Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Specialist

JOB SUMMARY

The Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist is responsible for sourcing candidates, screening resumes, interviewing, and referring well-qualified applicants to Hiring Managers for open positions. The TAO Specialist is expected to understand and support the recruiting needs of the business and proactively seek and maintain a qualified candidate pool/skill database. He/She will work closely with the HR business partners to ensure timely, thorough, and consistent onboarding of new hires and transfers. 

KEY TASK RESPONSIBILITIES

Talent Acquisition

• Establishes recruiting requirements by studying organization plans and objectives; meeting with managers to discuss current and future needs.
• Sources applicants by researching and contacting different sources such as, but not limited to associations, colleges, partnerships, employment agencies.
• Provides organization information, opportunities, and benefits.
• Makes presentations and reports related to HR Recruitment policy.
• Identifies, sources and promotes diverse recruiting sources and methods.
• Creates job postings to be posted internally, externally, and on any applicable online job boards.
• Determines applicant requirements by studying job description and job qualifications and reviewing the position/s with hiring management.
• Determines applicant qualifications by interviewing applicants; analyzes responses; verifies references; compares qualifications to job requirements.
• Arranges management interviews by coordinating schedules; arranges travel, lodging, and meals; escorts applicant to interviews.
• Manages intern program by sourcing qualified intern applicants, interviewing and sourcing, conducting orientations; scheduling rotations and assignments.
• Prepare monthly and weekly Talent Acquisition reports by collecting, retrieving applicant tracking system data, analyzing and summarizing recruiting KPI metrics through reports and dashboards.
• Responsible for ensuring that the best job candidates are selected at an organization.
• Maintain and update Talent Acquisition documentation including encoding and updating information in SAP.
• All other duties assigned.

On-boarding

• Supports new hires through the orientation period and on-the-job training process.
• Gathers & analyzes data on new hire onboarding experiences to identify and recommend opportunities for process improvements.
• Works with HR Business Partners to implement effective onboarding and training approaches to maximize transfer of knowledge and skills during the onboarding process and ensure a positive onboarding experience.
• Follows up with HR Business Partners to proactively identify concerns and implement/recommend solutions.
• Tracks individual and overall onboarding metrics identifying trends and improvement opportunities.

Quality Management

• Performs and/or implements quality system and ISO-related activities.
• Assists in verifying the accuracy of all information before processing or releasing to internal or external customer.
• Implements/or carryout quality improvement activities and functions as may be formally and officially defined by the immediate superior or by the executive management.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS 

• BS / BA Degree required with an emphasis in Psychology, Business Administration or Human Resources.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, completed projects and customer requests on time.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with various levels of employees. 
  
• Strong working knowledge of: MS Office and social media platforms.
• Candidate should be solutions oriented analytical thinker and able to manage project timelines.
• Prior experience in a recruiting operation that is process and metrics focused.