Contract Recruiter

Position Title: Recruiter (Contract 6-12 months)

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We’re delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

Genuinely Caring: Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers – and each other – better.

Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a corporation.

Job Summary

The Contract Recruiter will play a key part in driving hiring success across the organization by partnering with business leaders to meet staffing objectives, sourcing top talent, and managing the recruitment process from start to finish.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong collaboration skills and a passion for delivering a best-in-class candidate experience.

This position is projected to last approximately 6-12 months.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including job requisition/postings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring manager interview scheduling, and offer process for a variety of positions.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and refine targeted interview questions, including behavioral, situational, and role-specific technical questions, aligned with job requirements and competencies.
• Update, maintain and keep on track with the overall company hiring plan.

Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates using job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, Artificial Intelligence, and other sourcing tools.
• Stay up to date on labor market trends and adjust sourcing strategies as needed.
• Participate in planning and execution of hiring events and attend career fairs and community outreach initiatives to represent the company and attract talent.

Stakeholder Partnership & Advisory

• Partner closely with department leaders and hiring managers to deeply understand business needs, workforce plans, and team dynamics to develop customized recruiting strategies.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing market insights and best practices to guide hiring decisions.
• Contribute to and help execute company initiatives and projects that support business goals and enhance the organization through recruiting and human resources efforts.

Candidate Experience & Compliance

• Ensure a positive candidate experience through consistent, professional, and timely communication.
• Maintain accurate records in the applicant tracking system (ATS), trackers, reports, and provide regular reporting on recruiting activity and metrics.
• Handle confidential information with a high degree of discretion and sound judgement.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a full cycle recruiter in a fast-paced organization within Telecommunications, Technology or other related technical industry.
• Experience in sales, operations, finance, and/or technical recruiting building candidate pipeline.
• Strong sourcing skills and fluency with tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, resume databases, and AI-enabled recruiting platforms.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment workflows.
• Familiarity with behavioral, situational, and technical interview questions and their application in assessing candidate fit.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Moderate proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Collaborative and service focused, comfortable working with employees at all levels.
• Flexible and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment.
• Self-starter, ability to work independently and manage multiple requisitions in a fast-paced environment while achieving hiring metrics.
• Comfort with analyzing and reporting recruiting metrics to track progress and drive improvements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines. Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Physical Requirements

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO:

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.

Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.