Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Geneseo, IL or Davenport, IA
Travel: Occasional travel within the geographical area of business
Reports to: Manager of Talent

What You’ll Do

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Wyffels Hybrids, you’ll play a hands-on role in shaping our workforce and supporting the company’s growth. You’ll partner closely with leaders across the organization to attract and hire exceptional talent, while continuously improving the way we recruit and engage candidates.

Why Choose Us

At Wyffels, we’re more than just a seed corn company; we’re a team of people who care. Built on a foundation of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect, we give our employees space to grow and the support to thrive. Join us and see what happens when you plant your career in the right place.

Job Highlights

Please note that the list below is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

End-to-end recruitment

• Partners with HR and hiring managers to understand staffing needs and goals.
• Facilitates the full hiring process, including candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring recommendations, and onboarding.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen and optimize recruitment processes
• Creates and delivers training and tools on the hiring process, interviewing best practices, and other topics related to hiring top talent.

Build and Maintain a Talent Pipeline

• Builds and maintains strong and positive relationships with potential candidates, passive talent, external partners, schools, and recruitment platforms to ensure talent readiness.
• Collects and analyzes data to maintain a current understanding of fair and competitive market salaries, candidate availability, and demand for candidates in the agriculture industry.
• Analyzes recruitment data; creates and maintains reports to measure the effectiveness of recruitment activities.
• Organizes and attends job fairs, campus events, and other networking opportunities.

Protect and Strengthen the Employer Brand

• Assists in the development of employer brand strategy for recruitment.
• Incorporates employer brand in recruitment processes, onboarding program, and recruitment platforms, i.e. career page, recruiting sites, social media, etc.
• Delivers an exceptional candidate experience.
• Delivers a new employee onboarding process designed to engage and educate employees joining the organization.

Internship Program

• Coordinates all aspects of the Summer Internship Program; develops the schedule of events, coordinates, and facilitates orientation for managers/mentors and interns
• Collaborate with department leaders to identify, interview, and select interns for the program.
• Serves as a key contact for interns throughout the program
• Identifies, analyzes, and maintains metrics to measure program effectiveness.

Qualification & What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field plus 3 years of relevant experience OR 6 years of progressive HR experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrated experience in talent acquisition; proficiency in end-to-end recruitment processes, proficiency in applicant tracking software, understanding of employment law, EEO, and ADA,
• Demonstrated knowledge of Talent Acquisition best practices and trends, and the labor market.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build strong relationships and network.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to leverage analytics to improve recruitment efforts.
• Excellent time management and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organization skills.
• Ability to effectively negotiate offers, compensation packages, and hiring terms with candidates while aligning decisions to organizational guidelines.
• Excellent customer service skills to ensure a positive candidate experience.

Total Rewards

From health benefits to professional development opportunities, we offer a range of rewards that can be tailored to fit your lifestyle, your career stage, and your goals because helping you thrive personally and professionally is how we grow stronger together. To learn more, visit our Total Rewards Page.