategy; manage our employer brand presence on LinkedIn, Glassdoor and other recruiting channels
- Create and implement new and effective sourcing strategies for finding candidates
- Proactively source passive candidates through internet recruiting resources, networking, employee referrals and other channels; develop a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need
- Partner with field and corporate leadership to determine business staffing needs, produce forecasts and develop and implement an organizational recruiting strategy to hire top-quality professional candidates to meet talent planning goals.
- Review resumes, screen candidates, and present high caliber candidates to hiring managers
- Manage our Applicant Tracking System to post positions, manage applicant flow and provide monthly activity reports; partner with other stakeholders on the selection and implementation of upgraded ATS tools
- Ensure hiring managers are properly trained on talent acquisition and applicant selection processes
- Provide guidance regarding employment, specifically related to appropriately following applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations
- Participate in policy implementation, adherence and training
- Manage time effectively
- Respond well to coaching and supervision
- Ability to work overtime
Working Conditions:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Requires working at a desk and use of a telephone and computer.
- Use office equipment and machinery effectively.
- Ability to ambulate to various parts of the building.
- Work effectively with frequent interruptions.
- May require occasional overtime to meet project deadlines.
- Lifting requirements of <15 lbs. occasionally.
Lucas Group is North America's premier executive search firm. Since 1970, our culture and methodologies have driven superior results. We assist mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients find transcendent, executive talent; candidates fully realize their career ambitions; and associates find professional success. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA with 15 regional offices, our trusted, consultative, and passionate recruitment professionals combine industry depth and geographic breadth to deliver superior results. To learn more, please visit Lucas Group at www.lucasgroup.com.
