Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Monthly Pay: $4,220 - $5,731 USD per month
Summary:
This role sits within a recruiting team guided by a recruiting team lead. The Talent Acquisition Specialist organizes candidate-facing activities that help recruiters maintain a thoughtful, timely hiring process. It supports orderly communication and dependable interview coordination, giving recruiters more time to focus on hiring priorities and candidate conversations. The specialist works closely with recruiters, hiring managers, candidates, and other team members to keep interview steps moving and questions addressed. This is a fully remote, work from home position based in Ohio, United States. The role requires a 40-hour weekly commitment. Working days and shift times may vary.
Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor recruiter requests, candidate inquiries, interview updates, emails, phone calls, and applicant-tracking system activity to identify work needing action.
- Review candidate profiles and role details for completeness, confirm contact information, and note missing information for recruiter follow-up.
- Create and update candidate and requisition entries in an applicant-tracking system such as Bullhorn, using clear status labels and concise activity notes.
- Coordinate interview availability with candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers through a scheduling and calendar tool such as Google Calendar.
- Send interview confirmations, meeting details, preparation reminders, and timely updates when interview plans change.
- Track interview progress, candidate responses, recruiter requests, and next steps in the applicant-tracking system so the team has current information.
- Use spreadsheets and data entry tools such as Google Sheets to maintain organized hiring activity trackers and identify items awaiting action.
- Follow up with candidates and internal contacts when requested details, availability, or interview feedback have not been received.
- Escalate scheduling conflicts, unclear role information, sensitive candidate concerns, or stalled next steps to the assigned recruiter or recruiting team lead.
- Meet quality expectations through accurate status updates, prompt turnaround, complete notes, respectful candidate interactions, and consistent follow-up.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- About 1-2 years of experience supporting recruiting, staffing, coordination, or related people-focused work preferred.
- Familiarity with talent acquisition workflows, candidate communications, interview stages, and the importance of a consistent candidate experience.
- Familiarity with an applicant-tracking system such as Bullhorn and the ability to learn system workflows quickly.
- Comfort using a scheduling and calendar tool such as Google Calendar and spreadsheets and data entry tools such as Google Sheets.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with candidates, recruiters, hiring managers, and team leads through written and spoken channels.
- Ability to prioritize incoming requests, maintain discretion with candidate information, and follow established team procedures.
- Reliable computer, high-speed internet, and a quiet private workspace, with availability for the 40-hour weekly commitment and agreed working days and shift times.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Fully remote work from home in Ohio, United States.
- Structured onboarding and training on Bullhorn, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, and team workflows.
- Regular check-ins with the recruiting team lead for guidance, priorities, and development support.
- Opportunities to build skills in executive search, candidate coordination, interview logistics, and recruiting analytics.
- Health coverage, paid leave, a 401(k), maternity leave, and stipends.