DRIVER ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

JOB SUMMARY:

The Recruiter is responsible for, but not limited to, providing support to the Recruiting Department. They are someone who enjoys sales, has the confidence to field recruitment phone calls, answer questions from current drivers, review background reports (MVR, PSP), and take responsibility for retaining the best drivers in the industry. This position plays a significant role in driver selection and application processing.

We want the Recruiter to be proactive and competitive in nature while still being able to thrive in a team environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Using a selling not telling approach, answer all inquiries from prospective applicants in a timely manner through outbound calls, texts, emails and other channels
• Utilize Tenstreet applicant tracking platform to manage applicant pipeline 
• Ensure personal follow-up with all leads
• Communicate with Recruiting leadership, relaying any friction that may delay the hiring process 
• Provide detailed hiring notes for each applicant selected or declined  
• Perform such duties and assume other responsibilities as may be required and directed by the manager.

OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1-2 years of recruiting or sales experience
• Experience with Tenstreet ATS preferred
• Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to think and react quickly while maintaining a high rate of accuracy
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment
• Self-starter, with the ability to set and communicate goals

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: 

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Self-Starter—the ability to complete tasks and objectives independently.
• Detail Oriented—the ability to keep multiple tasks organized and quickly refer to multiple sources of data in an accurate and timely manner.
• Verbal & Written communication—the ability to speak clearly and persuasively in all situations.
• Problem solving—the ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, camera, and fax machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.