Recruiter

Recruiter Position in Fort Worth, TXIn this highly visible role on the Operations Talent Acquisition team, you'll be an integral part of ensuring American Airlines Airport roles are staffed for operational readiness. You'll bring your recruitment expertise to devise and execute strategic staffing plans to hire talented team members. And guess what? This position also includes traveling to hiring events at our domestic airport locations, where we often make "on-the-spot" job offers. You'll be part of a broader Talent Acquisition team that ultimately provides the talent necessary to fuel the airline to deliver its goals and objectives.What you'll do:Ensure American Airlines roles are staffed for operational readinessPartner with multiple hiring managers to understand their staffing needsTravel to domestic locations to attend hiring events multiple times a month, sometimes on weekendsConduct thorough intake sessions, clarifying staffing needs and responsibilities, and ensuring job descriptions reflect accurate knowledge, skills and abilities required.Proactively source talent, using various techniques, such as job boards, social media, and networking resources.Acts as a resource to hiring managers on conducting behavioral interviewing, and facilitates selection process and discussion, in order to ensure effective, legal interviewing practices.Manages positive internal and external applicant experience throughout the recruitment process.Influences overall hiring process to achieve timeliness and agreementsResponds to talent acquisition needs and inquiries from business leaders, hiring managers, TA leadership, etc.Provide hiring manager accurate and timely update on applicant activity, tracks talent acquisition metrics and reports trends and issues to TA leadership, providing recommendations for improvementMaintains up-to-date applicant records in the applicant tracking system for accurate reporting and analysisMaintains strong cross functional partnerships with business, hiring managers and other talent acquisition functionsClosely collaborate with third party vendors involved in hiring to provide guidance and/or clarification on union contracts, validation of pay scales, follow-up on requisition statuses, and process approvalsConducts recurrent business calls with leaders to discuss high-volume hiring, including strategy and updatesMaintains strong cross functional partnerships with Legal, Labor team, and other stakeholders in the recruiting process.All you'll need for success:Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience:Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/trainingAt least 2 years of recent experience in a recruiting functionPreferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience:High-volume recruiting experience, especially in a unionized environmentExperience conducting competency-based interviewsReporting experience relative to Talent Acquisition performance and metricsExperience with SuccessFactors or other large enterprise ATS systems (Taleo, iCIMS, etc.)Experience collaborating with RPO partner(s)Experience organizing and conducting hiring eventsAirline experienceSkills, Licenses & Certifications:Excellent relationship management skills, ability to establish credibility, and partner with leaders to identify talent gaps, needs, risk and plans for actionsAbility to demonstrate a strong customer orientation and influencing skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsKnowledge of employment law, corporate recruitment practicesProven leadership skillsAbility to think strategically; creative and innovative thinking skills, and the ability to exercise sound judgmentKnowledge of workforce planning (forecast, identify specific needs, skills, locations, and behaviors) is a plusTop 3 to 5 skillsets / years of experience:2 years of full-cycle recruiting experienceExperience with recruiting metrics, SLA, and KPIsExperience sourcing for niche roles using LinkedIn RecruiterExperience with SuccessFactors or other large enterprise ATS system (Taleo, iCIMS, etc.)Airline experience