Experienced Hire Recruiter

About the role

The Experienced Hire Recruiter will be primarily responsible for hiring qualified candidates for consulting positions across Industry and Service Practices at the Analyst, Associate and Manager level. This role will also have managerial responsibilities for 2-3 Talent Sourcer & Recruiting Assistants on the team. The Recruiting teams at Kearney are highly collaborative and the Experienced Hire Recruiter may also have the opportunity to take on Campus, Senior hire, or Corporate Recruitment efforts based on individual capacity, personal interest and business needs. Flexibility and agility to support varying priorities as well as a desire to grow and develop is key.

Planning, Organizing and Execution:

• Actively participate and engage on strategic projects
• Contribute to the execution of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Recruiting strategy, ensuring goals and objectives are met
• Develop offers in line with Kearney guidelines and candidate expectations and play an active role in offer negotiation and close
• Contribute to building the Kearney employment brand
• Partner with Practice leadership to develop sourcing strategies to identify top talent
• Assist Recruiting Managers and Director with other recruiting efforts such as Senior, Campus and/or Corporate, as well as support the People Experience team with broader efforts, as needed
• Oversee team members responsible for interview logistics, candidate travel (as needed), debrief scheduling and offer paperwork extension
• Manage, coach and develop 2-3 Talent Sourcer & Recruiting Assistants
• Screen, interview and manage candidates throughout recruitment process
• Actively build candidate pipelines and also provide direction to Talent Sourcer & Recruiting Assistant for additional support in building and maintaining candidate pipelines
• Stay on top of market and competitive trends

Relationship Development:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal clients and senior stakeholders
• Liaise with external recruiting firms as needed and develop list of go-to contacts
• Build relationships with candidates throughout the recruitment process
• Develop and maintain relationships with Diversity partner organizations

Key Requirements:

• Some travel may be required on an as needed basis, and ability to come into the office once a week for team meetings is preferable but not required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Motivated team player
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience managing or supervising team members
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication and time management skills
• 3 - 6 years of work experience in recruiting, with 1-2 years of agency recruiting experience preferred
• Stellar interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Ability to work independently on self-directed basis
• Experience in sourcing candidates through creative methods - including research, LinkedIn, networking, referrals and job postings
• Experience utilizing applicant tracking system and virtual interviewing platform is a plus; strong preference for Taleo experience
• Able to manage competing demands, while maintaining adaptability and flexibility

Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture that allows employees to bring their best selves to work every day. Our people can feel comfortable, confident, and joyful to do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. Kearney aims to build diverse capabilities to help our clients solve their most mission critical problems.

Kearney is committed to building a diverse, unbiased and inclusive workforce. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities, or religious beliefs and practices. Members of communities historically underrepresented in consulting are encouraged to apply.