Talent Acquisition Coordinator (contract)

Office Depot Group; Carol Stream (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Office Depot Group is seeking a Talent Acquisition Coordinator to join our distribution center team during our peak season. You’ll greet candidates, manage on-site hiring events, and ensure recruiting data flows smoothly to leaders and HR for onboarding.

This hands-on role requires you to coordinate scheduling, space, and candidate information, administer pre-employment tests, and support onboarding paperwork while maintaining a welcoming, professional presence.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruiting coordination, events, customer service, or a similar role.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, professional presence.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Flexibility to work event schedules, including some early, late, or weekend hours.
• Familiarity with an applicant tracking system, recruitment, warehouse operations or human resources is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Greet candidates and create a welcoming, professional experience from arrival through interview
• Manage on-site job fairs, including setup, candidate flow, and breakdown
• Gather and accurately record candidate information
• Track and report candidate show-rates to talent acquisition leadership
• Partner with HR and operations to coordinate schedules, space, and hiring needs
• Administer any pre-employment testing and assist candidates with initiating onboarding paperwork

Skills

Recruiting coordination

Event coordination

Customer service

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

Candidate data management

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Coordinator to join us for our peak season. This is a contract opportunity, onsite, at our distribution center. As a Talent Acquisition Coordinator, you’ll be the first face candidates see, keeping hiring events running smoothly and giving our talent acquisition leaders the candidate data they need and human resources the information to onboard new coworkers.

What You’ll Do

• Greet candidates and create a welcoming, professional experience from arrival through interview
• Manage on-site job fairs, including setup, candidate flow, and breakdown
• Gather and accurately record candidate information
• Track and report candidate show-rates to talent acquisition leadership
• Partner with HR and operations to coordinate schedules, space, and hiring needs
• Administer any pre-employment testing and assist candidates with initiating onboarding paperwork

What You Bring

• Experience in recruiting coordination, events, customer service, or a similar role
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, professional presence
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Flexibility to work event schedules, including some early, late, or weekend hours
• Familiarity with an applicant tracking system, recruitment, warehouse operations or human resources is a plus