Recruitment Partner

• Develop strategies (recruitment and sourcing) and external resources to ensure diverse candidate pools.
• Utilize proven traditional, non-traditional recruitment and sourcing techniques including social media and cold calling candidates to build talent networks and pipelines.
• Monitor applicant pools for diversity throughout the search.
• Use affirmative action availability data to determine baseline diversity metrics for searches and to inform recruitment strategies.
• Provide training and assistance to hiring managers on diversity and related topics.
• Maintain and nurture pipeline of leads and identify future opportunities that align with their experiences and interests.

Full Cycle Recruitment Duties:

• Partner with hiring managers to understand positions, develop position descriptions, recruiting plans and interview questions for assigned positions.
• Conduct outreach for open positions (posting to job boards & social media sites).
• Maintain communication with hiring managers throughout searches to ensure effective, efficient, and legally compliant searches.
• Assist hiring managers with applicant reviews, interviews, reference checks, and offers as needed.

Administrative Duties:

• Maintain accurate and timely metrics on outreach efforts and outcomes.
• Coordinate background check and other pre-employment processes for finalists.
• Participate in new hire orientation and onboarding. Follow HR recruiting practices and suggest process improvements.
• Maintain compliance with union contracts when conducting searches.
• Assist in maintaining HR recruiting manuals, webpages, and other resources.
• Cross train in other employment areas to provide backup support when needed.
• Attend regular HR team meetings and functional area meetings.
• Represent HR at campus events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Relocation assistance to CT is available for those who qualify

• Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough analysis of candidates.
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Knowledge of Handshake Recruitment Platform.
• Experience with Career Fairs Search Firm/Staffing Agency recruiting experience.
• Experience conducting or developing training.
• Experience with affirmative action plans and data.
• AIRS certified diversity recruiter or similar diversity sourcing/recruitment certification.
• Experience with Workday.
• Demonstrated knowledge of recruitment metrics and ability to track, report, and analyze data.