Senior Staffing Consultant 

Responsibilities:
As a Senior Staffing Consultant for Genentech's Development organization, this position will be a trusted partner with senior management in the recruitment of talent to the company. The incumbent will consult with managers in the definition of their openings and develop an appropriate recruiting strategy, and will implement creative sourcing strategies as needed for difficult to fill positions. This position will utilize, update and maintain the applicant tracking database. He/she will educate managers on legal implications in hiring. This individual will develop and maintain relationships with external professional organizations, including those affiliated with diversity outreach, utilizing external relationships as resources for sourcing. The incumbent will coordinate placement of ads and coordinate activities with ad agencies. This position will coach managers in providing feedback to candidates, developing offers, determining competencies and coordinating and training the interview team. He/she will perform executive recruiting, including identifying appropriate Contingency or Retained Search firms, maintaining relationships and partnering to ensure that candidates are interviewed expeditiously. The incumbent will conduct interviews using in-depth behavioral and skills assessment techniques, and will attend job fairs, conferences and networking events. This position will also conduct intact Talent Selection training and job profiling sessions with the client group. 

Requirements:

The candidate must have a minimum of five years of recruiting experience, with clinical or drug development recruiting experience in the biotech or pharma industry. Recruiting in a corporate environment is highly desirable. The incumbent must have the ability to develop a complete understanding of client business objectives. Solid understanding of various sourcing options such as employee referrals, direct sourcing, job boards, college recruitment and diversity recruiting is required. Strong assessment skills to assess candidates' business and/or technical background are essential. The candidate must have strong skills in driving and owning the recruitment process ensuring candidate and client management satisfaction. This individual must be professional, accountable, high energy and collaborative team player. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are imperative to this role.  

Headquartered in Chattanooga Tennessee, Unum has significant U.S. operations in Portland, Maine, Worcester, Massachusetts and Glendale, California with 35 field offices nationwide. 

We are seeking an experienced, creative recruiting professional to develop and deliver recruitment strategies for exempt and non-exempt sales and service positions supporting our West Coast field offices.  Initial focus will be on our California offices in Glendale, San Francisco/Walnut Creek and San Diego.  

Qualifications 

• 5-7+ years of successful recruitment, selection and college relations experience.
• Excellent sourcing, rapport building and closing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver creative recruitment strategies.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Initiative and ability to work independently.
• Ability and desire to travel regionally (Estimate 30% travel).
• Experience in insurance, financial services or pharmaceutical/ health care and supporting multiple locations preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.

The position can be based in our Glendale or Walnut Creek CA offices.  We offer a positive, high energy work environment and excellent salary and benefits includingannual incentive program, paid time off, company-paid pension, matching 401(k) and award winning health and welfare programs.

Unum is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, gender or sexual orientation. 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Do you enjoy engaging world class talent every day about employment opportunities via phone?  Do you enjoy using a variety of specialized sourcing techniques to identify said talent?  Does the opportunity to work for a nonprofit and indirectly improve our planet through one of your placements sound like something you can't pass up?  Are you passionate about being not a good recruiter, but a GREAT one?  Do you look forward to contacting passive candidates and selling them on change?  Then read on.
The Recruiter will collaborate with hiring managers to identify and match candidates to specific needs; perform all aspects of recruiting activities for both internal and external positions (sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, and closing); utilizes a variety of effective sourcing techniques; performs compensation analysis; make salary recommendations; work to achieve metrics and goals including quality of applicant pools, diversity, number of hires, and time-to-fill; represents the Laboratory at recruiting and diversity events; ensures compliance with all applicable employment laws and policies; develops and manages effective working relationships with Managers, HR staff, and staff throughout the Laboratory; provides direction/guidance to a Human Resource Assistant in the course of performing various recruiting services, and travels as required.

Internal clients include:  Lab management, other Staffing Specialists, Human Resource Managers, HR compensation & benefits, EEO/AA, legal, HRIS, and other staff members.

