Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lighthouse Professional Services has worked to provide full-service consulting and staffing partnerships to clients in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and the Carolinas. Our innovative solutions can reach all areas within your firm including: Administrative, Information Technology, Engineering, Accounting & Finance and Clerical.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop sustainable talent acquisition hiring plans and strategies
• Design, plan and execute employer branding activities
• Source quality candidates for professional, management, and leadership positions
• Analyze hiring needs and provide employee hiring forecasts
• Design, plan and execute recruitment and selection processes (conduct interviews and screening calls, administer psychological tests, training for hiring managers, etc.)
• Find bottlenecks in the recruiting process and apply a continuous improvement mindset to lead TA functional projects
• Design and implement candidate and manager satisfaction evaluations
• Plan procedures for improving the candidate experience
• Coach and mentor members of the Talent Acquisition team
• Attend career and college fairs, and similar outreach events
• Manage staffing agency governance
• Create and present KPI reports
• Design and implementation of affirmative action plans and diversity hiring strategy

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Requirements and qualifications:

• Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's Degree, Human Resources or related field or relevant experience required
• Minimum Experience Required: Three (3) years of Talent Acquisition or HR management experience

• In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting, Boolean search, and employer branding techniques
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience with design and delivery of TA metrics, KPIs, and scorecards
• Hands-on experience developing and implementing social media content management
• Experience with HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools
• Project Management experience in Agile or similar methodology
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of HR and employment law
• Intermediate to expert level user of Microsoft tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Outlook

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lighthouse Professional Services is committed to the success of the companies, candidates and employees we serve. We invest in excellent working partnerships, powered by people.