Candidate Experience Coordinator – Experienced Recruiting

Generalmills; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 51,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Time off

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

General Mills in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Candidate Experience Coordinator to partner with the Talent Acquisition Team and serve as the main contact for external candidates throughout the recruiting process.

You will coordinate interview schedules, travel logistics, background checks, and onsite logistics while tracking data in Workday and supporting TA priorities to deliver an outstanding candidate experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of administrative experience in a high-volume setting.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Proactive and able to manage multiple tasks with interruptions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, and HCM apps.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end administrative support for recruitment lifecycle across designated areas, ensuring exceptional candidate experience.
• Manage pre-employment background checks including initiation and tracking.
• Coordinate travel for candidates and manage expenses.
• Serve as primary onsite interview logistics point of contact and troubleshoot scheduling/tech issues.
• Track candidate flow data in Workday and ensure data accuracy and compliance.
• Collaborate with TA Pillars on projects and priorities.

Skills

Administrative experience

Outlook

Excel

Word

Teams

HCM applications

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Overtime flexibility

Education

High School Diploma

Associate or Bachelor’s

Tools

Workday

Job description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

OVERVIEW

In this role, you are a critical partner to the Talent Acquisition Team. As a Candidate Experience Coordinator, you will serve as a main point of contact for external candidates throughout the recruiting and hiring process. Success in this role means you represent General Mills values, leading with a service orientation, and collaborating to provide outstanding candidate and hiring partner experiences while pushing yourself and the team to achieve excellence.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Orchestrate the comprehensive administrative support for the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across designated functional areas. This encompasses cultivating an exceptional candidate experience through proactive and professional verbal and written communications, and expertly coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder interview schedules, often involving intricate domestic and international travel logistics and sensitive coordination.
• Manage the pre-employmentcontingency process for incoming hires, including initiation, tracking, and review of background checks
• Manage end-to-end candidate travel including troubleshooting travel arrangements as needed and ensuring candidate expenses areaccurate & within normal expensepractices, elevating to TA Manager as needed
• Operate as primary point of contact for onsite interview logistics, including room setup, and candidate hosting, troubleshoot any interview day scheduling or technical issues as they arise
• Track and report critical candidate flow information using an applicant tracking system (Workday), ensuring accurate and compliant data & operational practices are followed, troubleshooting any critical errors where needed and escalating as needed.
• Collaborate & support across all TA Pillars on projects & strategic priorities and additional tasks, as needed
• Build candidate & client trust, developing partnerships throughout the building with AV, Business Conference Center, HR, hiring teams, and more
• Create a positive & best in class candidate experience.
• Ad hoc administrative onsite responsibilities: Mail clean up, updating TA Laptops, etc.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 2 years administrative experience in a high volume, high paced, detail-oriented setting
• High School Degree or GED
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills, with a focus on attention to detail and accuracy while meeting tight deadlines
• High level of independent judgment and decision making to analyze and resolve highly confidential and complex work
• Demonstrated capacity to pro-actively complete multiple detailed tasks with frequent interruptions
• Excellent communication skills with a high degree of tact and diplomacy
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with all levels of GMI management and a broad array of candidates, customers, and suppliers outside the company
• High level of integrity, sound judgment & discretion regarding handling confidential or sensitive information
• Willingness and ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities and responsibilities, and stakeholders
• Strong technical skills with proficiency in Microsoft based applications including Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, and HCM applications, with a willingness to learn and master other software programs as needed
• Available for occasional overtime

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience with SaaS ATS (Workday)

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• The location for this role is Minneapolis, MN, must be on-site 4 days/week, and as needed to support Recruiting needs
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this position is

$51,300 - $70,700 Annual

At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE)

General Mills is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or familial status, status regarding public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST

If you need to request an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please fill out our online accommodation request form by following this link: Accommodation Request.