Recruiting Consultant

at  Southern Company

SUMMARY

We are looking for an experienced talent acquisition professional to support our talent needs for Georgia Power. The Recruiting Consultant will be responsible for full lifecycle recruiting to ensure a highly qualified diverse slate of talent is available to meet the talent needs of the organization. The Recruiting Consultant will develop collaborative relationships to provide recruiting & sourcing expertise, market related intelligence and counsel on a variety of recruiting challenges to improve talent acquisition effectiveness. A high degree of creativity, short- and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal organization is required.
The work environment for this role will include a hybrid work setting.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Communications, Marketing or related discipline is preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 2 years of full lifecycle recruiting experience
• Recruiting experience with demonstrated knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies including direct sourcing, selection techniques and diversity recruiting in addition to excellent consultative, strategic thinking, problem solving, influential and interpersonal skills.
• Prior work experience in a fast-paced environment with high volume transactions and management of multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to engage, consult and partner with both external and internal clients.
• Experience working with computer-based tracking systems.
• Proven experience and success recruiting hard-to-fill, unique positions.
• Online database mining for candidate leads and sourcing.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge in full-life cycle recruiting components, including but not limited to, sourcing, internet applicants, social networking, legal/compliance, wage and salary trends, and relationship management.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong business relationships with hiring managers and HR partners in the development of strategies, leveraging market intelligence and best practices.
• Ability to determine a candidate’s viability for a position based on their work experiences, behavioral attributes, and overall fit for the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage the offer process, including providing salary recommendations, handling offer negotiations, and closing the deal.
• Ability to develop diverse candidate pools through appropriate sourcing strategies and effective deployment.
• Strong project management experience.
• Effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills to properly interface with all levels within the company.
• Solid and highly effective candidate sourcing and screening ability, including utilization of internet search tools and techniques.
• Strong marketing, selling and negotiation skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

• Maintain ownership of the full-life cycle recruitment process and hiring expectations.
• Build strong relationships with the various line and functional clients to ensure the ability to influence, guide and drive the recruiting process.
• Work closely with Hiring Managers and HR partners to meet hiring needs and ensure that hiring is consistent with business goals; increase candidate flow and develop strategic solutions that will attract and acquire high quality, diverse candidates.
• Advance and execute against creative sourcing techniques for a range of positions from skilled labor to manager level positions; techniques include direct sourcing, internet recruiting, networking, utilization of external research, etc.
• Integrate diversity into the sourcing and recruiting process
• Evaluate sourcing quality and effectiveness after each hiring activity, and re-evaluate sourcing plans as necessary
• Utilize effective communication techniques to proactively keep others informed, appropriately contributing ideas and recommendations in a timely manner