Talent Acquisition Specialist

ARETUM Holdings LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Range (50k–70k)

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability

Training & Development

Job summary

ARETUM Holdings LLC is hiring a Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead full-cycle recruiting for active contracts, anticipated awards, and strategic talent pipelines. You will source, screen, and present qualified candidates to Recruiting Managers and hiring teams across cleared and uncleared roles.

The role involves coordinating interviews, maintaining ATS records, and supporting market research and compensation benchmarking in a fast-paced government contracting environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting, sourcing, or talent acquisition experience.
• Federal government contracting recruiting experience.
• Independent sourcing, screening, and submitting qualified candidates.
• Experience sourcing technical/IT professionals.
• Experience recruiting cleared candidates with Public Trust/TS/TS&SCI.
• Familiarity with DoD, DHS, VA, and federal civilian customers.
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, Indeed, Workable.
• Support proposal recruiting, contract awards, recompetes, or incumbent capture.
• Familiarity with federal labor categories (LCATs) and clearance needs.

Responsibilities

• Support full-cycle recruiting across cleared and uncleared government contracting environments.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand requirements and priorities.
• Proactively source candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, and more.
• Build pipelines for current and future openings and awards.
• Screen for experience, qualifications, clearance eligibility, and fit.
• Present qualified candidates to hiring teams and coordinate interviews.
• Maintain accurate candidate records in ATS and recruiting systems.
• Contribute to market research and compensation benchmarking.
• Manage multiple high-priority requisitions with professionalism.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing & research

Candidate screening

Clearance recruiting (DoD/USGov)

LinkedIn Recruiter

Federal labor categories (LCATs)

Negotiation & offer coordination

Communication & organization

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ClearanceJobs

Indeed

Workable

Job description

ARETUM Holdings LLC

Description

Aretum is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support recruiting across active contract hiring, anticipated awards, and strategic talent pipelines. This role will manage the candidate process from initial sourcing through qualification and submission, proactively identifying talent, conducting candidate screens, and presenting qualified candidates to Recruiting Managers and hiring teams.

Responsibilities

• Support full-cycle recruiting across cleared and uncleared government contracting environments, including technical, mission-critical, professional, and non-technical roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and recruiting leadership to understand position requirements, labor categories, clearance needs, and hiring priorities.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, job boards, referrals, professional networks, and internal databases.
• Build pipelines for active openings, proposals, anticipated awards, incumbent capture, surge needs, and future hiring requirements.
• Screen candidates for relevant experience, technical or functional qualifications, clearance eligibility, compensation, availability, and overall fit.
• Present qualified candidates to hiring teams and coordinate interviews, follow-up, and candidate communication throughout the recruiting process.
• Maintain accurate candidate records, notes, and statuses within the ATS and other recruiting systems.
• Support recruiting market research, talent availability assessments, and compensation benchmarking as needed.
• Manage multiple high-priority requisitions while delivering a responsive and professional candidate and hiring manager experience.

Requirements

• 3+ years of recruiting, sourcing, or talent acquisition experience
• Federal government contracting recruiting experience
• Demonstrated experience independently sourcing, screening, and submitting qualified candidates
• Experience sourcing technical and IT professionals
• Experience recruiting cleared candidates, including Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret, and/or TS/SCI
• Familiarity with DoD, DHS, VA, and/or Federal Civilian customers
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, Indeed, Workable, or similar recruiting platforms
• Experience supporting proposal recruiting, contract awards, recompetes, and/or incumbent capture
• Familiarity with federal labor categories (LCATs), technical qualifications, education and experience requirements, and clearance requirements
• Strong Boolean search, candidate research, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple recruiting priorities in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Salary Range: $50,000 to $70,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including education, experience, qualifications, skills, and applicable contract requirements.
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off

• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

• Short Term & Long-Term Disability

• Training & Development

ARETUM is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified candidates will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to disability, race, color, religious creed, national origin, sexual orientation/gender identity, or age.

ARETUM utilizes e-Verify to check employment authorization.

EEO/AA/F/M/Vet/Disabled.

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