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Senior Recruiter (Surge Recruitment Outsourcing Engagements)
We know firsthand how the Talent Acquisition labor market has shifted for the recruiting industry. Here at Stillwater Human Capital, we’re embracing this shifting market and providing our team members with the best tools and technologies available.. We want our people to be successful, in sourcing, and engaging candidates by utilizing expansive tool kits that help our Recruiters thrive here. From the latest texting tools to VOIP phone integrated into your company laptop, to our easy-to-use ATS and tons of collaboration tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams our Recruiters are set up for success from day one.
Our culture is a fusion of corporate recruiting, learning, and development, blending industry-proven recruiters with Military Veterans launching their careers in Talent Acquisition via our training and employment program.
Take the reins of your career and join a team that appreciates the challenges of TA and our amazing team members!
This position requires the ability to work on site from our client's Headquarters in Bethesda, MD 2-3 days/week.
To support the hiring needs of our customers through our Surge Recruitment Outsourcing Projects we have a need to hire a Senior Recruiter. This Senior Recruiter will report to one of our Delivery Managers and will be responsible for the identification, engagement, and screening of cleared technical talent that fills the hiring needs of our customers.
Job Responsibilities:
- Full lifecycle recruiting responsibilities from sourcing to offer negotiation on cleared and non-cleared positions
- Consistently meets company recruiting KPIs from initial candidate submittal through offer extension
- Consistently meets customer and/or project KPI from initial candidate submittal through offer extension
- Leverage Boolean strings and keyword search to source qualified candidates for planned or open positions utilizing the following:
- Social media
- Internal applicant tracking system
- Employee referrals
- Candidate referrals
- Open web searches
- Job boards
- Identifies associations, organizations, etc. for diversity recruitment to create and maintain a diverse talent pool
- Work independently to communicate our customers’ employee value proposition via recruiting marketing campaigns (phone, text, email, and social media)
- Thoroughly screen and qualify potential candidates against assigned requisition qualifications and skills
- Provide excellent communication and customer service to all candidates that are being engaged
- Build and maintain a trusted relationships with clients
- Develop candidate narratives that capture candidates’ experiences and effectively sells candidates to internal hiring managers and partners
- Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers
- Independently negotiate candidate salaries on behalf of the company and clients and set salary expectations with candidates upfront to increase the likelihood that candidates will accept offers post-interview
- Maintains strong relationships with candidates that have accepted contingent offers and/or are in the clearance crossover process
- Show resilience and creativity to overcome the inherent challenges of staffing in the cleared and/or highly competitive labor markets
- Monitors and tracks key metrics to determine the success of sourcing channels
To qualify for this position, you must have the following qualifications:
- 5+ years of corporate or agency recruiting experience supporting technical skill sets in the cleared government space
- Proven experience successfully hiring talent with an active polygraph clearance
- MUST HAVE an active LinkedIn Profile with an established network within the GOVCON industry
- Holds themselves to the highest standards of performance and is results driven
- Excellent experience building and leveraging Boolean search strings across multiple sourcing channels
- Proven success selling employment opportunities and successfully extending and negotiating employment offers
- An interest in providing training, guidance, and mentorship to Junior recruiters
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong Written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to volunteer during our Veteran training class
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
We look for all Stillwater recruiters to show competency in the following areas:
- Self-motivation and accountability
- Receptive to feedback and coaching
- Communication skills
- Sourcing skills
- Effectively influence both candidates and clients
- Relationship building
- Attention to detail
- Business acumen
- Resilience and adaptability
Since 2012, Stillwater has been providing our clients with a low cost, highly productive, measurable, alternative recruiting solution; while providing military Veteran’s a FREE comprehensive training program, professional mentorship and an opportunity to launch a career in corporate recruiting.
Veteran mentorship, value, customer service, and client delivery are the cornerstones of Stillwater's principal goals. Stillwater has developed a world-class training for our Nations Veterans, while providing our clients the opportunity to enhance their talent acquisition delivery models... while supporting veterans. Stillwater focuses on setting our Veteran consultants up for success by providing them with the tools, knowledge and mentoring needed to succeed in our clients’ environments.
Stillwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected class. If you need assistance with the application process due to a disability, please contact us at
(571) 525-2482
Why Stillwater: Stillwater was ranked as the 14th BEST PLACE TO WORK - 2020 in Washington, DC Area–by the Washington Business Journal.
