Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) is responsible for full-cycle recruitment for a high volume and diverse job board across our US locations. The TAS partners with Hiring Managers to establish hiring criteria and timelines for all vacancies. This role will be responsible for all talent sourcing activities (both opportunistic/passive and active), pre-screening applicants (phone, video, etc.) interviewing, pre-employment testing, reference checking and applying other assessment tools to attract and hire top quality talent for our business.

Hours: 8:00-5:00 pm Monday through Friday

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Proactively manage full lifecycle recruiting for all US based vacancies, in collaboration with the HR Team and Hiring Managers.

• Develop and maintain strong working partnerships with Bison leaders, understanding key drivers to their lines of business, working hands-on to proactively help Hiring Managers build successful teams.

• Build a sustainable pipeline and community of candidates to create an available talent pool across the Bison network.

• Determine and implement appropriate recruiting techniques for market, industry, skill set, and region. In addition to both local and national job boards, the TAS utilizes all of the latest tools and trends to establish pipelines and promote the company brand in effective campaigns.

• When necessary, the TAS works with external recruiters and employment agencies to identify and recruit freelance and/or niche candidates.

• Collaborate with HR team members and Hiring Managers to develop and execute sourcing strategies that increase the flow of qualified, opportunistic candidates.

• Proactively mine Applicant Tracking System (ATS), LinkedIn, Indeed; and other relevant candidate pools; build and maintain a candidate/talent succession pipeline.

• Develop, cultivate and manage relationships with hiring managers at all levels of the business to provide service excellence and expertise.

New Grad & Talent Pipeline Programs:

• Work with leaders to define the number of post-secondary students and New Grads will be needed in the near-medium term and in which regions, departments, etc. Develop a post-secondary recruitment plan.

• Identify which post-secondary institutions to target and source the best candidates based on identified needs.

• Build relationships with a network of universities and their career services offices.

• Create and manage a budget and calendar of hiring events and career fairs.

• Promote Bison's attendance at upcoming recruiting events and engage students before, during and after the event.

• Prepare presentations, videos and other marketing materials to introduce Bison's employer brand and career opportunities.

• Attend and facilitate hiring events, virtual recruiting events or employer information sessions.

• Partner with the Manager, Strategic HR Programs to ensure strategic talent acquisition activities are aligned with Talent Pulse Check session feedback and identified actions.

• Coordinate and monitor our internal career development programs (i.e. New Grad Program, Sales Development Program, Maintenance Stepping Stone Program) - conduct participant check-ins to ensure program participants are active contributors to the talent pipeline succession targets, consistently evaluate attraction & retention efforts to maximize this talent pool.

Other:

• Contribute innovative sourcing solutions that help drive the talent strategy.

• Employ recruitment best practices to proactively target diverse candidate pools; leverage opportunistic/passive candidate sourcing, internet and social media recruiting, networking, post-secondary events, etc.

• Research, benchmark, and develop proactive recruitment techniques to attract high quality active and passive candidates.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong business acumen and organizational agility.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team with the proven ability to act in both strategic and tactical levels in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships and work effectively with various levels of employees.

• A strong work ethic and high levels of initiative, enthusiasm, and reliability. Practice great discretion with sensitive, confidential information.

• Strong time management and organizational skills.

• The ability to manage high pressure situations while maintaining high quality business outcomes.

• Excellent oral communication skills for face-to-face, video and telephone interviews, and excellent written communication skills - specifically speaking with clarity and confidence and writing concise job posting and job descriptions.

• Ability to adapt to workload and working conditions while maintaining a positive, approachable attitude and professional demeanor.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-5 years of recruitment experience in corporate and/or recruitment agency environment.

• Skilled with social media recruitment strategies. Proficient in the use of LinkedIn, experience using LinkedIn Recruiter License considered an asset.

• Proficiency with HRMS, including applicant tracking systems (i.e. Workday, ICIMS, Taleo, etc.)

• Previous experience within a similar industry is desirable (i.e. Call Center, Manufacturing, etc.)

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