Corporate Recruiter - Hybrid

Job Description

Job Description

The Pond Guy is seeking a Corporate Recruiter who enjoys solving hiring challenges, building strong relationships, and helping leaders build high-performing teams across a growing business. In this role, you will lead full-cycle recruiting across the organization’s 14 unique departments while partnering directly with hiring managers to strengthen talent decisions and improve recruiting effectiveness. You will work directly with department leaders and Talent Acquisition team members to define hiring strategies, evaluate candidates, and drive successful hiring decisions.

This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys proactive sourcing, and takes pride in building strong candidate experiences and hiring outcomes. If you enjoy ownership, variety, and finding great talent in creative ways, we would love to talk with you.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to influence hiring strategy and recruiting processes
• Exposure to a wide variety of business functions and professional roles
• Strong partnership with leadership and hiring managers
• Ability to build sourcing strategies instead of only processing applicants
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on company growth

The Pond Guy / Airmax, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of pond, lake, and water garden products including aeration systems, fountains, and water treatments to a nationwide network of end-users and Airmax dealers.

Don’t know ponds? That’s okay. We’ll teach you the business. What matters most is your curiosity, recruiting mindset, and ability to identify great talent.

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The right person for this role gets energized by solving hiring challenges, uncovering strong talent through proactive recruiting strategies, and partnering closely with leaders to drive strong hiring outcomes. From discovery meetings to offer letters, you will create momentum, clarity, and a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

This is your runway. Bring your vision, your strategies and your spark. We’ll give you the room to run, the support to build and the wins to celebrate.

What You’ll Do

• Lead full-cycle recruiting efforts across multiple business functions, owning searches from intake strategy through offer negotiation and acceptance
• Serve as a strategic recruiting partner to hiring managers and leadership, helping guide hiring decisions and recruiting strategies
• Build proactive talent pipelines through sourcing, networking, referrals, market research, and outbound recruiting strategies
• Conduct screening interviews and guide hiring teams through candidate evaluation
• Create a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Use recruiting metrics, hiring trends, and market insights to continuously improve recruiting strategies, processes, and hiring outcomes
• Maintain accurate and compliant recruiting workflows, documentation, and candidate management within the ATS to support consistent hiring outcomes
• Support offer negotiations and help align candidate expectations with business needs
• Coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, candidate evaluation, and structured hiring processes

Success in This Role

Success in this role means becoming a trusted recruiting partner while consistently delivering high-quality talent, building proactive pipelines, and improving recruiting effectiveness across the organization. Strong performance includes building proactive talent pipelines, influencing hiring decisions, maintaining momentum on difficult searches, and continuously improving recruiting strategies, processes, and candidate experiences.

Who We’re Looking For

The right person for this role:

• Gets energized by solving difficult hiring challenges and uncovering talent others overlook
• Takes ownership, creates momentum, and follows through with urgency and attention to detail
• Communicates confidently and builds strong relationships
• Is organized, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize quality of hire, long-term fit, and strong hiring outcomes over transactional recruiting metrics

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience preferred
• Experience sourcing and recruiting for professional and hard-to-fill roles, including proactively engaging passive candidates through networking, outreach, and creative recruiting strategies
• Strong communication