Talent Acquisition Specialist

Join our Talent Services (HR) department as a Staff Talent Acquisition Specialist located in our New Jersey or Atlanta office.

The ideal candidate is an experienced recruiter with outstanding communication and decision-making skills, ensuring an efficient and accurate hiring process. Your proactive work ethic and can-do attitude enable you to take initiative and adapt confidently to changing needs. Exceptional interpersonal abilities are essential for building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers, as well as delivering a positive candidate experience. If you are someone who demonstrates initiative, adaptability, and innovative thinking in talent acquisition, we invite you to join our team.

This role will be based in either our New Jersey or Atlanta office on a hybrid basis (2 days a week in-office, 3 days work from home). This role reports to the Staff Talent Acquisition Supervisor.

The Staff Talent Acquisition Specialist will deliver high quality candidates by optimizing talent acquisition expertise to place business staff positions. This position will develop creative recruitment solutions including resume database mining and searching, social media, networking, college and alumni recruitment, and identifying new sourcing channels. You will be responsible for cultivating a superior candidate experience from first contact and throughout the hiring process, leveraging the GT brand at every opportunity.

The role works collaboratively with local HR teams and Shared Services departments to deliver optimal talent solutions, and helps foster a robust social media recruitment strategy to develop a pipeline of candidates and enhance GT’s online recruiting presence.

• Identifies and attracts potential candidates through various sourcing channels, including job boards, social media, networking, and referrals.
• Develops and places job advertisements in various media outlets.
• Maintains accurate candidate records and hiring processes within the firm’s applicant tracking system (ATS), Workday.
• Organizes and conducts candidate searches on various resume databases.
• Manages the candidate experience end-to-end from initial contact through hire.
• Enhances GT’s presence online and build an ongoing talent pipeline.
• Assesses applications and resumes, conduct initial interviews, schedule interviews, and keep hiring managers up to date throughout the process.
• Ensures candidate, hiring manager, and recruiter experiences are met with exceptional service delivery.
• Facilitates the hiring process and pre-employment activities, including preparing and negotiating offers and conducting background/reference checks.
• Analyzes recruitment metrics and costs and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Assists with other department activities as needed, and perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively use social media and alternative sourcing methods to identify top quality candidates.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), professional demeanor, and presentation skills.
• Ability to provide outstanding client service and meet high quality standards; proactive in seeking innovative solutions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels and collaborate well in a team.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines and effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
• High attention to detail, outstanding organizational skills, and strong time management abilities.
• Ability to recognize confidential, sensitive, and proprietary information and maintain confidentiality.
• Self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision.