Chico’s FAS, Inc. Hiring for FIELD RECRUITER – Remote at Remote, Connecticut Full Time

With approximately 1,300 boutiques and outlets throughout the U.S., as well as an online presence for each of our brands, it takes sophisticated technology, resources and infrastructure to ensure the continued success of our businesses. From finance and accounting to technology and merchandising careers, we have diverse opportunities available for talented professionals to join our team of nearly 16,000 associates who share our commitment to excellence.

We are looking for three field recruiters to join our team to support our wonderful brands – Chico’s, White House Black Market, and Soma. Preference will be given to candidates in major markets ie Florida, Texas, NE, and West Coast

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

The Recruiter will provide field and store management candidate attraction, engagement, and acquisition to ensure our stores continue to deliver most amazing personal service to our customers. Additionally, this individual will serve as the expert for all activities related to candidate engagement and provide training to field leaders as needed to ensure they have the appropriate resources to ensure fully staffed stores and systems support.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides recruiting support to DSM for Store Manager recruiting.
• Develop and implement pipelining/attraction strategies by region, level, or brand as needed.
• Partner with advertising agency, field leaders, and store finance to ensure we maximize advertising investments to support staffing areas of criticality including channel effectiveness.
• Partner with Boutique experience team on assets to support various hiring campaigns.
• Support seasonal hiring initiatives as needed.
• Support manual updates in Dayforce for field re-alignments, DSM changes, GSM moves, etc.
• Audit applicant/candidate experience to ensure leaders are dispositioning candidates in a timely basis.
• Provide monthly trainings to support attraction and retention efforts.
• Explore other tools, resources to support a nationwide talent pipeline at all levels.
• Test and learn initiatives to drive applicant flow in key markets.
• Proactively source potential candidates through including social channels, networking, and employee referrals for field leadership roles (DSM and above).
• Provide most amazing personal service throughout the management and recruitment of open positions, including sourcing, interviewing and selection of candidates.
• Maximize available tools including LinkedIn, Avature, Dayforce, etc. throughout the recruiting process to enable accurate reporting and metrics; stay abreast of new tools available to support high volume recruiting efforts.
• Identify and make recommendations for process improvement within the team and HR department.
• Travel as needed to support critical hiring needs in market, along with in person training and local recruiting support.
• Participate in regular DSM calls, Field SLT meetings to serve as the voice of recruiting, field questions, and stay abreast of key initiatives that could require additional recruiting support.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Culture

Living the Chico’s FAS Values and Guiding Principles by demonstrating Customer Focus, Instilling Trust, Driving Engagement and Delivering Results with High Performance.

• Decision Quality
  Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

• Action Oriented
  Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

• Interpersonal Savvy
  Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

• Situational Adaptability
  Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
• 3+ years recruiting experience in a high volume, distributed hourly workforce environment i.e. retail, QSR, hospitality
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; effective marketer
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong solution orientation and comfortable working in a team environment
• Ability to handle multiple searches and deliver a high level of service to an internal client group
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and manage time effectively against multiple responsibilities
• Excellent computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems
• Must be Social recruiting/recruitment marketing savvy and have an interest in fashion/design
• Ability to travel as needed

Chico’s FAS, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, lactation, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military service, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.