Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for sourcing, screening, and presenting qualified candidates to hiring managers to promote a positive candidate experience and support recruiting and talent initiatives.

The Talent Acquistion Specialist will also establish relationships with passive candidates, universities, technical schools and universities, and industry groups.

Education, experience, and other required qualifications :

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• Must have two or more years’ experience recruiting within the healthcare sector (skilled nursing / post-acute care facility or clinical sourcing preferred)
• Must have two or more years’ sourcing experience (e.g., Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter)

Essential job functions and key responsibilities :

Manages the start-to-finish recruitment process for assigned positions utilizing the applicant tracking system (ATS) (e.

g., posting requisitions, managing candidate activities and workflows, scheduling / coordinating interviews, screening applicants, verifying employment eligibility requirements, etc.)

• Must be able to promote a positive candidate experience including staying in close contact with candidates (e.g., phone calls, emails, in person meetings with new hires as requested, etc.)
• Performs effective sourcing strategies to find and attract passive candidates and build a depth of talent pipelines and pools for assigned positions
• Creates and maintains professional networks for future talent
• Responsible leverage and link to other external job board service providers and partners as appropriate (e.g., Indeed Direct, ZipRecruiter, community postings, notifications to local schools, etc.)
• Responsible with coaching facility hiring managers on effective screening and selection techniques
• Must be able to ensure timely candidate feedback; and strive to create a positive candidate experience, including conducting follow-up calls / surveys
• Must be able to assist with calculating metrics : yields ratios, time-to-fill, cost per hire, applications processed, etc.

maintain records on recruitment activities to derive ROI; and run and prepare key metrics and reports from ATS and in-house systems

• Must be able to assist with ad hoc facility-based recruitment as requested (e.g., direct mailings, college recruitment, associate referral programs, advertising, sponsored ads, etc.)
• Must be able to represent the company professionally and effectively at job fairs / professional events / on-site hiring events
• Must exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude
• Must demonstrate dependable, regular attendance
• Must be able to concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment
• Must be able to communicate and function productively within facility leadership and senior leadership / management
• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
• Must be able to lift 20 lbs. floor to waist, lift 20 lbs. waist to shoulder, lift and carry 20 lbs., and push / pull 20 lbs.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of the practice and position.

Personal Skills and Traits Desired / Physical Requirements / Working Conditions

• Works beyond normal working hours and on weekends, holidays when necessary.
• Position requires some travel i.e. corporate meetings, training, job fairs, facility visits, etc.
10 days ago