United Airlines Looking for Senior Recruiter (Finance) at Chicago, IL Full Time

Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run “Business Resource Group” communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

At United, we have the best talent in the world. Our Global Talent Acquisition team is on the frontlines of building the future of our company, one hire at a time. From corporate to operations, pilot to flight attendant, and early career to executive, our team crafts outstanding experiences for our candidates and hiring managers, with diversity, equity and inclusion top-of-mind in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

Senior Recruiter is responsible for delivering all facets of recruiting success throughout the organization and assists in promoting a strong employment brand and ensuring a positive candidate experience by creating a high touch environment. Develop and implement sourcing plans through the local and national recruiting plans, employing traditional sourcing strategies and resources as well as developing new, creative recruiting ideas. Builds and maintains relationships with clients to ensure staffing needs are met with regard to managing all sourcing, selection and hiring of talent through set metrics. Develops and drives robust recruiting strategies and communicates regularly with clients on process, status and feedback of all candidates. Maintain complete and accurate record-keeping details in compliance with federal and state requirements. Senior Recruiter plays a critical role in ensuring the attraction and hiring of the best possible talent to meet business needs.

• Creates sourcing strategy for approved job and collaborates with hiring manager

• Identifies external or internal candidates to fill new or vacant positions

• Activities may include screening resumes, attending recruitment job fairs, school and/or community based recruitment events or other externally focused efforts

• Sourcing activities may include creation of an internal and/or external job posting, employee referrals, website advertising or other sourcing methods

• Interviews prospective employees for non-exempt and exempt positions

• Assess candidates to determine if their capabilities match the job requirements

• Activities may include telephone-based or in-person interviews or administering pre-placement testing. For example, knowledge or skill-based tests, simulations, etc.

• Reviews information gained about the candidate(s) and decides whether or not to interview candidate and recommend to hiring manager

• Conduct debrief sessions with hiring manager to discuss candidate qualifications

• Activities may include reviewing test data, interviewer’s recommendations or leading/participating in selection decision-making meetings for internal teams

• Facilitates the placement of people

• Determines job offer to most qualified candidate

• Discuss offer details with hiring manager

• Partner with Compensation and HR as needed

• Prepares new hire offers and extends verbal offers

• Negotiate offer to successful acceptance

• Communicates final status with all candidates

• Crafts and provides developmental feedback for internal candidates not selected

• Rescinds offers as necessary in the event a pre-employment hurdle is not met

• Develops recruiting tools and techniques to assist United in meeting staffing and placement needs

• Maintains complete and accurate staffing documentation as required by law

• Updates information in United’s applicant tracking systems to maintain compliance and accuracy of metrics

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Center as appropriate to process candidates and fill positions

• Provides subject matter expertise in managing specific staffing vendors, such as websites, search firms and university contacts

• Provides subject matter expertise in specific staffing and HR projects

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent work experience

• 5 or more years HR experience

• At least 3 years of dedicated recruiting experience

• Demonstrated good judgment and confidentiality

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with a strong emphasis on customer service orientation

• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, highly team-oriented environment

• Excellent time management, follow-through and organizational skills

• Strong communication and ability to build relationships with all levels of personnel required

• Strategic and forward-thinking

• Ability to handle multiple priorities with a high degree of accuracy and ability to delegate work as needed

• Intermediate to advanced computer skills in Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer and databases

• Solid knowledge of social media and demonstrated usage of tools such as LinkedIn

• Ability to handle highly confidential information required

• Ability to build solid relationships and work in a team environment

• Ability to quickly assess candidate’s skills/qualifications and attributes and make placements/recommendations as appropriate

• Ability to coach and counsel internal and external candidates on career development

• Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and counsel other recruiters on standard methodologies and recruiting processes

• Ability to work on special projects, in addition to typical recruiting workload

• Ability recruiting hard-to-fill positions applying various sourcing methods

• Must be willing and able to travel up to 10% of the time

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• PHR or SPHR certification

• Prior experience sourcing, recruiting, and placing finance professionals

• Certification as a behavioral based interviewer preferred

• Combination of external search and corporate staffing experience

• Prior experience coordinating and attending career fairs

• Prior experience in developing and giving presentations

• Experience using Taleo or other applicant tracking systems (i.e. iCIMS)

• Experience using HRIS platforms (i.e. PeopleSoft and COMPAS)

• United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact ~~~ to request accommodation.

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