Recruitment Specialist

Axios Professional Recruitment is partnered with a leading wholesale distributor seeking a Recruitment Specialist to join their Grand Rapids team. The Recruiter will be responsible for partnering with all levels of management on full-cycle recruiting to hire the best talent for all divisions, locations and positions to support operational success, excellent customer service, and company growth.

Responsibilities:

• Manage full cycle recruiting for a variety of positions across all divisions and locations.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, job requirements, ideal candidates, and timelines.
• Develop and post job informative and enticing ads on job boards, company websites, social media, and other effective sourcing platforms.
• Source candidates using job boards, referrals, networking, proactive outreach, and other creative and innovative sources.
• Partner with the marketing department on company branding and social media initiatives as well as the IT department on technological initiatives to enhance recruiting effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Screen resumes, conduct phone and in-person interviews, conduct pre-employment assessments, and assess candidates for best qualifications and cultural fit.
• Coordinate interviews and facilitate communication between candidates and hiring managers.
• Prepare and extend job offers, including compensation recommendations within company guidelines.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates and recruiting resources for recurring and hard-to-fill roles.
• Represent the company professionally to candidates and external partners.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Promote the company’s culture, values, and opportunities for growth.
• Lead employee referral programs, local recruiting events, job fairs, and other sourcing activities.
• Ensure all recruiting practices comply with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Maintain accurate applicant tracking system (ATS) records and maintain up-to-date hiring documentation.
• Coordinate background checks, drug screens, and pre-employment requirements as needed.
• Partner with HR on onboarding coordination and new hire paperwork.
• Track and report recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, and turnover trends.
• Train management, human resources, and others on recruiting and hiring best practices and legal compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes and hiring outcomes.
• Stay current on labor market trends, especially for hard to fill positions.
• Administer, explain, and enforce company policies and procedures and actively participate in policy, procedure, and SOP creation and updates.
• Serve as a resource to and liaison between associates and management.
• Coordinate and perform efficient, accurate, and effective daily HR tasks and projects.
• Participate in new hire orientation and conduct onboarding interviews to ensure the successful onboarding and retention of new associates.
• Keep up to date on industry trends and employment laws.
• Create, share, and implement ideas for continuous improvement and cost savings.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or equivalent work experience.
• HRCI or SHRM certification, preferred.
• Working knowledge of human resource concepts and federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Working knowledge of federal and state OSHA, DOT, and FMCSA regulations.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and ethics.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines and easily adapt to changing situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, customer service, teamwork, judgment, adaptability, organization, prioritization, negotiation, stress management, accuracy, presentation, persuasion, listening, delegation, decision making, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

Axios Professional Recruitment - an entirely employee-owned company - is the largest independent employer in West Michigan. Our mission is to match people with meaningful, long-lasting, and enjoyable careers, not just a job. Since 1988, we've helped match over 300,000 people just like you with top employers across West Michigan.