Talent Acquisition Specialist

Our 2600 employees award winning design firm is seeking a high energy people oriented influential individual with a track record in talent research outreach and recruitment. Reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition and partnering with our Studio Talent Leaders you will source identify screen and help hire individuals across our firm.

The ideal candidate will have extensive and successful recruitment experience preferably across North America in talent acquisition expertise and sourcing strategies. Recruitment experience in the AEC or related design profession is a plus as well as sourcing diverse candidates and connections to HBCUs and National Organization of Minority Architects.

In your role you will:

• Partner with Talent Leaders and Studio Leadership on overall hiring strategy for each studio
• Collaborate with Studio Talent Leaders to best understand their studio projects culture and initiatives to promote to candidates
• Devise and implement an employer branding initiative to advance our firms attractiveness with unique and enticing job advertisement placements
• Research and source passive and direct candidates through online channels such as LinkedIn and other professional networks including competitor websites design publications and other industry sources
• Attend design conferences and job fairs and network with potential candidates
• Identify and refine the most suitable candidates for studio consideration
• Assess candidates information including CVs Resumes and Portfolios
• Plan interview and selection procedures including candidate screening calls
• Prepare swift candidate summaries for Studio Leadership Review
• Utilize our Talent Applicant Tracking System to insure a robust pipeline

Skills and qualifications:

• 10 years experience in talent acquisition preferably within the AEC or related design industry
• Experience with creative social media placement
• Full cycle recruiting expertise using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Experience in using LinkedIn Talent Solutions to proactively source candidates
• Experience in using applicant tracking systems
• Strong organizational skills and proficiency in providing talent acquisition summaries and status reports
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required in talent outreach and working with Studio Talent Leaders across our firm

Benefits: medical dental vision wellness LTD Life Insurance 401k PTO

Compensation

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidates qualifications including skill sets education experience and training licensure and certifications credentials if applicable and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees including performance considerations for merit increases job promotions and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices conduct pay equity audits and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement the annual pay salary range for this position is between $95000 to $125000 commensurate with qualifications and dependent on geographic location.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity Employment policy (EEO) which is part of the Companys Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis and without regard to sex race color age national origin religion disability genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression gender reassignment citizenship pregnancy or maternity veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national federal state or local some cases local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.

Required Experience:

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