LOCATION:
Los Angeles (Brea or Glendale); Hybrid 3 office / 2 remote
ANTICIPATED DURATION:
From 12/07/2026 to 06/11/2027 (W2 with benefits, potential for extension/conversion)
We are seeking an experienced Recruiter to support a complex, high-volume retail banking market across California. This role is responsible for independently managing the full recruitment lifecycle while serving as a trusted talent acquisition partner to business leaders.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and brings strong business acumen, exceptional organizational skills, and a proactive approach to recruiting. They will build strong relationships with hiring leaders through in-person and virtual engagement, develop market-specific recruiting strategies, and proactively identify talent to support business growth and workforce objectives.
Success in this role requires a strong sense of urgency, excellent communication and follow-through, the ability to manage competing priorities, and the confidence to influence hiring decisions through market knowledge, recruiting expertise, and data-driven recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnership & Relationship Management
- Develop trusted partnerships with District Managers, Market Leaders, hiring managers, and other key stakeholders.
- Maintain a visible presence through in-person and virtual meetings, market visits, recruiting strategy discussions, and regular pipeline updates.
- Serve as a recruiting consultant by understanding business priorities, anticipating talent needs, identifying hiring challenges, and recommending solutions.
- Provide timely updates on candidate pipelines, market conditions, compensation considerations, and recruiting progress.
- Confidently present recommendations, influence hiring decisions, and advise leaders on effective recruiting strategies.
Full-Lifecycle Recruiting
- Independently manage multiple open requisitions across geographically dispersed markets.
- Lead intake meetings to establish position requirements, ideal candidate profiles, sourcing strategies, compensation considerations, and hiring timelines.
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, employee referrals, talent pipelines, hiring events, candidate rediscovery, and targeted outreach.
- Conduct thorough candidate screenings and provide hiring leaders with clear, evidence-based recommendations.
- Manage candidates throughout the interview, offer, pre-employment, and disposition processes while ensuring a positive candidate experience.
- Drive recruiting activities efficiently while maintaining a diverse and qualified candidate pipeline.
- Effectively manage multiple requisitions, candidates, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Maintain accurate recruiting documentation, candidate activity, requisition updates, and follow-up commitments.
- Demonstrate urgency and accountability by proactively identifying next steps and moving searches forward.
- Maintain strong responsiveness to candidates and business partners, particularly when immediate action is required.
- Communicate proactively regarding changing priorities, timelines, and potential hiring challenges.
- Develop market-specific sourcing strategies based on candidate availability, competition, compensation, geography, and business needs.
- Build sustainable talent pipelines for recurring and difficult-to-fill positions.
- Research and communicate competitive market intelligence to support informed hiring decisions.
- Leverage recruiting metrics and pipeline data to identify gaps, anticipate workforce needs, and improve sourcing effectiveness.
- Recommend alternative recruiting approaches when existing strategies are not generating qualified candidates.
- Translate labor-market trends and recruiting data into actionable recommendations for business leaders.
Required Qualifications & Technical Skills
- 3+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience in a complex, high-volume environment.
- Experience managing multiple requisitions across different geographic markets.
- Strong proficiency with Workday Recruiting or a comparable enterprise applicant tracking system (ATS).
- Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, direct sourcing, and candidate outreach.
- Knowledge of full-lifecycle recruiting processes, including requisition management, interviewing, offers, candidate dispositions, and pre-employment activities.
- Experience conducting structured behavioral interviews and candidate assessments.
- Ability to analyze recruiting metrics, candidate pipelines, requisition aging, hiring trends, and sourcing effectiveness.
- Working knowledge of compensation analysis and offer development.
- Strong Microsoft Excel, reporting, and dashboard skills.
- Knowledge of California recruiting practices, including pay transparency and employment-related compliance requirements.
- Strong project management, organization, and time-management skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting within retail banking, financial services, sales, or other distributed, customer-facing operations.
- Demonstrated experience partnering directly with senior leaders and high-expectation hiring managers.
- Experience developing sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill roles and competitive talent markets.
- Experience working within a highly matrixed organization.
- Experience supporting geographically dispersed teams and multiple business locations.
- Knowledge of diverse talent sourcing strategies and recruitment marketing practices.
The hourly pay rate range for this position is $30.00 to $36.28 (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location). Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits.
Synergis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Synergis is a workforce solutions partner serving thousands of businesses and job seekers nationwide. Our digital world has accelerated the need for businesses to build IT ecosystems that enable growth and innovation along with enhancing the Total Experience (TX). Synergis partners with our clients at the intersection of talent and transformation to scale their balanced teams of tech, digital and creative professionals. Learn more about Synergis at www.synergishr.com.