Advisor, Talent Acquisition

Job Summary/Overview

The Advisor, Talent Acquisition is responsible for executing the company’s recruiting functions.  The position will contribute at both hands-on and strategic levels to cultivate quality hires, an emerging talent pool, and employment branding that align with the Columbus McKinnon culture and talent needs as the organization grows and scales.  This individual will manage full lifecycle hourly recruiting and will be responsible for continuously building strong networks and developing innovative and creative methods and techniques to source talent and promote the Company brand.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute on staffing strategy and ensure the successful delivery of all ongoing talent acquisition processes.  
• Develop and implement processes which provide an efficient and high-touch hiring experience for every candidate from application stage to offer, evaluating skill level, driving the interview process, selection, offer process and closing of candidates.  
• Manage the requisition process from approval to on-boarding while guiding hiring managers through the selection process.  
• Leverage online recruiting sources and in-house applicant tracking system to identify and recruit talent.  
• Source, interview and recommend the best talent for all positions within the company.  
• Create, prepare and extend all offers to potential candidates.  
• Provide appropriate feedback throughout the interview and selection process to advise and influence hiring managers, ensuring an overall effective hire.  
• Create and implement employment marketing strategies to build Columbus McKinnon people brand and attract passive job seekers.  
• Assist the manager in strategizing for a wide variety of go-to-market initiatives and programs (e.g. university outreach, campus recruiting) to build Columbus McKinnon short and long term candidate pipeline.  
• Collaborate with hiring managers to write accurate and effective job descriptions and creative job postings.  Maintains current job descriptions on SharePoint.  
• Conduct regular follow up meetings with the respective hiring managers to ensure timeliness and effectiveness of recruitment process.  
• Build data, reporting and insights to measure impact of our talent acquisition processes.  
• Through proactive direct sourcing, advertising, networking and referrals, build a network of selected and targeted prospective candidates.  
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal partners as well as external users and partners including university faculty, student groups, alumni groups, professional organizations.  
• Identify and recommend solutions to address challenges and/or opportunities and to streamline and improve recruiting processes.  
• Initiate and maintain excellent relations with the business and HR partners.  
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.  
• Ability to effectively position roles, the company and positively interact with candidates.  
• Strong critical thinking skills; ability to affect and manage change.  
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing demands.  
• Self-directed and highly motivated with a strong sense of urgency.  
• High tolerance for ambiguity and a rapidly changing environment.  
• Evidenced learning agility; open to feedback and professional development.  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Human Resources or equivalent work experience. 
• 2+ years’ experience in recruiting required.