Business Talent Recruiter

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Summary

As a Business Talent Recruiter in collaboration with and in support of the firm’s strategic initiatives, you will be responsible for full life-cycle recruiting to include screening, recommending talent to managers, and using creative sourcing methods to find the best talent to fill our business professional jobs.

Location

This position can sit in our Tampa, Phoenix, or Reston office locations and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities  

• Partners with hiring manager to design and implement overall recruiting strategy.

• Develops a sourcing strategy based on role requirements.

• Develops methods and strategies for sourcing active and passive candidates, including but not limited to being active on social media forums, using databases, making cold calls and other creative methods to locate qualified talent.

• Connects with hiring manager to understand role requirements. Develops a sourcing strategy based on role requirements. Develops job postings and advertises them on internal and external portals. Has overall management of job requisitions from initiation, approval and closing.

• Screens resumes, reviews video interviews, administers appropriate assessments, assesses candidate knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience, and aptitude, and makes recommendations for hire. Creates and distributes offer letters to selected candidates.

• Coordinates with hiring manager to create and negotiate job offers with selected candidates. This includes agreement on terms to complete the hiring process as well as managing cases where candidates decline, or the firm rescinds the job offer.

• Follows up with candidates and hiring managers to obtain feedback regarding recruiting process.

• Develops and maintains excellent relationships with hiring managers and candidates to ensure successful hiring practices. Provides support with managing recruitment-related social media outreach.

• Communicates important employment information during delivery of employment offers (compensation, benefits).

• Manages candidate activity in the applicant tracking system (ATS). Conducts recruitment administration to include systems tracking, data entry, employee referral pay-outs, audits, etc.

• Communicates with HR regularly to coordinate new hires and other recruiting activities as needed.

• Monitors and applies HR recruiting best practices. Assists with developing and maintaining recruiting brand by creating an exceptional candidate experience.

• Corresponds and attends meetings with hiring managers and other stakeholders regarding candidate feedback and updates.

• Assists with developing, monitoring and administering recruiting budget and resource allocation. Continuously measures business outcomes against recruiting investments to understand program efficacy, improvement opportunities and potential for resource reallocation.

• Attends staff meetings.

• Other duties as assigned.

Desired Skills   

Strong communication skills required to interact with business professionals and candidates on a regular basis. Strong organizational skills necessary to coordinate various programs and employee data. Exceptional problem-solving skills required. Must be collaborative, results-oriented and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Ability to think creatively and analytically. Must be creative and detail-oriented; knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel; ability to handle difficult situations professionally and tactfully; ability to multi-task and manage projects; must be able to treat confidential information in a professional manner.

Minimum Education   

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Education 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources

Minimum Years of Experience  

• 2 years of prior recruiting experience required in a high-volume recruiting department.

• Proficient in MS Outlook, Word and Excel.

• Experience with an ATS database (such as Workday).

• Experience with use of social media and open web searches preferred.

Essential Job Expectations

While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, ther