Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist at Meaden & Moore supports the firm’s recruiting priorities with a primary focus on a dedicated service line, while also assisting with support services searches and other departmental hiring needs. This hybrid role in Cleveland, OH involves candidate sourcing, high-volume pipeline management, pre-screening interviews, and accurate recordkeeping in the applicant tracking system.

• Manage recruiting activity for an assigned service line, and support support services searches and other departmental recruiting needs as directed by the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Manager, service line leaders, office leads, and department stakeholders to understand hiring needs, role priorities, search expectations, and candidate profiles.
• Oversee high-volume recruiting searches by maintaining organized pipelines, tracking candidate activity, balancing competing priorities, and keeping searches moving forward.
• Proactively source, engage, and screen active and passive candidates using tools and channels including Linked In Recruiter, job boards, referrals, networking, social media, professional associations, and other sourcing strategies.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs within the assigned service line and other areas of the firm.
• Conduct pre-screening interviews via phone, video, or in person to evaluate qualifications, interest level, compensation expectations, location preferences, and overall fit with firm needs.
• Represent the Meaden & Moore brand, culture, and career opportunities, including the service line-specific value proposition, when engaging prospective candidates.
• Ensure timely, professional follow-up with candidates, hiring managers, and internal stakeholders throughout the recruiting process.
• Use the firm’s applicant tracking system to maintain complete and accurate candidate profiles, activity notes, requisition details, and search updates.
• Assist with recruitment strategy, sourcing plans, workforce planning, search prioritization, process improvement initiatives, and other recruiting projects.
• Maintain recruiting documents, dashboards, trackers, requisition priority lists, Predictive Index Job Targets, and other tools that support recruiting operations and planning.
• Maintain relationships with professional organizations, state accounting societies, universities, referral sources, and networking groups to support talent acquisition efforts.
• Support fair and equitable hiring practices and partner with the DEI Committee or other internal groups to attract qualified talent from a variety of sources.
• Independently identify potential recruiting challenges, recommend next steps, elevate issues appropriately, and maintain alignment with the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Provide additional support with human resources projects and administrative functions as needed to meet firm needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of recruiting experience, preferably in a professional services environment.
• Familiarity with social media platforms for sharing position information.
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from candidates and colleagues at all levels.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a self-starter and team member.
• Ability to prioritize and meet established deadlines.
• Flexible, positive, can-do attitude.
• Experience managing high-volume recruiting pipelines, including sourcing for multiple active roles and maintaining diligent follow-up.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates and communicate employer brand, team culture, and role opportunity.
• Strong judgment and initiative, with appropriate collaboration with the Talent Acquisition Manager and stakeholders.

• SHRM-CP or SHRM PHR.
• SHRM Talent Acquisition Credential.
• Experience using Linked In Recruiter.

• Linked In Recruiter
• Applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Microsoft Office
• Predictive Index Job Targets

• Location:
  
  Cleveland, OH (hybrid)
• Salary: USD 72,000 - 81,000 per year

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) matching and profit sharing
• Professional development support
• Professional certification support and reimbursement
• Employee referral and new…