HR Recruiter

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced HR Recruiter for a contract/temporary opportunity in Los Angeles, CA within a mission-driven education environment. This role is ideal for a recruiting professional who enjoys high-volume hiring, candidate engagement, manager collaboration, and supporting a positive employee experience from recruitment through onboarding.

The HR Recruiter will work closely with hiring managers, Human Resources leadership, talent agencies, and internal teams to fill open positions efficiently while maintaining a professional, compliant, and candidate-focused process. This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to a collaborative HR team, support a values-based workplace, and play a direct role in helping departments hire qualified talent for critical roles.

Key Responsibilities

- Post job advertisements on the company website and external job boards, and partner with managers to understand hiring needs, department requirements, and role qualifications.
- Source, screen, and evaluate candidates through phone interviews, including assessment of skills, experience, cultural fit, and interest in the opportunity.
- Maintain accurate candidate records in the applicant tracking system and coordinate candidate movement through the interview, selection, and offer process.
- Manage interview logistics, including scheduling, preparing interview spaces, coordinating travel or accommodations when needed, and arranging debriefs with hiring leaders.
- Conduct reference checks and background checks, prepare offer letters, and support new hire onboarding activities, including paperwork, fingerprinting, HRIS entry, orientation scheduling, and parking coordination.
- Support HR administration activities, including 30/60-day onboarding feedback reviews, union employee performance review coordination, training tracking, organizational chart updates, and employment record maintenance.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay Rate: $28.00 to $30.00 per hour.
- Job Type: Contract/Temporary.
- Location: Los Angeles, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Manage high-volume recruiting activities, including job postings, candidate screening, interview coordination, and offer support.
- Partner with hiring managers and Human Resources leadership to fill open positions and support hiring decisions.
- Support onboarding and employee record processes using HRIS and applicant tracking systems.
- Coordinate HR programs and administrative processes related to training, performance reviews, and employment records.

- 6-10 years of Human Resources, recruiting, sourcing, or related experience preferred for this level of role.
- 1+ years of related management experience in a high-volume Human Resources environment.
- BA/BS degree required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience using applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, word processing tools, and spreadsheets.
- Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
- Strong phone screening, candidate communication, scheduling, and interview coordination skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong research, planning, organizational, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups, hiring managers, candidates, agencies, and HR team members.
- Resourceful, flexible, detail-oriented, and comfortable supporting both recruiting and broader HR administrative functions.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience recruiting within an education, public sector, union, or similarly structured environment.
- Experience using UCPath or a comparable HRIS system.
- Experience coordinating onboarding, background checks, fingerprinting, employee orientation, and compliance-related HR processes.
- Familiarity with union employee performance review coordination and mandatory employee training tracking.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.