POSITION SUMMARY At Pendleton, our Talent Specialist strengthens the team by successfully attracting and hiring the best possible people for a wide variety of roles across our amazing company. Success in hiring starts with a great match but goes well beyond the first day. This position oversees onboarding and orientation activities and ensures new team members are set up for success for a fulfilling and long career. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
- Time to fill
- 1-year retention rate
- Candidate experience score
- Hiring team experience score
- Process compliance rate
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB
- Create and maintain relationships with hiring managers and be a true partner embedded in your assigned divisions.
- Initiate and lead kick-off meetings with hiring managers at the start of each recruitment.
- Ensure open positions are posted and attract a qualified and diverse pool of candidates.
- Partner with diversity-focused recruitment sources and coordinate activities to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ensure all applicants have a positive experience, regardless of outcome.
- Facilitate training and continued coaching for hiring managers to create and maintain a company culture that maintains, attracts, and develops employees.
- Review and screen applicants, conduct and/or coordinate interviews, and partner with hiring managers on the selection process and final selection.
- Communicate frequently with candidates, referral sources, and hiring managers through email, phone, and video communication.
- Create and deliver a dynamic, welcoming, and informative new employee orientation process for the business unit(s). Ensure information is retained and usable by the new employee.
- Coordinate with the hiring manager and the new hire to ensure a seamless and positive new hire onboarding experience for the entire team.
- Manage records and reports in the Applicant Tracking System, tracking applicant contacts and outcomes and maintaining accurate records of recruiting activities for each position.
- Initiate Offers of Employment on behalf of the hiring manager and in accordance with company procedures and policies.
- Perform post-offer screening processes such as background checks, reference checks, and verification of information provided in the recruitment process.
- Prepare and process new hire onboarding information and documents in the HRIS system. Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve delays to ensure timely completion.
- Attend job fairs and career events as needed.
- Maintain job descriptions with up-to-date competencies and KPIs.
- Refine and oversee company-wide onboarding, orientation, and career development programs.
- Provide career and succession planning support for all areas of the organization.
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CORE EXPECTATIONS
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, using judgement and diplomacy in interfacing with a wide variety of individuals.
- Cultivate a positive and collaborative team environment with all team members.
- Exceptional computer skills with the ability to learn new software applications quickly.
- Maintain a current understanding of regulatory and legal compliance issues.
- Ability to effectively elevate issues or seek assistance with complex or high-risk situations.
- Ability to manage processes and project timelines according to established priorities.
- Communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to maintain accurate records through process design, workflows, and routine audits.
BEHAVIORAL
- Extreme confidentiality.
- Thoughtful and well developed decision making.
- Excellent listener and respectful communicator.
- Solution oriented.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in HR or related area of study (additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
- At least two years' experience in full-cycle recruiting.
- Proficiency in ADP Workforce Now Recruiting and Onboarding.
- Expert user of Excel and other MS Office programs.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- Good motor skills for oral and hand-written communications. This position requires a great deal of communicating with customers, management, and other employees via telephone, email, and letters.
- Able to talk on phone. Speak English clearly.
- Read documents with fine print.
- Sit or remain stationary for long periods of time.
- Mental demands for time sensitive activities.
- May require local travel, up to 5% of the time.
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Pendleton Woolen Mills
May 06, 2025