Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Fooda Inc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Laptop provided

Lunch program

Office food and beverages

Job summary

Fooda Inc. is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to manage full cycle recruitment for high-volume hourly roles and select salaried positions. You will build pipelines with creative sourcing, communicating effectively with candidates and hiring teams.

This hybrid role requires three days in our Chicago headquarters. The ideal candidate brings 2+ years of recruiting experience, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in corporate and high-volume roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, HR, or related field.
• Compelling metrics demonstrating hires, time-to-fill, and results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to promote Fooda to candidates.
• Ability to adapt quickly and work independently; self-directed.
• Strong relationship-building skills to influence hiring decisions.
• Strong work ethic and ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage full cycle recruitment for assigned requisitions with positive candidate experience and timely fills.
• Create sourcing strategies for diverse hiring needs across Fooda’s departments and verticals.
• Coordinate with third-party partner to hire offshore talent.
• Recruit for nonexempt (hourly) and part-time roles with urgency to meet operational needs.
• Provide recruitment counsel on strategies, interviewing, assessments, and sourcing tactics.
• Develop and refine talent acquisition processes aligned to market/data trends.
• Improve recruiting systems, reporting, compensation, and ATS functionality.
• Communicate with hiring managers and HR to ensure smooth onboarding for new hires.
• Track recruitment metrics and identify areas for improvement.
• Represent Fooda at recruitment events to build the talent brand.
• Create and update job descriptions reflecting hiring needs.

Skills

Full cycle recruiting

Written communication

Verbal communication

Relationship building

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field

Job description

Who We Are

Our story began in 2011 when a group of office workers at a major logistics company in Chicago had a lunch problem. Nearby options were limited, and the team was spending too much time and money traveling to their favorite restaurants. They had an idea: bring Chicago’s local restaurant culture inside the office to sell food. It was an immediate hit. When they discovered people from other companies sneaking into their office, they knew they were on to something.
Fooda pioneered the concept of rotating popup restaurants inside offices. Today, we operate in 60 cities, have served over 100 million meals, and continue to grow rapidly. Powered by technology and a network of 1,500+ restaurants, we feed hungry people at work through a platform of unique food programs located within companies, office buildings, hospitals, schools, distribution centers, and more. At Fooda, we believe a workplace food program should be something employees love and look forward to every day.

Position Description

As a TA Specialist on Fooda’s People team, you will manage the full cycle recruitment process to attract and acquire the strongest talent to Fooda’s business verticals. You will be responsible for high volume nonexempt (hourly) roles with potential for some select salaried roles.
Additionally, you will be responsible for building and maintaining an active pipeline of candidates utilizing creative sourcing techniques for both active and future needs.
The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent communication, organization and time management skills and the proven ability to quickly develop positive relationships at all levels of the organization.
This role is hybrid, with three days per week in the Chicago headquarters office.

Who You Are

You are an experienced talent acquisition professional with at least one-two years of full cycle recruitment experience, and strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with candidates, hiring team members and other employees. You excel at staying organized and managing multiple priorities.
You also value working in a collaborative team environment, enjoy fast-paced work, high volume and obtaining great results.

What You Will Be Doing

• Manage the full cycle recruitment process for assigned requisitions, ensuring both a positive candidate experience and a successful time to fill rate while meeting the hiring manager’s needs
• Create successful sourcing strategies to recruit candidates for different hiring needs across all departments and business verticals at Fooda
• Coordinate with our third-party partner to hire offshore talent
• Successfully recruit for nonexempt (hourly) and part-time roles that typically are higher churn and need to be filled with urgency to meet operational needs across Fooda’s markets
• Provide recruitment counsel and expertise to hiring managers regarding strategies, interviewing, assessments, and sourcing tactics
• Create and improve on existing talent acquisition strategies and processes to attract the best talent (both passive and active) across Fooda aligning to market and data trends
• Work with team lead to improve existing recruiting systems and processes related to reporting, tracking, compensation, and ATS functionality
• Communicate efficiently with various hiring managers and internal HR/Recruiting Coordinator to ensure all onboarding is complete for a successful start for new hires
• Track recruiting data to report on metrics related to key stages of the recruitment cycle and identify areas of improvement
• May include contributing to the building of the Fooda Talent Brand by representing Fooda at various recruitment events
• Create and update job descriptions to ensure they reflect hiring needs for various departments and open roles

What You Should Already Have

• 2+ years of recruiting experience (preferably for both corporate and high volume roles)
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field
• Compelling metrics demonstrating successful recruiting results in prior roles (number of hires made, different levels of hires, time to fill, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in selling Fooda to prospective candidates
• Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently; self-directed
• Strong relationship building skills with an ability to influence hiring managers and assist in making the right hiring decisions
• Strong work ethic and ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple priorities and get great results

What We’ll Hook You Up With

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Company-issued laptop
• Daily subsidized lunch program (ours!) and free food and beverages in the office
• A fulfilling, challenging adventure of a work experience

The salary range for this role is $55,000-$65,000. The salary is dependent on a number of factors including but not limited to: work experience, training, location and skills.
Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. No phone calls or recruiters please.