Talent Acquisition Specialist

Freese and Nichols is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team in our downtown Fort Worth corporate headquarters.


As Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will consult with business leaders to develop timely strategy to deliver the best talent, while managing the full cycle of the recruitment process. The position requires critical and strategic thinking as well as strong recruiting, sourcing, networking, and relationship building skills.

The Freese and Nichols Talent Acquisition Mission is:

To attract, select, and hire talented people to help them achieve their personal goals and for the success of the company in creating infrastructure that sustains our communities.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders to understand their hiring needs and strategize on how to identify the right talent, proactively communicating with them throughout the process.

• Use a variety of methods to identify talent including client and employee referrals, online applications, recruiting agencies, LinkedIn, and good old-fashioned networking.
• Screen candidates through conversation before presenting to client for feedback.
• Drive consistency with candidate selection by providing stakeholder advisory throughout the recruiting process.
• Be an ambassador of Freese and Nichols, ensuring each candidate has a positive experience, regardless of the final result of our engagement with them.
• Support requisition workloads in other areas as needed.
• During peaks in the university recruiting season you will help support our university recruiting strategy including attending career fairs.

Growth opportunity:

We'll help set you up for success in this position through mentorship from peers and leadership. Besides learning through experience, you will be part of our Talent Acquisition Learning Program powered by SocialTalent, a learning platform for talent acquisition professionals, featuring lessons from talent acquisition leaders from across the globe.

We'll empower you with a toolbox including talent acquisition technology such as Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, and Yello.

Flexibility:

You have the option of a hybrid schedule working up to 2 days remotely. You also have the opportunity to work an alternative work schedule, with every other Friday off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years' experience in in Talent Acquisition and full-cycle recruitment
• Extensive interviewing and sourcing experience with a strong record of success filling positions at all corporate levels.
• Experience in a team-oriented environment
• Results driven, ability to make decisions and help solve problems.
• Experience using recruiting technologies or ATS systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years' experience in in Talent Acquisition and full-cycle recruitment including screening, sourcing, and client management in a high volume, highly competitive environment
• Experience with Workday as an ATS

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values ( L earn continuously, E ngage as family, A ct with integrity, D eliver quality, and S erve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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