Technical Recruiter

Vaco - Springfield, IL

Full-time - Entry Level

Springfield, IL

251-500 employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Technical Recruiter at Vaco is a pivotal role responsible for identifying, screening, and managing candidates and consultants for both contract and direct-hire positions. This position is integral to the recruitment process, working closely with the sales team to fulfill open job orders while ensuring a smooth hiring process for candidates and consultants. The recruiter will collaborate with various business stakeholders, leaders, and subject matter experts to effectively plan and deliver recruitment projects in a timely manner. In this role, the recruiter will proactively identify and assess qualified talent to meet job requirements. They will maintain and utilize a candidate skills matrix to enhance recruitment activities and perform weekly interviews aligned with performance objectives. The recruiter will also be responsible for generating leads through professional relationships and candidate interactions, which will support business development and sales efforts. Utilizing Bullhorn, the recruiter will log all activities, notes, and vital information necessary for managing and growing their book of business, as well as planning daily activities. Collaboration with teammates is essential, as the recruiter will work to cross-sell and fulfill open positions across different lines of business and national practices as appropriate. The role requires a strong focus on customer and candidate relationships, ensuring that solutions are customer-centric. The recruiter must be results-oriented, consistently achieving goals even in challenging circumstances. Effective communication is crucial, as the recruiter will need to convey information clearly to various audiences and actively listen to ensure understanding. Planning and prioritization of work to meet organizational goals is also a key competency, along with interpersonal intelligence to manage emotions and build rapport with diverse individuals. Decision quality is important, as the recruiter must make timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward, and collaboration is essential to achieve shared objectives.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, assess, and recruit qualified talent to fulfill job orders.
• Update, review, and actively utilize a candidate skills matrix in recruitment activities.
• Perform weekly interviews in line with performance objectives.
• Generate leads via professional relationships, candidate interviews, and other interactions that support business development/sales efforts.
• Utilize Bullhorn to log all activity, notes, and information vital to managing and growing a book of business as well as planning daily activities.
• Collaborate with teammates to cross-sell and/or fulfill open positions across other lines of business and/or national practices as appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and/or minimum 0 to 18 months technology sales or staffing experience required.
• Active member of the IT community, networking groups a plus.