Talent Acquisition Consultant (100% Remote)

Our Customer is an American financial services mutual organization based in Milwaukee. The financial security company provides consultation on wealth and asset income protection, education planning, retirement planning, investment advisory services, financial planning trust and private client services, estate planning and business planning. Its products include life insurance, permanent life insurance, disability income, and long-term care insurance; annuities; investments; and investment advisory products and services.

Our Customer is looking for a Talent Acquisition Consultant on a contract basis to help support their ongoing business needs. This role is 100% remote.

Acting as a trusted advisor to the assigned business area, the Talent Acquisition Consultant develops and executes effective, position-specific Talent Acquisition strategies to ensure open positions are filled with high quality talent in a timely fashion. The consultant acts as subject matter expert in talent acquisition but also in functional market expertise, industry trends, job knowledge, organizational structure, and ongoing business strategy to support business needs. The consultant will create exceptional candidate experiences and be known and recognized for it.


Responsibilities:

• Manages the full-cycle recruiting process with an emphasis on building strong hiring manager partnerships and candidate advocacy to attract and retain top talent.
• Consults with hiring managers to develop recruitment strategies for assigned positions.
• Creates a robust pipeline of candidates through advanced sourcing including web searches and utilizing the current applicant tracking system, Indeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc., to increase creative digital sourcing.
• Provides an exceptional candidate experience both, internally and externally, throughout the hiring process to promote the company as a great place to work.
• Manages weekly recruiting metrics and reports pertaining to open positions and recruiting operations and uses this data to influence hiring and support actionable decision making.
• Interviews and qualifies potential candidates based on the agreed upon competencies needed, goals and needs of the business to hire the best fit candidate.
• Manages the recruitment processes by appropriately tracking statuses within the applicant tracking system to allow for accurate reporting to support overall talent acquisition processes and business goals.
• Possesses knowledge of the organization's business model, operations, financial goals, and overall Talent strategy.
• Understands the knowledge, skills, experience, and competency requirements for positions, and for sourcing top talent for current needs and pipelining future for needs.
• Ability to provide value added, recruiting advice to hiring managers to help influence talent decisions and negotiate compensation based on job and market trends.
• Encourages hiring managers to keep diversity front-of-mind and understand what diversity looks like on their team to help influence diversity of people and thought.
• Participates in a variety of related projects that are new, complex or may require a high degree of initiative, self-direction, and innovation.
• Acts as a mentor to designated department staff and maintains a level of responsibility for training new hires on the Talent Acquisition team.
• Engages sourcing and coordination resources into the process at the right time.
• Ability to fill roles ranging in scope from entry level positions up to leadership level positions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of six years of recruiting experience.
• Solid business insight and broad understanding of current business trends and strategies.
• Ability to engage at all levels of the organization - handle ambiguity, structure priorities, deliver on results, and build relationships while thinking strategically and objectively.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities that require attention to detail and nuanced communication.
• Advanced consulting skills with demonstrated ability to successfully persuade senior stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of all state and federal laws and regulations regarding Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action is highly desirable.
• Expertise in Boolean search methods.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Please Note: In order to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. Prior to coming into our offices, contractors will be required to attest that they are fully vaccinated.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.