Associate Technical Recruiter

AHEAD; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for an Associate Technical Recruiter to enhance their recruiting efforts. This role involves collaborating with hiring managers to build project teams and ensuring a smooth recruiting process. You'll focus on sourcing candidates through various channels, conducting interviews, and maintaining compliance. Join a dynamic team that values transparency, invests in your development, and offers flexibility. If you have a passion for connecting talent with opportunity and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make an impact.

Benefits

Transparent Management

Investment in Training & Development

Incentives for Certifications

Flex PTO

Outstanding Lab

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in recruitment with a focus on IT and consulting roles.
• Strong command of Boolean and natural language search techniques.

Responsibilities

• Source candidates through networking and complex internet searches.
• Schedule interviews and facilitate candidate review sessions.

Skills

Candidate Research

Boolean Search

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Sourcing Candidates

Team Collaboration

Leadership Skills

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jobvite

Google Apps

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

This range is provided by AHEAD. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$55,000.00/yr - $75,000.00/yr

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

Associate Technical Recruiter

We are seeking an Associate Technical Corporate Recruiter to help drive and expand our recruiting efforts. This person will work directly within the Recruiting team, collaborate with hiring managers in building their project teams, and be responsible for running a well-organized, efficient and successful recruiting process.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Provide a strong focus on sourcing passive and active candidates through networking, complex internet searches, research, and telephone calls for current and prospective needs.
• Perform search functions including database mining, job board searches, functional Web site searches, direct sourcing, and cold calling to assist with passive/active candidate development.
• Recruit on technical roles like Network Architect, Storage Administrators, Virtualization Engineers, Private/Public Cloud and Automation/Orchestration.
• Work closely with Recruiting team and hiring managers to identify new avenues to attract talent.
• Interface with candidates and hiring managers to schedule interviews, office visits, recruiting events, etc.; collect and distribute interview feedback; facilitate candidate review sessions.
• Post approved positions on applicant tracking system, job boards & social media sites; filter through incoming resumes and determine whether candidate is a fit for positions.
• Maintain compliance and sourced candidate information to help ensure that the internal research database is updated regularly.
• Assist with performing reference checks by contacting candidates’ prior managers and/or peers.
• Source, maintain and update competitive intelligence data.
• Perform direct follow-up on referrals to identify qualified candidates.
• Participate in special projects/tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years work experience in candidate research/recruitment at the professional services and/or search firm level with an emphasis on information technology and/or consulting; agency recruiters welcome.
• Experience with Hardware/Software recruitment (Developers, Network / Storage / Virtualization Engineers, Infrastructure Architects, Pre-Sales).
• Strong command of Boolean search, natural language search, social media, job board search.
• Excellent and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and accuracy in work; excellent organizational skills with an ability to coordinate multiple projects and programs.
• Demonstrated success sourcing in a highly aggressive and competitive market; solid direct sourcing and cold calling experience; confident at quickly adapting to a changing work environment and priorities.
• Ability to work productively both independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated leadership skills. Will be accountable for running the recruiting process and coaching junior recruiters.
• High sense of urgency and strong follow-through is essential; must have the ability to effectively manage and prioritize multiple search requests based on resource needs.
• Ability to complete work projects with speed and accuracy, often under pressure and/or short deadlines.
• Experience with Jobvite is a plus.
• Strong technical skills; experience with Google Apps including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Spreadsheets, Calendar, etc.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Why AHEAD

Transparent management, work alongside and collaborate with industry experts, investment in training & development, incentives for certifications, ability to make an immediate impact, Flex PTO, outstanding lab.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Human Resources

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting, Software Development, and Computer and Network Security