Early & Emerging Talent Recruiter

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe's Companies, Inc. in Charlotte is seeking an experienced Recruiter to lead talent attraction strategies and build a diverse, high-quality candidate pipeline.

You will source, screen, and present top talent to hiring managers while partnering with HR partners to drive onboarding and alignment with compensation and sourcing centers of excellence. You will manage complex mid-manager and professional roles, deliver candidate evaluations, and promote an excellent candidate experience throughout

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in HR or recruiting.
• At least 5 years’ recruiting experience with mid-management to director-level roles.
• Proven ability to source passive candidates and build diverse pipelines.
• Experience guiding hiring managers through structured interview processes.

Responsibilities

• Source potential talent by meeting with clients across the organization to verify job profiles and specifications.
• Ensure a positive candidate/customer experience with every candidate.
• Seek out potential candidates using innovative methods and follow recruiting process from start to finish.
• Evaluate candidate profiles and resumes; present candidates to hiring managers with evaluations.
• Consult business partners on interview tools and conduct structured interviews.
• Serve as primary contact for hiring managers regarding recruiting and policies.

Skills

Sourcing

Behavioral interviewing

ATS experience

Candidate screening

Stakeholder management

Passive candidate engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or relevant field

Job description

Innovate in Charlotte

Your Impact

The Recruiter is primarily responsible for developing talent attraction strategies, identifying key resources for talent, sourcing and recruiting top talent, and leading intake meetings with clients. This role will assess qualifications, screen candidates, negotiate and manage the job offer process, and secure on-boarding process completion. This role will also partner with HR business partners and centers of excellence, including compensation and sourcing. The Recruiter will typically handle complex mid-manager or professional roles up to director level and will deliver top talent including recruiting from diverse talent pools.

What You Will Do

• Source potential talent by meeting with clients across the organization to verify job profiles and specifications.
• Ensure a positive candidate/customer experience with every candidate.
• Seek out potential candidates using innovative methods and follow recruiting process from start to finish.
• Evaluate candidate profiles and resumes; represent the company (information and marketing) to candidates; complete detailed candidate phone screens, prepare candidate evaluations, and present candidates to hiring manager.
• Explore new recruitment methods and keep abreast of industry trends while sharing best practices across the team.
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates to generate a high-volume, high-quality pipeline of candidates.
• Help onboard and train new recruiters on the team.
• Consult business partners on candidate assessment and interview processes by collaborating with hiring managers to develop interview tools and guides and conduct interviews in a structured process.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for hiring managers regarding recruiting.
• Educate hiring managers and ensure clarity of and adherence to the recruitment process and hiring policies.
• Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine-tuning standard processes for recruiting.
• Ensure appropriate prioritization of business needs by asking questions and calibrating results, share recruiting pipeline data, highlight strengths and opportunities with hiring manager and senior leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or other relevant degree or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 5 years of recruiting experience
• 5 years of experience with behavioral interviewing
• 5 years of experience using an applicant tracking system
• 3 years of experience sourcing through candidate social networking tools and using creative sourcing methodologies (X-ray, FlipSearch, Boolean Search)
• Experience proactively searching for and engaging passive candidates
• Experience consulting with and influencing hiring managers

Preferred Skills/Education

• 3 years of experience recruiting mid- to senior-level roles

About Lowe's

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than$86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe's is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based inMooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.