Senior Recruiter

rjwlogistics; Romeoville (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

rjwlogistics is seeking an experienced Sr. Recruiter to drive the full recruitment lifecycle across our labor, clerical, technical, and administrative roles in the United States.

The role requires strong interview skills, knowledge of warehouse operations, and familiarity with personnel policy, federal and state employment laws. You will plan recruitment strategies, post ads, screen candidates, coordinate testing, and manage offers, background checks, and new-hire processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent recruiting experience required.
• Minimum 2 years experience in recruiting; logistics background a plus.
• Experience with ATS systems and MS Office suite.
• Knowledge of social media recruitment a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develops, facilitates, and implements all phases of the recruitment process.
• Plans and executes recruitment strategies to ensure qualified applicants.
• Identifies and implements efficient recruiting methods based on role and industry standards.
• Coordinates with hiring managers to determine best recruiting practices.
• Drafts recruitment ads and posts in digital/print media for open positions.
• Collaborates with HR during offers such as start dates and details.
• Maintains positive relationships with hiring managers and provides timely feedback.
• Screens and interviews applicants.
• Coordinates appropriate employment testing.
• Extends contingent job offers verbally and in writing.
• Coordinates background checks and new-hire drug testing.
• Completes weekly employment activity reports.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent recruiting experience

2+ years recruiting experience

HR experience a plus

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

ATS systems

Job description

Job Summary:

The Sr. recruiter position is responsible for interviewing, testing, and referring applicants for general labor, clerical, technical, and administrative positions throughout the company. This position must possess considerable skill in interviewing techniques, a good knowledge of warehouse, and all clerical and specialized functions in the company, a basic understanding of the company's organizational structure as well as an extensive knowledge of personnel policy and procedure and federal and state laws regarding employment practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops, facilitates, and implements all phases of the recruitment process.
• Planning and executing recruitment strategies to ensure a continuing supply of qualified applicants.
• Identifies and implements efficient and effective recruiting methods and strategies based on the available role, industry standards, and the needs of the organization.
• Coordinates with hiring manager(s) to determine best recruiting practices for position(s).
• Drafts recruitment advertisements; posts and/or places ads in the most effective digital and/or print media for open positions.
• Collaborates with the hiring manager and/or other human resource staff during the offer process such as start dates and other pertinent details.
• Maintains positive relationships with hiring managers by assessing staffing request needs, providing timely feedback, and ensuring all hiring managers follow the proper protocol needed for hiring qualified candidates.
• Screens and interviews applicants.
• Coordinates appropriate employment testing.
• Extends verbal and written contingent job offers.
• Coordinates background checks and new-hire drug testing.
• Completes weekly report on employment activity.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Punctual
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Should be customer service driven
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint)
• Able to multi-task
• Able to exercise effective judgment and confidentiality to sensitivity situations
• Able to establish and maintain healthy working relationship within the work environment
• Ability to research, evaluate and analyze new recruitment techniques, methods, and procedures

Education and/or Experience Required:

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent years' experience in recruiting
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a recruiting position (in Logistics a plus)
• Human Resource experience a plus
• Experience with ATS systems and solid knowledge of technology (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Experience in social media recruitment

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals. Ability to write letters and business correspondence; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from all groups of employees, customers, and clients.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have basic computer knowledge.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk, use hands to finger, handle to feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Sr.Recruiter position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Sr. Recruiter, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company's policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate's, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause.

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.