Talent Acquisition Partner

CPL

Richmond (VA)

On-site

USD 73,935 - 125,700

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage including family

Flexible Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Student Loan Assistance

Career Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Richmond is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to drive sourcing and recruitment efforts across various disciplines. The role requires over 5 years of recruiting experience, a consultative approach, and strong interpersonal skills. Competitive salary range is offered with comprehensive benefits including healthcare and retirement plans.

Qualifications

5+ years of proven recruiting experience, with a strategic headhunting approach.
Demonstrated ability to recruit a wide variety of technical roles across a national footprint.
Proven success delivering a consultative approach.

Responsibilities

Proactively develop and implement search strategies to source and engage candidates.
Manage the full recruiting process from initial engagement to onboarding.
Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements.

Skills

Strong communication abilities

Interpersonal skills

Consultative approach

Strategic insight

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

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This range is provided by CPL. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Why this role matters

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you'll be a key driver in the growth and success of CPL. Your focus will be on sourcing, headhunting, and delivering top-tier talent across architecture, engineering, planning, and support functions. Reporting to the Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager, you'll partner directly with business leaders and hiring managers to develop and drive strategy, understand their talent needs, and use a consultative approach to identify high-impact candidates proactively.

You'll bring a hunter's mindset, strategic insight, and a passion for candidate experience to help CPL continue building a high-performing and diverse team.

What You'll Do

Proactively develop and implement search strategies to source, identify, and engage passive candidates through a range of creative strategies.
Build and maintain talent pipelines for hard-to-fill and strategic roles in A&E disciplines.
Map talent markets, track competitive firms, and build target lists of top-tier professionals.
Manage the full recruiting process from initial engagement to offer and onboarding.
Conduct in-depth phone screens and preliminary interviews to assess qualifications, career goals, and cultural alignment.
Collaborate with hiring managers and department leads to define role requirements, create compelling job descriptions, set clear hiring criteria, as well as consult on market availability, compensation trends, and candidate insights.
Participate in events, industry meetups, and networking initiatives to enhance visibility.
Support in the development and delivery of campus and intern recruiting programs.

What You Bring

Must Haves:

5+ years of proven recruiting experience, with a strategic headhunting approach
Demonstrated ability to recruit a wide variety of technical roles across a national footprint.
Proven success delivering a consultative approach, to develop, drive and deliver strategy.
Strong communication and interpersonal abilities — you're persuasive, approachable, and authentic.

Nice to haves:

Experience recruiting in architecture, engineering, construction, or similar fields.
Experience designing and running campus and intern recruiting programs.

You'll be part of

Joining CPL's Talent Acquisition team you will have the opportunity to truly have a voice in the conversation, as we scale our team and function to match the growth of the business. You will have the chance to work with highly experienced leaders as a subject matter expert, developing and guiding strategies to truly shape the next evolution of the firm. This is not just another recruiter role; this is the chance to do what you are passionate about, grow your career, and truly be a consultative partner.

What we offer

Internal Mobility & Career Advancement
Healthcare for you and your family including spouse coverage: Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription insurances. Single Plans with 100% paid premium
Flexible Time Off + 8 Holidays a year
Retirement Savings Plan - Contribution from CPL to grow your retirement funds.
Tuition Assistance: You may be eligible for continuing education assistance.
Student Loan Assistance Program: CPL will contribute up to a maximum of $100 a month for 5 years ($6,000 total) towards student loan debt.
Licensure Assistance
Long-Term Disability Insurance Company/team member premium sharing
Flexible Spending Account $5,000 dependent childcare annually paid 100% by team member pre-taxes.
FREE Life Insurance and AD+D Insurance
Voluntary Short-Term Disability Insurance

What does it look like working here?

We believe that building a strong community is about establishing a prevailing sense of fellowship among our team members, friends, and neighbors.

Collaboration – working with others towards the best solution, placing great emphasis on the collective wisdom of our internal teams.
Family – celebrating others' successes, genuinely caring about the happiness and well-being of our team members, and recognizing their own families as extensions of the CPL family.
Fun – not taking oneself too seriously, fully understanding that fun at work is conducive to productivity.
Inspiration – contributing to an uplifting workplace that facilitates growth and success by maintaining a positive, upbeat attitude.
Integrity – doing what is ethically right and providing reliable follow-through on commitments.
Ingenuity – seeking new opportunities and consistently identifying unexpected and practical ways to solve problems.

The rate for this position generally ranges between $75,000 and $95,000. This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted by New York Equal Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employees already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee's pay history will not be used in compensation decisions.

CPL does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting professionals or agencies, nor do we accept resumes from any source that does not reference a specific, open position. CPL will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes submitted by recruiting professionals or agencies that do not have a current placement fee agreement with CPL. All initial communication with recruiting professionals or agencies must go through our Talent Acquisition Team.

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