Northwestern Mutual Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Garden City, NY Full Time

Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter

Job Description
With direction from a higher-level recruiting role or Managing Partner/Managing Director, this role is responsible for the recruitment and selection efforts of FT financial professionals in our Garden City, Long Island office. This role will execute office recruiting plans to reach activity and full-time contract goals.

Primary Responsibilities
Sourcing & Selection

• Build and develop effective referral sources with FRs/staff, develop productive centers of influence

(COIs), and develop qualified lead strategies from a variety of sources (i.e. referrals, COIs, advertising, career fairs, social media, etc.)

• Actively participate in community clubs and organizations to promote and brand Northwestern Mutual

• Coordinate advertising and marketing strategies to include ads, direct mail, community events, etc.
• Develop relationships with other Northwestern Mutual recruiters to share leads and best practices
• Specific selection process accountability to include but not limited to screening candidates, conducting initial interviews, administering selection tools and guiding candidates through the selection process
• Review resumes and schedule initial interviews
• Effectively communicate with candidates

Accountability, Tracking, and Analysis

• Report weekly recruiting activity to leadership team
• Develop proficiency and use of home office-supported software to maintain candidate databases and accurate records of prospects to ensure efficiency of the selection process
• Assist in the coordination of leadership team meetings and the preparation of activity/results reports
• Analyze recruiting ratios to identify inefficiencies in selection process; establish and implement improvements
• May include the oversight of contract and licensing responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• One to three years professional work experience, preferably in sales, recruiting or the financial services industry
• Demonstrated ability to work professionally as a team member and with all levels of people
• Experience with prospecting; generating leads via phone or face-to-face interactions preferred
• Strong personal network and/or community involvement to leverage from a recruiting perspective

Competencies
Competency Description:

Action Oriented Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees is challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others

Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results

Interpersonal Savvy Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably

Listening Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he/she disagrees

Priority Setting Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Garden City, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Recruiting: 3 years (Preferred)
• Sales: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location