LHH Solutions - Executive Recruiter - Hybrid - Chicago, IL

Position: LHH Recruitment Solutions - Executive Recruiter - Hybrid - Chicago, IL
About the role

The Executive Recruiter is responsible for executing the full life-cycle of direct hire recruiting for top tier, mid- to senior-level professional direct hire job orders for a variety of clients. Partners with clients to define strategic objectives and hiring needs. Analyzes hiring needs, determines best recruiting methods, creates and deploys client and role-specific recruiting strategies. Develops client accounts and generates new business through candidate and client leads, referrals and various forms of marketing.

Builds and maintains a comprehensive candidate pipeline that addresses client needs. Serves as subject matter expert on market trends, target industries, and roles.

What you'll be doing

* Develops client accounts and generates new business through candidate and client leads, referrals and various forms of marketing.

* Partners with clients to analyze hiring needs, determining best recruiting methods, and creates and deploys client and role-specific strategic recruiting strategies and client marketing initiatives.

* Stays abreast of leading industry trends and recruiting best practices.

* Builds and maintains subject matter expertise on target industries, clients and roles.

* Administers job postings in various systems.

* Screens resumes and conducts behavioral based interviews and competency-based evaluations.

* Provides guidance and negotiates fee agreements with clients; completes appropriate correspondence for each placement.

* Nurtures continued account development for generating new business.

* Tours clients' offices and seeks to gain full understanding of clients' goals and objectives.

* Generates Direct Hire fees per budgeted goals.

* Enters and tracks assignment and candidate data in various tracking and order systems.

* Creates and executes temporary employee programs.

* Builds and maintains relationships with both passive and active candidates.

* Establishes and maintains a network of industry contacts through participation in professional and trade associations and other professional networking organizations.

* Develops relationships with key clients and business leaders.

* Responds to and addresses a variety of candidate, temporary employee and client inquiries.

* Completes candidate hiring and onboarding processes in accordance with client and organizational requirements.

* Coaches, trains and mentors other team members.

* Ensures compliance and safety requirements are met.

* Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

About you

Bachelor's degree in business or a related field.

Minimum of three (3) years of experience recruiting top tier, mid- to senior-level candidates or relevant industry experience is required.

* Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.

* Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

* Ability to focus on client needs with a commitment to quality and customer service.

* Ability to prioritize, organize and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously while meeting deadlines.

* Ability to identify and resolve problems through recommending and implementing creative solutions.

* Ability to demonstrate business acumen and market insight.

* Knowledge of and ability to interpret and understand employment-related laws, rules and regulations.

* Knowledge of and the ability to utilize Applicant Tracking Systems.

* Knowledge of current sourcing and recruiting trends, best practices and methodologies.

* Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

* Knowledge of and the ability to utilize Customer Relationship Management Systems and/or related tools.

Why choose us?

It's an exciting time to be part of our team. We're proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You'll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most…