The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for full life-cycle recruitment, sourcing top talent, and managing candidate pipelines in a fast-paced environment.
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Talent Acquisition SpecialistJob Description Summary
Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services company, with 53,000+ people and 400 offices in 70 countries that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Our work creates meaningful value for our clients, shareholders, people, communities and the world. We are a people-business in every aspect, which makes attracting the right talent paramount to our ability to prepare clients for what is next in Commercial and Multifamily real estate.We are currently seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Cushman & Wakefield Talent Acquisition Skilled Trades team.
A successful candidate will be responsible for full life-cycle recruiting with a focus on sourcing and pipelining for talent. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about providing excellent client service with a process improvement mindset and that excels in a fast paced and professional working environment.
Job Description
Role & Responsibilities:
- Execute full life cycle, high volume recruitment for a variety of non-exempt and exempt roles
- Generate a diverse candidate population using various methods including job boards, membership organizations, and personal networking
- Partner with the business to create efficient and effective recruitment strategies for sourcing, pipelining and urgent requisitions
- Conduct phone interviews with applicants to ensure candidates meet minimum qualifications and are an organizational fit for C&W
- Stay up-to-date on new sourcing tools, best practices, and how the team can best utilize these recruiting and networking tools
- Provide complete, accurate, and inspiring information to candidates about the company and position, reinforcing the values and culture of Cushman & Wakefield
- Be a C&W ambassador to attract top talent to the Company
- Proactively build an ongoing pipeline of qualified candidates for critical and repeat positions to ensure future talent needs are met
- Develop candidate talent pipelines through sourcing channels, recruitment campaigns, internet searches, networking groups, social media, database search, referrals, and advertising
- Source for multiple searches and supporting several hiring managers simultaneously
- Assist with managing and growing our employment brand and recruiting presence across social media channels
- Assist with ad hoc projects and other regional recruiting as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years of recruiting experience
- Corporate In-house recruitment and/or agency/3rd party staffing experience highly preferred; with exposure to Real Estate, Professional Services or other related outsourcing environment a plus.
- Ideal candidate will have experience with both candidate recruitment and relationship management/business development side of the recruiting desk
- Current or prior experience with non-exempt level, high volume recruitment for non-exempt level roles
- Strong MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Technology savvy including social media and process mapping
- Experience with Workday recruitment management tools and/or ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) is a plus
- Exceptional time management, organizational, and communication skills required
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information is essential
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $51,000.00 - $60,000.00Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
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