Talent Acquisition Specialist
Who We Are
Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities.
Job Summary
Reporting to the Manager of Talent Acquisition, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will help execute the roadmap for our evolving talent acquisition strategies and initiatives. This critical role will be filled by an experienced, tech-savvy collaborator who utilizes recruiting best practices to meet acquisition and pipeline goals, leverages data-driven insight to influence hiring decisions, and values authentic communication as key to building relationships.
This career is ideal for someone who is passionate about connecting people to purpose, fueled by achieving measured success, and prepared to thoughtfully identify and solve problems to deliver desired business outcomes.
Responsibilities
• Secure top talent. Use your relationship-building skills, sales acumen, and understanding of Elliott Davis business needs to connect active and passive candidates to career opportunities
• Provide technical expertise and solutions. Execute recruiting strategy including market penetration, candidate experience, and relationship management, diversity sourcing, interview process management, and offer negotiation
• Facilitate exceptional candidate experiences. Contribute to departmental success and own individual outcomes associated with creating exceptional candidate experiences
• Facilitate exceptional hiring manager experiences. Communicate with HR Partners and Hiring Managers to provide recommendations on job description scope, interview best practices, and timelines; devise and execute effective recruiting action plans in alignment with the firm’s Talent strategies, and provide a central source of support
• Learn, grow and share. Develop a strong understanding of the Elliott Davis business, practices, and competitive landscape. Participate in professional development opportunities to hone your skills, maintain a current understanding of our competitive market, and contribute to the ongoing development of peers
• Leverage creative engagement strategies to share our story. Use social media, sourcing/network platforms, and referrals to generate and maintain a pipeline of passive and active candidates
• Maximize your time. Manage and prioritize multiple hard-to-fill talent searches, projects, and internal relationship requests with a high sense of urgency and high level of integrity
• Utilize technology. Maintain accurate documentation on all candidate searches and hiring managers’ interactions in the approved ATS and sourcing platforms
• Manage other projects as assigned
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Psychology, or related field
• 3+ years of progressive agency or corporate recruiting experience leading the talent acquisition needs of IT, Finance & Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, and Legal departments
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience filling hard-to-fill roles, recruiting high-level talent in a dynamic and competitive market; identification of passive candidates, and experience creating talent pipelines
• Proficiency in understanding all aspects of the recruitment preparation and implementation process: sourcing, interviewing, relationship management, pipeline building, offer negotiation, job analysis, wage, and salary trends, understanding of relevant labor markets, and knowledge of applicable HR, EEO laws/regulations, and Talent Acquisition best practices
• Experience developing interview guides and facilitating different types of interviews to include but not limited to competency-based, behavioral, situational, digital, and in-person interviews
• Proficient in utilizing an ATS for entering requisitions and postings, sourcing, tracking and nurturing candidates, managing manager communication, and maintaining documentation used for reporting
• Exceptional internal/external communication skills (written and verbal) enhanced by a high level of emotional intelligence, empathy, and transparency
• Ability to stop, take a breath, have fun, and be a team player
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US
We believe that when our employees are able to thrive in all facets of life, their work and impact are that much greater.
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• generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• first-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• one-on-one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• access to Beyond: a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally
NOTICE TO 3RD PARTY RECRUITERS
Notice to Recruiters and Agencies regarding unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions without prior express written approval. Resumes submitted or candidates referred to any employee of Elliott Davis by any external recruiter or recruitment agency by any means (including but not limited to via Internet, e-mail, fax, U.S. mail, and/or verbal communications) without a properly executed written contract for a specified position by an authorized member of the Talent Acquisition team become the property of Elliott Davis. Elliott Davis will not be responsible for, or owe any fees associated with, referrals of those candidates and/or for submission of any information, including resumes, associated with individuals.
Ada Requirements
The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics 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.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:
• Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Cognitive/Mental Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
• Use written and oral communication skills.
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Observe and interpret situations.
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.
Accounting
Human Resources
Full-time