Talent Acquisition Specialist

Roeslein & Associates - Saint Louis, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Saint Louis, MO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will drive strategic recruitment efforts with a strong emphasis on accountability and execution of full lifecycle recruiting for a global company. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, creative thinking, and maintaining key knowledge of the dynamic and competitive talent landscape, including market availability and trends. The specialist will also support the overall human resources team, ensuring that recruitment strategies align with the company's goals and objectives. In this role, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will partner with hiring managers to learn and understand positions and discuss current and future manpower needs to prepare and implement a recruitment strategy primarily focusing on professional, administrative, and technical employees. The specialist will stay abreast of and share internal and external trends with managers, providing supportive and constructive feedback to identify and secure the best talent. Additionally, the specialist will track, maintain, and share recruitment metrics to set realistic expectations and positively influence recruitment approaches. The position involves creating and maintaining job descriptions, supporting all Roeslein domestic and global entities with their lifecycle recruiting efforts, and working closely with online resources, colleges, career fairs, and other sources to find candidates. The specialist will build relationships with potential candidates, conduct interviews, and coordinate travel and lodging for selected applicants. Regular correspondence with candidates to notify them of employment consideration and our hiring process is also a key responsibility. The role includes reporting on employment activity and recruitment expenditures for budgetary control, training hiring managers on legal and effective interviewing, and collaborating with marketing to maintain and improve the employer brand. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will also support and lead continuous improvement of talent acquisition and human resource projects, travel domestically and internationally up to 10% per year, and conduct activities in a safe and healthy manner in accordance with established safety and company requirements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to learn and understand positions and discuss current and future manpower needs to prepare and implement a recruitment strategy primarily focusing on professional, administrative, and technical employees.
• Stay abreast of and share internal and external trends with managers, and provide supportive and constructive feedback to identify and secure the best talent.
• Track, maintain, and share recruitment metrics to set realistic expectations and positively influence recruitment approaches.
• Create and maintain job descriptions ensuring they are updated, and key knowledge and skills about each position.
• Support all Roeslein domestic and global entities with their lifecycle recruiting efforts.
• Work closely with online resources, colleges, career fairs, and other sources to find candidates, arrange opportunities, and support and grow pipeline relationships for Roeslein.
• Build relationships and provide information on the company and job opportunities to potential candidates; active and passive.
• Interview applicants to obtain work history, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities via phone, Teams, and in-person interviews; schedule interviews for hiring managers and other key employees; coordinate travel and lodging for selected applicants; conduct reference checks on candidates.
• Regularly correspond with candidates to notify them of employment consideration and our hiring process.
• Report on employment activity and recruitment expenditures for budgetary control.
• Train hiring managers and interviewers on legal and effective interviewing.
• Collaborate with marketing to maintain our employer brand and work to continuously improve and grow it.
• Support and lead continuous improvement of talent acquisition and human resource projects.
• Travel domestically and internationally up to 10% per year.
• Develop and maintain relationships with employees at all locations.
• Conduct activities in a safe and healthy manner and work in accordance with established safety and company requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, Marketing, or a related field is required.
• At least five (5) years of technical and/or professional recruiting experience is required.
• Considerable skills in interviewing techniques and a good knowledge and understanding of technical functions and responsibilities are necessary.
• Knowledge of United States employment law is required, as well as the ability to learn Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, and California employment law and adhere to legal hiring practices.
• Strong time management, initiative, and critical thinking skills are required.
• Ability to understand and communicate business needs in an understandable and succinct manner.
• Excellent collaboration and oral and written communication skills are required.
• High attention to detail, organization, and planning skills are required.
• Experience with a variety of sourcing methodology as well as social recruiting strategies and purposeful relationships for networking using resume databases, boolean search techniques, and networking with professional organizations is necessary.
• Ability to effectively learn and acquire new information, knowledge, and skills is a necessity.
• Computer skills and an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Windows-based programs, applicant tracking systems, and LinkedIn is required.
• Effective time management skills, ability to meet deadlines, high level of professional conduct, change management abilities, and ability to work independently and with a team are essential.
• Must have a valid driver's license and be able to travel domestically; predominantly to career fairs in the Midwest.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance