Talent Acquisition Specialist

HORNE is a professional services firm founded on a cornerstone of public accounting.

As a top 25 business advisory firm, our 2,000+ team members serve clients from offices and project locations across the nation and Puerto Rico. Our Public and Middle Market (PMM) team brings an owner's mindset to companies and delivers game-changing results. We help clients navigate the business, financial, tax, technical and personnel issues that arise along the way so they can focus on growing their business and creating a competitive advantage.

As a key member of PMM's Talent Acquisition Team, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will serve as a key contributor to execute the recruitment strategy supporting current candidate needs and candidate funnels for assigned clients. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will positively impact the quality, responsiveness and cost of the HORNE talent acquisition process and ensure we are hiring top talent.

Position Responsibilities:

• Implement sourcing strategies to identify qualified active and passive candidates.
• Source, recruit, pre-screen, assess and present top-quality candidates for assigned clients within an appropriate and consistent timeline.
• Partner with hiring managers to proactively build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies.
• Effectively communicate recruitment strategy and process to hiring managers. Adjust process as necessary per client feedback.
• Advise the client on market intelligence, data trends, along with labor market conditions to help determine effective candidate sourcing strategies to achieve high quality candidate funnels and a candidate attraction plan.
• Maintain adherence with TA Standard Operating Procedures ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and initiatives.
• Ensure positive candidate and hiring manager experiences throughout the recruiting process, effectively communicating, and managing candidate and hiring manager expectations throughout the process.
• Manage candidate expectations about pay, benefits, culture, career growth, etc.
• Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers and HR business partners. Proactively keep client teams properly informed throughout the entire talent acquisition process.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the business and key positions.
• Build networks to identify qualified passive candidates and maintain a talent pipeline database.
• Actively manage candidate attraction process through a variety of innovative sources to ensure adequate exposure on social and digital media, industry specific websites, job boards, professional associations, community events, and other avenues that generate candidate interest in HORNE.
• Give timely and appropriate candidate feedback regarding next steps in the HORNE selection process.
• Coordinate and execute offer building process with hiring managers and appropriate stakeholders in ATS.
• Ensure 100% data integrity in the applicant tracking system, and properly document the talent acquisition process for each job opening to ensure EEO compliance and best practices.
• Work within assigned TA metrics and client needs.
• Ensure HORNE talent acquisition processes successfully serve HORNE's diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Assist with other recruitment tasks and related projects, as needed.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, or a closely related field.
• 2-5 years' experience in recruitment/talent acquisition.
• 2-5 years' experience with high-volume recruiting, in addition to the ability to search for more niche skill sets.
• Effective in social and digital media candidate sourcing including advanced experience in LinkedIn Recruiter & Pipeline tools.
• Demonstrated and effective experience using talent acquisition metrics and analytics.
• Positive track record in excellence in diversity, inclusion, and EEO compliance
• Strong ability to change direction quickly.
• General understanding of HR concepts, principles, practices, as well as Federal, State and Local laws and statutes.
• Skilled in developing relationships and working with hiring managers and business leaders.
• Able to manage multiple projects with strong organizational skills, attention to detail and logical problem-solving skills to drive measurable results.
• Exposure to HRIS programs and applicant tracking systems (UltiPro, Taleo, Workday, etc).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor 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 contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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