Recruiting Specialist

First-Command-Financial-Services; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

First Command Financial Services seeks a Recruiting Specialist to identify, source, and qualify top candidates for the Financial Advisor role. You will partner with field leadership to forecast hiring needs, manage the interview process, and maintain a strong candidate pipeline across districts.

You will build relationships with applicants, provide timely feedback, and stay current on recruiting trends. Travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, able to multitask and work independently.
• Proven ability to research and present findings clearly.
• Strong writing and organizational abilities; professional phone demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Partners with Senior Field Leadership to identify hiring needs.
• Develops and implements innovative sourcing practices to attract top talent.
• Sources for talent.
• Develops and manages interview process to improve the recruiting experience.
• Cultivates relationships with candidates and provides timely feedback.
• Continued education through industry seminars and current recruiting material.
• Ensures job postings reflect company brand and requirements.
• Develops and maintains professional networks and vendor relationships.
• Develop, performs, and reports recruiting metrics.
• Collaborates with Hiring Managers on upcoming recruiting needs and creates candidate briefs.
• Designs and participates in Career/Job Fairs and recruiting campaigns.
• Coordinates onboarding with District Advisors to ensure satisfaction and training.
• Develops field training to improve recruiting efficiency and reduce turnover.
• Supports Advisor Trainees through licensing.
• Travel up to 20%.

Skills

People skills

Self-starter

Multi-tasking

Research skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Phone skills

Microsoft Office

ATS experience

Candidate pipeline management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Job description

How will this role impact First Command?

The Recruiting Specialist researches, sources, identifies, and qualifies top candidates for the Financial Advisor position. These candidates will possess demonstrated sales, financial planning, and/or military career success. The Recruiting Specialist’s principal goal is to support their assigned division in their efforts to replenish and grow the First Command advisor force.

What will the employee do in this role?

• Partners with Senior Field Leadership to identify hiring needs.
• Develops and implements innovative sourcing practices to attract top talent.
• Sources for talent.
• Develops and manages interview process that will strengthen the recruiting experience and inspire candidates to view FCFS as an employer of choice.
• Cultivates relationships with candidates and provides timely feedback to each candidate throughout the recruitment process.
• Continued education including attending industry seminars and staying current on relevant recruiting material.
• Ensures job postings are accurate and reflective of the company brand and current recruitment requirements.
• Develops and maintains professional network and vendor relationships with a variety of external source to generate qualified applicants.
• Develop, performs and reports to recruiting metrics.
• Work with Hiring Manager’s (District Advisors) on upcoming recruiting needs, provide candidate write-ups/briefs and request feedback on candidates.Manages candidate pipeline.
• Partners with Senior Field Leadership in designing, coordinating, and participating in a variety of recruiting activities, e.g. Career/Job Fairs, Career Nights, target market career seminars/events, military transition assistance programs and client recruiting campaigns.
• Collaborate with District Advisors to ensure that all hired candidates are on-boarded with the highest level of satisfaction and training as requested by Division.
• Develop and conduct field training for District Advisors designed to improve recruiting efficiencies and assist in reducing turnover (e.g. ATS and social media tools).
• Supports Advisor Trainees through licensing.
• Up to 20% travel

Skills & Qualifications

Education

• Required:Bachelor’s Degree

Work Experience

Required:

• Required:Minimum of 2 years recruiting and sourcing candidates for highly competitive positions
• Preferred: 3 years of sourcing candidates for sales positions
• Military background is a plus

Certifications

• Preferred:

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be a people-person with an upbeat outgoing personality capable of succeeding in a sales environment
• Must be a self-starter, able to multi-task, and work independently without direct supervision.
• Capable of conducting detailed research and professionally communicating results.
• Strong organizational, writing, and communication skills; exceptional phone skill is a must.
• Must be able to prioritize constantly changing duties/assignments/situations/problems.
• Ability to handle and safeguard confidential materials/information.
• Proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer
• Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System
• Experience managing a candidate pipeline

First Command does not discriminate in the recruiting of Financial Advisors onthe basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status,disability, age or veteran status. No information solicited by First Commandfrom you is intended to be used in a discriminatory manner. All informationprovided by you will be reviewed carefully, but the receipt of an Advisorapplication or other information does not imply that you will be offered theopportunity to enter into a Financial Advisor/Agent Agreement with FirstCommand.