External clients include: potential and actual candidates and applicants, professional associates, peers at other Battelle-managed laboratories, university/college contacts, and a broad network of professional and outreach contacts.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's Degree plus seven years of direct recruiting experience, or advanced degree plus 4 years of direct recruiting experience required, preferably at a recruiting agency.  Preferred candidate has scientist and engineer recruiting experience.  The ability to sell PNNL and what we have to offer and talk about making a move.  MS Office/Computer skills a must.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidate must have a demonstrated working technical knowledge of advanced recruiting techniques including standard and non-standard recruiting methods, internet mining, direct sourcing, and networking with referrals for leads.  Must possess the ability to strategically partner and interface with managers at all levels to identify and timely produce qualified applicant pools; be familiar with an automated tracking system; have knowledge of applicable employment laws. Must have a proven record of analytical abilities, attention to detail, and excellent written and oral communication skills.  Must be able to inspire trust and effectively consult, coach, lead and influence others.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation.

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The Senior Staffing Manager provides strategic and tactical leadership to a group of experienced recruiters in the staffing organization for assigned technology groups. Works with employees and managers at all levels to ensure that we have the talent required to meet Cisco’s business objectives in the assigned technology groups. Fosters a team environment in the group and demonstrates collaborative leadership. Designs and improves key staffing processes and monitors staffing process/customer satisfaction metrics while ensuring adherence to all local laws. Continually drives efficiencies in staffing processes while maintaining or improving recruiting support levels. Assists in the implementation of business planning initiatives. Develops and implements staffing plans and strategies that ensure diversity, high quality, and organizational fit throughout the recruiting and hiring process. Continuously improves key success indicators, manages assigned projects and implements strategies and process improvements within the group. Applies knowledge of Cisco's business strategies. Represents Cisco by communicating business capabilities and strategies to external constituents and understands the effect of emerging global markets on our business. Will be involved in influencing, modifying and executing company policies which affect immediate operations. Reports to the Senior Director of Staffing.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelors degree
• 10-15 years of recruiting experience with at least 5 years experience managing a large staffing team, preferably in the technology industry.
• Recruiting experience in a fortune 500 company
• The ability to work in a very fast-paced and ambiguous environment

Preferred locations are San Jose, CA and Research Triangle Park, NC.

• Manage and execute full life cycle recruiting and selection process, including assisting manager in defining selection criteria, candidate sourcing and pre-qualification, facilitating interview process, extension of employment offers and pre-employment verification.
• Partner with managers to determine staffing needs, and develop/implement creative and effective strategies.
• Act as a resource to clients by providing creative methods of building prospect pools, prescreening and interviewing candidates and facilitating the staffing process and will be responsible for utilizing external staffing/recruiting tools such as the internet, advertising, publications, industry groups, and other sourcing concepts.
• Implement and manage varied methods of sourcing candidates - such methods may include internet postings, searchable resume databases, career fairs, newspaper and journal advertising, employee referrals, temporary to permanent employment arrangements, etc
• Actively solicits feedback on customer satisfaction on a regular basis.
• Maintain complete and accurate records relating to specific openings within legal guidelines, tracking hiring activity and providing appropriate back-up documentation for OFCCP audit purposes. 
• Develop a thorough understanding of NTC lines of business and identifies "selling points" to present to candidates.
• Provide direction to managers of all levels on staffing decisions, legal issues regarding hiring practices, development of selection criteria and implementation of selection process.

• Bachelor's degree, 5 - 7 years experience in HR with at least 4 years in a high volume recruiting environment,
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed field organization preferred
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience in candidate sourcing, interviewing for and successfully filling multiple vacancies utilizing internal and external recruitment sources.
• Current knowledge of legal requirements related to Human Resources such as EEO/AA, ADA, FLSA, etc on a state and federal level. Able to define and explain to hiring managers the legal requirements and their impact on interviewing, selection and placement.
• Knowledge of various professional functions and their roles and responsibilities within an organization (i.e. Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, etc.).
• Demonstrated and effective interpersonal/communication skills.
• Proficiency with personal computers including word processing, and spreadsheet applications. Ability to generate appropriate status and reporting information for the recruiting function.
• Excellent customer service skills, both internal and external, and ability to develop and foster relationships with customers.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.