About the Company
For over 130 years, Chicago Commons has empowered individuals, families, and communities to overcome poverty and systemic barriers and embrace opportunities to thrive across generations. We support families' crucial role in shaping a child’s development, caring for seniors and vulnerable adults, and uplifting communities. Honoring our settlement roots, we provide life-changing resources to families in under-resourced communities.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Recruiter to join our HR team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for full-cycle recruitment, developing talent acquisition strategies, and maintaining a strong candidate pipeline to meet our organization's hiring needs.
Responsibilities
- Execute full-cycle recruitment process from job posting to offer negotiation
- Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to build a strong talent pipeline
- Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing requirements and create detailed job descriptions
- Screen resumes, conduct initial interviews, and coordinate with hiring managers for further assessments
- Manage and improve the candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Maintain an updated database of candidates and recruitment metrics
- Represent the company at career fairs, networking events, and industry conferences
- Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations
- Manage the first 90-days of new hires experience
- Actively build a talent pool by researching and contacting community services, colleges, and internet sites that include social media sites; providing organization information, opportunities, and benefits; making presentations; maintaining rapport with viable talent
- Provide weekly status reports, maintain recruitment data spreadsheets that report recruitment outcomes, activities, and identify challenges.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field preferred, or in place of a degree, 5+ years of relevant experience in employment recruitment.
- Experience in the full cycle of the recruitment and hiring process.
- Bilingual is a plus.
- Effective negotiating skills.
- Ability to travel between sites when necessary (less than 25%).
