Talent Acquisition Specialist

Key Accountabilities

• Sourcing & Candidate Attraction: Identify and engage potential candidates using a variety of sourcing channels, including job boards, social media platforms, networking events, career fairs, and employee referrals. Utilize effective sourcing techniques tailored to both corporate and volume hiring needs.
• Screening & Interviewing: Conduct thorough screenings of candidates, including reviewing resumes, conducting phone interviews, and assessing qualifications. Ensure that candidates meet the required skills, experience, and cultural fit for corporate and high-volume positions.
• Interview Coordination: Schedule and coordinate interviews with hiring managers, ensuring timely communication with candidates. Prepare hiring managers with candidate information and interview notes to facilitate decision-making.
• Candidate Relationship Management: Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process, ensuring a positive candidate experience. Provide updates and feedback to candidates promptly and manage expectations.
• Understanding Hiring Needs: Collaborate with hiring managers across departments to gather detailed job requirements, job specifications, and team culture information. Support in the development of clear and compelling job descriptions.
• Advising on Recruitment Strategy: Provide recommendations on recruitment strategies, including optimal sourcing methods, job advertising strategies, and candidate engagement techniques based on the specific needs of the role.
• Offer Creation & Negotiation: Manage the offer process by preparing offer letters, negotiating compensation packages, and ensuring a smooth transition from offer acceptance to onboarding.
• Onboarding Coordination: Support the onboarding process, ensuring that new hires complete all necessary paperwork and are integrated into the company efficiently.
• Handle a diverse range of requisitions for both specialized corporate positions and high-volume roles. Ensure that all positions are filled in a timely manner without compromising candidate quality.
• Track key recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and candidate quality. Regularly update the Recruitment Supervisor, Talent Acquisition Manager, and hiring managers on recruitment progress and outcomes.
• Ensure that the recruitment process supports the company’s diversity and inclusion goals by sourcing candidates from diverse backgrounds and creating an inclusive hiring experience.
  
  

Key Skills & Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2-5 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment, focusing on corporate and/or niche hiring.
• Experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, and managing the hiring process for a wide range of positions, from corporate to high-volume roles.
• Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions and deliver high-quality candidates in a timely manner.
• Skills & Abilities:
• Excellent interviewing and assessment skills, with the ability to evaluate technical and behavioral competencies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage effectively with candidates and hiring managers.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other recruitment tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in high-growth industries and/or niche hiring
• Knowledge of recruitment marketing and employer branding strategies.
  

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Dont quite meet every single requirement, but still believe youd be a great fit for the job? Well never know unless you hit the Apply button. Start your journey with us today.

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