HR Recruiting Senior Consultant

The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

 

You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

 

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.

 

We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary:

The Recruiting Senior Consultant I manages mid-to-high level searches while serving as the point-of-contact for individual clients regarding anything and everything talent acquisition. The role develops, directs, plans, and evaluates the external and internal recruitment activities of their assigned team to satisfy the organization's talent requirements. Utilizes extensive knowledge of their clients, industry benchmarking, best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve customer service. The Senior Consultant I embraces complex problem sets and is a subject matter expert and resource for colleagues with less experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consults with stakeholders to deliver an overall staffing strategy that aligns with strategic business goals and the client s talent philosophy
• Perform full-cycle recruiting; maintain excellent relations with hiring managers and candidates and ensure that all stakeholders are aligned throughout the phases of the recruitment process
• Identifies, interviews, and submits strongest candidates to hiring manager (quality, skills and fit)
• Ensures candidate has a positive experience and applies judgment when the recruitment process deviates from standard practice
• Possesses knowledge of company goals and competitive position; uses this knowledge to influence others
• Strong knowledge of skills and abilities (competencies) required for assigned business unit
• Participates in client/TA projects (outcome of staffing strategy or business change)
• Viewed as a subject-matter expert with regards to recruiting; expected to influence clients at an organizational level with regards to all things talent delivery

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education and Experience:

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
• 3 or more years of experience (Preferred)
• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• No Certification, License or Registration is required for the job.

Functional Skills:

• Subject matter expert that is a resource and coach for less experienced team members
• Navigates relationships with numerous clients to drive consensus and decision making; proactively and consistently drives alignment within a matrixed environment
• Embraces and effectively navigates change
• Demonstrated history of operational excellence, problem solving, utilizing data to inform opportunity areas for the client/organization and seeking out alternative methods of actions
• Professional with strong lateral and vertical communication skills; can quickly earn the trust of clients and stakeholders
• Business writing skills with the ability to develop effective correspondence
• Ability to establish, manage and leverage relationships with internal and external partners
• Utilizes data to provide insights to the client on opportunity/growth areas; applies these insights in driving alternative methods/solutions that will benefit all parties

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; PHR/SPHR preferred
• 5+ years of recruiting experience, including leading teams
• Knowledge of business, HR and industry best practic