Recruiting Specialist

College of American Pathologists; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

CAPTEK is seeking a Recruiting Specialist to drive full-cycle recruitment and onboarding, aligning talent strategy with business objectives. You will partner with HR and leaders to ensure a seamless hiring process and strong candidate experience across roles.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in talent acquisition, excellent communication, and the ability to influence at all levels. Travel to San Diego County and other locations may be required; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-cycle Talent Acquisition experience
• Ability to collaborate and effectively partner with all levels of the organization
• Solid communication skills
• Ability to influence business leaders at all levels
• High degree of professionalism and empathy to positively represent CAPTEK's brand
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Experience with technology: MS Office, ATS, LMS, collaboration tools, video conferencing, job boards and social media
• Ability to multi-task and be organized
• Ability to travel to locations as necessary (San Diego County and others)
• Bilingual: English/Spanish

Responsibilities

• Owns the full recruiting/hiring cycle from searching for candidates to onboarding
• Demonstrates exceptional internal and external customer service
• Serve as an advisor to hiring managers and coaching on the recruiting and hiring process
• Develop and update job descriptions, interview guides and onboarding plans
• Provide a high-quality interview and onboarding experience for candidates and newly hired employees
• Participate in recruiting development events
• Develop a skill-set matrix to support hiring qualified candidates and enhance retention
• Present monthly talent acquisition and organizational development metrics; open requisitions, time to fill, new hires, conversions from Temporary Assignments, training
• Partner with leaders to keep positions filled in critical operations areas
• Update open position tracking report
• Work toward process improvements on a daily basis to produce value added activities
• Lead retention and training programs, including stay and pulse surveys
• Responsible for pre-employment activities; E-Verify, Background Checks and pre-employment drug screens
• Performs reference checks
• Strong understanding of positions and business objectives to align candidates to opening
• Partners with hiring managers to understand required knowledge, skills and abilities for open positions
• Maintain internal tracking tools to provide on demand reporting of recruitment metrics, growth and attrition
• Utilizes Dayforce HRIS and external recruiting sources to achieve business objectives
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Influence

Professionalism

Multitasking

Travel readiness

Bilingual: English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Dayforce HRIS

Applicant Tracking System

Learning Management Systems

Video conferencing tools

Job boards & social media

Job description

Summary

The Recruiting Specialist is responsible for delivering full-cycle recruitment and hiring. The Recruiting Specialist collaborates with CAPTEK business leaders and the HR team to fully contribute and align with business objectives. The Recruiting Specialist leads the effort of onboarding new employees and developing an emotional connection to CAPTEK from the point of orientation. The Recruiting Specialist works closely with the HR Team to develop and deliver retention and engagement programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Owns the full recruiting/hiring cycle from searching for candidates to onboarding.
• Demonstrates exceptional internal and external customer service.
• Serve as an advisor to hiring managers and coaching on the recruiting and hiring process.
• Develop and update job descriptions, interview guides and onboarding plans.
• Provide a high-quality interview and onboarding experience for candidates and newly hired employees.
• Participate in recruiting development events.
• Develop a skill‑set matrix to support hiring qualified candidates and enhance retention.
• Present monthly talent acquisition and organizational development metrics; open requisitions, time to fill, new hires, conversions from Temporary Assignments, training.
• Partner with leaders to keep positions filled in critical operations areas.
• Update open position tracking report
• Work toward process improvements on a daily basis to produce value added activities.
• Lead retention and training programs, including "stay and pulse surveys".
• Responsible for pre‑employment activities; E-Verify, Background Checks and pre‑employment drug screens
• Performs reference checks
• Strong understanding of positions and business objectives to align candidates to opening
• Partners with hiring managers to understand required knowledge, skills and abilities for open positions
• Maintain internal tracking tools to provide on demand reporting of recruitment metrics, growth and attrition
• Utilizes Dayforce HRIS and external recruiting sources to achieve business objectives
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-cycle Talent Acquisition experience
• Ability to collaborate and effectively partner with all levels of the organization
• Solid communication skills
• Ability to influence business leaders at all levels.
• High degree of professionalism and empathy to positively represent CAPTEK's brand.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced team environment.
• Experience with technology; Microsoft applications package, Applicant Tracking System, Learning Management Systems, collaboration tools, video conference, job boards and social media.
• Ability to multi-task and be organized.
• Ability to travel to location in San Diego County and other locations, as necessary.
• Bilingual: English/Spanish

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred) - 5 years of equivalent experience.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands require sitting for extended periods of time, walking, bending, reaching, carrying, and occasionally lifting and/or moving objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

CAPTEK is an equal employment opportunity employer. In order to provide equal opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities, not on any mental or physical disability. We comply with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled employees and applicants.

We do not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), reproductive health decisions, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.