Recruiter

BCforward; Glendale (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward seeks an experienced recruiter to support a complex, high-volume California branch banking market. This role requires independent management of the full recruiting lifecycle while acting as a trusted partner to business leaders.

The ideal candidate excels in fast-paced environments with strong execution, communication, and follow-through, building relationships in person and virtually, and proactively identifying recruiting strategies to meet workforce goals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting in a high-volume environment.
• Experience in retail banking or financial services is preferred.
• Ability to partner with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• Experience recruiting across multiple geographic markets.
• Proven sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage full recruiting lifecycle for a high-volume California banking market.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies and build strong leader relationships.
• Provide market insights, MRA, and solutions with professional poise.

Skills

High- volume recruiting

Behavioral interviewing

Market knowledge

Relationship management

Policy and process expertise

Sourcing strategy

Organizational savvy

Tools

Workday HCM

Phenom

Job description

Duration: 6+ Months Contract [Possible FTE for the right person]

Job Location: Brea, CA or Glendale, CA [Hybrid: 3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote]

Technical Skills:

Must Have:

• Ability to identify high-impact hires and prioritize sourcing efforts accordingly
• Behavioral interviewing
• California recruiting and pay-transparency compliance knowledge
• HRIS
• Recruiting process and policy knowledge
• Structured interviewing and candidate assessment

Nice To Have:

• Branch banking role and job architecture knowledge
• Market intelligence and labor-market analysis
• Recruiting analytics and pipeline reporting
• Skills-based hiring
• Workday HCM
• Workforce planning and requisition forecasting

Other Must Haves:

• Need someone who has sophistication and maturity to represent the market well, most challenging with the highest expectations for service.
• Ability to speak knowledgeably and confidently on the market, provide MRA, push back respectfully, explain the why, and be able to provide solutions respectfully
• Really strong organizational skills
• Helpful if recruiting within the banking industry or experience supporting large complex businesses.
• Experience in Workday or Phenom, or experience working with larger ATS systems
• Learning agility
• Relationship building and management experience
• High volume - average req 40 - 50

Position Summary

• We are seeking an experienced recruiter to support a complex, high-volume California branch banking market. This role requires someone who can independently manage the full recruiting lifecycle while serving as a trusted, highly responsive partner to business leaders.
• The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with high expectations for execution, communication, and follow-through. They will build strong relationships with leaders both in person and virtually, understand the unique talent needs of their markets, and proactively identify recruiting strategies that help the business meet its workforce goals.
• Success in this role requires a strong sense of urgency, exceptional organization, the ability to manage multiple competing priorities, and the executive presence to confidently advise and influence leaders.

Experience

• 3+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience in a complex, high-volume environment
• Experience supporting retail banking, financial services, sales, or other distributed customer-facing operations, preferred
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with senior leaders and high-expectation hiring managers
• Experience recruiting across multiple geographic markets simultaneously, preferred
• Experience managing difficult-to-fill positions and developing proactive sourcing strategies
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization.