Foreign National Talent Specialist

Populus Group; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement for continuing教育

Free Book Program

Internal development lunches and Snack

Annual Training Fund

Community Service Hours

20 Days PTO

Job summary

Populus Group, a Minority and Veteran Owned Workforce Solutions company, seeks a focused professional to facilitate attracting top talent and educate customers on foreign national employment processes. You will partner with TEKsystems, Aerotek, and Populus Group clients to solidify employment-based visas, mainly H1, while coordinating with immigration counsel and internal teams.

The role emphasizes relationship building, clear communication, and candor with clients and consultants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required.
• Approximately 2 years of work experience in HR, Sales or Recruiting.
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and sensitivity to timing.
• Support and maintain effective client-vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Act as a middle man between customers and Populus Group’s immigration counsel on acquiring work authorization visas.
• Work with HR and Recruiting in hiring process involving sponsorship.
• Review and assess all incoming requests.
• Answer calls from customers and consultants on immigration matters.
• Ensure all participants meet customer and governmental requirements.
• Improve information flow to ensure status accuracy.
• Assist in obtaining documents for work permit/visa applications.
• Consult with outside immigration counsel for clarification on immigration issues.
• Negotiate with customer and recruiters to establish rates, contract terms, and fees.

Skills

Strong communication

Relationship building

Fast-paced environment

Attention to detail

Client-vendor relationships

Judgement & analytical abilities

Great customer focus

Conflict management skills

Written & verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

PG is a Minority and Veteran Owned Workforce Solutions company. Our culture and our brand are built around our people-first mentality. We place an emphasis on building relationships and getting to know our PG community and business before we train employees on their day-to-day jobs. Our goal is simple, to help our employees build a network of lasting relationships based on trust and respect for each other. This allows us to foster an environment that supports employees' choices to balance what’s most important to them. Our hybrid environment provides employees opportunities to connect, develop, and succeed, while still giving them autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on their needs. We believe that everyone’s voice matters regardless of their role or tenure. Within PG, employees have access to leadership of all levels and the opportunity to give and receive feedback to influence change in both formal and informal ways. We also like to have quite a bit of fun along the way!

Job Description

The goal of this role will be to help facilitate attracting the top talent and educating our customers on how to utilize the foreign national community. We're looking for a talented and versatile person to help us build our staffing solutions business with TEKsystems, Aerotek, and Populus Group's customers. This position is going to focus on helping this happen for the foreign national community by solidifying employment based visas, mainly H1 visas. Will partner with our customers on best practices, costs, and timelines of employees our foreign nationals. This role relies heavily on relationship building, communication skills and candor with the clients and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Act as a middle man between our customers and Populus Group’s internal immigration counsel on acquiring work authorization visas.
• Work closely with HR and Recruiting in hiring process involving sponsorship
• Review and assess all incoming requests
• Answer calls from customers and consultants to help with immigration matters
• Ensure all participants meet customer and governmental requirements
• Improve the flow of information to ensure accuracy of the individual's status
• Assist in obtaining documents necessary for work permit/visa application (birth certificates, marriage licenses, resumes, etc)
• Consult with outside immigration counsel for clarification on immigration issues
• Negotiate with customer and recruiters to establish rates, contract terms, and fees

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree preferred, but not required
• Approximately 2 years of work experience in HR, Sales or Recruiting
• A strong sense of urgency, initiative and competitive drive to get things done correctly, with an emphasis on working with and through all levels of personnel.
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment with minimal supervision
• The ability to pay close attention to detail and sensitivity to timing
• The ability to support and maintain effective client-vendor relationships
• Good judgment and analytical abilities
• Great Customer Focus
• Conflict Management Skills
• Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed. This is why it is so important to us that our employees’ have access to a wide variety of development options to help them become better professionals and people. This includes informal opportunities for self-development, skills-based development, and formal training. The opportunities are endless, highlighting some of our options below:

• Our hybrid environment provides autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on team need
• Employee Development Program offering learning opportunities for varying levels of experience
• Tuition Reimbursement for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees
• Free Book Program (Yup, free books sent right to your door!)
• Internal development lunches and Snack Chats (Yes.. snacks!)
• Annual Training Fund
• Community Service Hours
• 20 Days PTO (Not Including Observed Paid Holidays!)

Projected Budgeted Compensation

ExternalHourly Base Compensation: $50,000-52,500

Bonus eligibility up to $5,000

Cost of Labor Adjustment applicable in specific markets

401K with Company Match; Health; Dental; Vision; Long & Short Term Disability; Life Insurance; Paid Holidays; Paid Time Off (PTO); Treat Yourself Fund; Tuition Reimbursement for Continuing Education/Professional Certification

Populus Group is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options. However, if you have questions about this position, please contact [e-mail].