Contract Talent Acquisition Specialist

Description

• Our client is a large, publicly traded firm that focused on building a high performing talent acquisition team and culture that is passionate about finding, attracting and engaging top diverse talent for critical operations and engineering roles.
• As a contract talent acquisition specialist, you will work closely with leaders who expect excellent customer service, thought leadership and expertise in current recruitment trends, technology and social recruiting. Day to day tasks may include:
• Source diverse candidates for difficult, hard to fill engineering, IT, strategy and corporate staff positions.
• Assess candidates based on needs defined by department hiring managers.
• Attend recruitment functions such as virtual job fairs, career days and other event candidates.
• Learn and communicate the company employment brand and total rewards systems to prospective candidates
• Engage in continuous improvement activities (ie, process changes, system configuration, etc.)
• Work and collaborate cross-functionally with other HR teams (HRIS, Benefits, Consulting, etc.)
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and one (1) or more years of professional experience in human resources.
• Preferred candidates will have recruiting experience in a corporate or RPO environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills while working in a team environment.
• Experience with team/project-oriented recruiting activities.
• Ability to relate well to people and work in cooperation with others to coordinate activities in order to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to a variety of human resource issues with successful outcomes and demonstrate openness toward new ideas and approaches.
• Understanding and appreciation of the need for a diverse work environment and experience working on initiatives for the recruitment of diverse candidates.
• Proficient with the use of MS Office, Applicant Tracking software (Taleo, SuccessFactors, ICIMS, etc.) and Internet recruiting techniques.
• Ability to act independently and make decisions that achieves optimal results.
• Ability to interface with all levels of management.
• Effective verbal and written skills communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to adhere to corporate processes and procedures, as well as applicable employment laws and regulations.
• Detail oriented.
  
  

Benefits

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.