Contract Recruiter- High Volume

Sleep Number Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Pharmacy benefits

Dental insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Sleep Number Corporation, a leader in sleep wellness, seeks a Contract Recruiter to support high-volume hiring remotely for a peak season. You will manage Workday, source candidates through LinkedIn and other channels, and partner with HR to ensure a smooth candidate experience.

Bring 3+ years of full lifecycle recruiting, strong assessment and communication skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders. This contract role runs ~6 months with potential extension.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a full life cycle recruiting role for a variety of functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field, preferred or equivalent experience.
• Advanced sourcing, talent assessment, and market intelligence abilities.
• Ability to partner with leaders, influence decision-making, and maintain trust.
• Strong data analysis, presentation, and compliance knowledge.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Identify qualified candidates via competency-based screens and represent Sleep Number professionally.
• Manage Workday ATS to keep candidate data accurate and up-to-date.
• Build pipelines through networking, social channels, and job boards.
• Partner with interview teams and HR partners to shepherd candidates from application to offer.
• Provide onboarding support and suggest process improvements for ROI.
• Contribute to recruiting strategies to balance workload, candidate flow, and quality.

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Candidate sourcing

Interviewing & assessment

Communication skills

Relationship building

Data interpretation

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Workday

Phenom

LinkedIn

CRM systems

Job description

Sleep Number® is the leader in personalized sleep wellness. Backed by almost 40 years of innovation, Sleep Number has helped more than 16 million people achieve their best sleep. We are guided by our purpose – improving lives by personalizing sleep. This is exemplified through our 3,000+ purpose-driven team members who passionately innovate to drive value creation through our fully integrated business model, owning the process from start to finish, and care at every step. At Sleep Number, you’ll be part of a team redefining what’s possible in sleep, health, and wellness. Backed by world-class research and continued innovation, we create mattresses with adjustable firmness, pressure relief, and temperature-balancing comfort that adapt to customers’ changing needs, night after night, year after year. Our people thrive in a culture where purpose, innovation, and customer experience drive every decision. Join us and help shape the future of sleep wellness. Sleep Number is a sleep wellness technology leader. For nearly four decades, we have placed sleep at the center of wellbeing, improving over 15 million lives with our Sleep Number smart beds. We are guided by our purpose – to improve the health and wellbeing of society through higher quality sleep. This is exemplified through our 3,000+ mission-driven team members who passionately innovate to drive value creation through our vertically integrated business model, owning the process from start to finish, including selling in our over 570 stores nationwide. As a Contract Recruiter, you will be accountable for independently consulting on and recruiting for a variety of high-volume roles, including individual contributors and managers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Identify qualified candidates through competency-based phone screens, while accurately representing Sleep Number.
• Manage Applicant Tracking System (Workday) to ensure information and data is accurate and up-to-date.
• Proactively approach talent acquisition challenges and gain market intelligence/hiring trends in order to stay competitive.
• Regularly source & build a pipeline of candidates through networking, cold-calling, and other various social tools (LinkedIn, Indeed, ATS, CRM, Job Boards, Social/Digital channels, etc.)
• Partner with the interview team, Talent Acquisition Coordinator team, HR Business Partners, and candidates to own the experience from application to offer.
• Provide onboarding support and role model best practices across Talent Acquisition.
• Actively look for process improvements and bring ideas forward.
• May contribute to the development of and implementation of effective recruiting strategies that impact the ROI of the overall business (i.e. work load, candidate flow, quality of hire, etc.).

Position Requirements

• 3+ years in a full life cycle Recruiting (Talent Acquisition) role, with exposure to working across a variety of functions & locations on a high-volume team.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR (or related field), preferred or equivalent work experience required.
• Advanced candidate sourcing & talent assessment skills; builds and maintains internal and external networks.
• Ability to partner, influence, and instill trust with mid-level business leaders.
• Develop & execute action plans that tie to the needs of the business.
• Ability to analyze and interpret talent acquisition data, recognize trends and make recommendations.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Stay up to date on legal and compliance aspects of interviewing and hiring.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to appropriately tailor messages.
• Must have the ability to quickly learn systems, processes, and procedures, and mentor others.
• Demonstrates high integrity and can maintain confidentiality and use appropriate discretion.
• Customer service orientation.
• Interest in learning and commitment to continuous improvement for both self and others.
• Proven research skills using LinkedIn is preferred, familiarity with other Social Networking channels is a plus.
• Various ATS and/or CRM systems (prefer Workday and Phenom knowledge).
• Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Working Conditions

• Position is available on a fully remote basis. No in-office work is required
• Contracting need covers a peak season. Duration of need expected to be 6 months with potential for extension.
• Must be able to speak on the phone for up to 8 hours per day.
• Must be able to sit or stand at a desk, in front of a computer for up to 8 hours per day.

Hourly Pay Rate: $40.00

Benefits

• medical
• pharmacy
• dental
• life and disability insurance
• a 401(k)
• paid time off
• additional resources that promote lifelong wellbeing

EEO Statement

Sleep Number is an equal opportunity employer. We cultivate a workplace culture where everyone is valued, respected, and treated fairly.