Contract Recruiter

Job title: Contract Recruiter

Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94043

Duration: Full-time

Job Description

The Contract Recruiter plays a pivotal role in the identification, attraction and successful placement of top talent for current and future opportunities within one or more business units. This individual is responsible for identifying and promoting sourcing, interviewing and hiring best practices to align with business and customer needs. They drive timelines and promote various hiring initiatives including diversity talent attraction, recruiting programs, interviewing events, new manager trainings and strategic pipeline building. The Recruiter is a strategic talent partner and consultant for their customer group.

Essential Job Duties

• Consult with Hiring Managers to understand current and future needs and to fully understand positions profiles and market availability.
• Build strong relationships with hiring managers to ensure a smooth recruiting process and consult with them regarding staffing best practices, trends, issues and challenges
• Partner with client groups and support teams to proactively identify needs, design creative recruitment strategies, and execute all phases of the hiring process including coordination of closing conversations and documentation with all applicants.
• Initiate ideas for process improvement opportunities and execute and/or lead projects to implement those ideas.
• Uses all available data resources to tell stories, to change minds, to persuade customers and to implement change.
• Presents at meetings and trainings to help leaders- new and old- improve their interviewing and hiring skill
• Probe to understand key requirements and develop creative sourcing strategies using market data to ensure strong candidate flow.
• Develop and implement sources for applicants using networking, internet sourcing, employee referral programs, job fairs, trade fairs, associations, recruitment marketing, Diversity Talent Attraction, and any other available sources.
• Identify passive job seekers using a full range of recruitment tactics, resources and energy
• Makes both operational and strategic decisions shaping recruitment strategies to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Drive timely execution of sourcing and screening process
• Manage candidate process and act as a candidate advocate
• Propose and implement ongoing improvements to Intuitive’s recruitment efforts
• Be an active participant in driving continuous improvement initiatives within the Staffing team
  
  

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Requires a minimum of 8 years of recruiting experience
• Must have demonstrated experience with full lifecycle recruiting
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Pro-active in achieving the shared purpose and goals of the Staffing team
• Proven track record of high volume, high quality recruitment across multiple skill sets
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook).
• ERP, Talent Management or Applicant Tracking System experience preferred.
• Self motivated; action and results oriented; able to multi-task and manage/drive multiple requisitions and/or projects simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail with good organization and follow-up skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead and influence others in a positive manner.
• Strong client service orientation; offer and promote a high level of internal customer service.
• Capability to remain calm under pressure; comfortable addressing difficult situations.
• Confidence and discretion to professionally manage confidential information.
• Track record of building and maintaining strong relationships.
• Proven experience working with diverse personalities and multiple levels of employees.
• Good listening, fact-finding and conflict management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to take initiative and make decisions and/or recommendations as appropriate.
  
  

Required Education And Training

• Bachelor’s degree required
  
  

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Recruiting experience in a healthcare or medical device setting a strong plus
• Experience with Workday and/or SmartRecruiters