The Talent Acquisition Consultant serves as a trusted advisor to AMN leaders and provides internal and external candidates with an exceptional recruiting experience. The Talent Acquisition Consultant matches superior candidates with organizational workforce needs by consulting with hiring leaders on talent planning options and techniques. The Talent Acquisition Consultant cultivates long term relationships with candidates and assesses candidates' experience, long-term potential and cultural fit in order to ensure an increased quality of hire. Ultimately this impacts retention, career growth and company financial success
Job Tasks:
Manage the end-to-end recruitment process which includes initiating intake meetings with hiring leaders, creating sourcing strategies, actively sourcing candidates, pre-screening, interviewing and presenting qualified candidates to hiring leaders, negotiating offers and facilitating the hiring and on-boarding processes.
Understand each division's core service offerings and strategic initiatives (e.g. reorgs, comp plans, etc.) through formal and informal touch points.
Track relevant department-specific talent management data including retention/turnover, career pathing/promotions and strategic initiatives.
Network proactively with industry experts and professional industry related associations, in order to build ongoing passive candidate pipelines.
Communicate proactively throughout the recruitment process to ensure all participants are updated and well informed on a consistent basis.
Maintain a consistent pipeline of active and semi-active candidates for high volume and hard-to-fill positions through referrals, social media and exploratory interviews.
Utilize behavioral interviewing techniques at expert level in order to clearly differentiate between average and superior candidates.
Partner with the HR Service Center in the administration of the hiring process by providing timely information and following through on key steps in order to expedite turnaround times.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, hiring managers, HR Business Partners and other Centers of Excellence within Human Resources.
Facilitate focus groups to obtain feedback to understand what is working well and where there are areas of opportunity.
Work collaboratively with COEs to drive strategies to address opportunities/issues, and follow-up to ensure successful resolution/closure (e.g. compensations analysis, capacity management, crisis management, etc.).
Ensure all candidates are dispositioned appropriately for AAP reporting purposes.
Education, Certifications & Experience
Minimum Education/Certifications:
High school diploma or GED certificate required
Preferred Education/Certifications:
Bachelor's degree
Advanced Certification or Education in Human Resources, Talent Acquisition or Sourcing preferred
Minimum Experience:
Minimum of 3+ years of work experience in recruitment and sourcing, including some experience working in a recruitment agency environment
Experience maintaining confidential and sensitive information
Must have strong sourcing and networking skills
Experience building strong business relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers
Ability to change recruitment direction and priorities, based on ever changing critical needs
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Strong organizational skills and a sense of urgency
Superior relationship management, influencing, collaboration and partnership skills
Capable of building credibility with an ability to persuade and influence decision makers, business leaders and internal/external candidates
Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
Excellent business acumen
A strong understanding of the national recruitment landscape, market trends and regional/national/international differences of attracting top talent.
Understanding of labor market trends and the competitive environment.