Corporate Recruiter - Hybrid

Job Description

Job Description

The Pond Guy is seeking a Corporate Recruiter who enjoys solving hiring challenges, building strong relationships, and helping leaders build high-performing teams across a growing business. In this role, you will lead full-cycle recruiting across the organization’s 14 unique departments while partnering directly with hiring managers to strengthen talent decisions and improve recruiting effectiveness. You will work directly with department leaders and Talent Acquisition team members to define hiring strategies, evaluate candidates, and drive successful hiring decisions.

This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys proactive sourcing, and takes pride in building strong candidate experiences and hiring outcomes. If you enjoy ownership, variety, and finding great talent in creative ways, we would love to talk with you.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to influence hiring strategy and recruiting processes
• Exposure to a wide variety of business functions and professional roles
• Strong partnership with leadership and hiring managers
• Ability to build sourcing strategies instead of only processing applicants
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on company growth

The Pond Guy / Airmax, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of pond, lake, and water garden products including aeration systems, fountains, and water treatments to a nationwide network of end-users and Airmax dealers. 

Don’t know ponds? That’s okay. We’ll teach you the business. What matters most is your curiosity, recruiting mindset, and ability to identify great talent.

Watch now to learn about The Pond Guy:

The right person for this role gets energized by solving hiring challenges, uncovering strong talent through proactive recruiting strategies, and partnering closely with leaders to drive strong hiring outcomes. From discovery meetings to offer letters, you will create momentum, clarity, and a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

This is your runway. Bring your vision, your strategies and your spark. We’ll give you the room to run, the support to build and the wins to celebrate.

What You’ll Do

• Lead full-cycle recruiting efforts across multiple business functions, owning searches from intake strategy through offer negotiation and acceptance
• Serve as a strategic recruiting partner to hiring managers and leadership, helping guide hiring decisions and recruiting strategies
• Build proactive talent pipelines through sourcing, networking, referrals, market research, and outbound recruiting strategies
• Conduct screening interviews and guide hiring teams through candidate evaluation
• Create a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Use recruiting metrics, hiring trends, and market insights to continuously improve recruiting strategies, processes, and hiring outcomes
• Maintain accurate and compliant recruiting workflows, documentation, and candidate management within the ATS to support consistent hiring outcomes
• Support offer negotiations and help align candidate expectations with business needs
• Coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, candidate evaluation, and structured hiring processes

Success in This Role

Success in this role means becoming a trusted recruiting partner while consistently delivering high-quality talent, building proactive pipelines, and improving recruiting effectiveness across the organization. Strong performance includes building proactive talent pipelines, influencing hiring decisions, maintaining momentum on difficult searches, and continuously improving recruiting strategies, processes, and candidate experiences.

Who We’re Looking For

The right person for this role:

• Gets energized by solving difficult hiring challenges and uncovering talent others overlook
• Takes ownership, creates momentum, and follows through with urgency and attention to detail
• Communicates confidently and builds strong relationships
• Is organized, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize quality of hire, long-term fit, and strong hiring outcomes over transactional recruiting metrics

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience preferred
• Experience sourcing and recruiting for professional and hard-to-fill roles, including proactively engaging passive candidates through networking, outreach, and creative recruiting strategies
• Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills with the ability to confidently challenge assumptions and guide hiring decisions
• Experience using ATS systems and recruiting tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter
• Ability to manage multiple openings and priorities simultaneously
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

We are looking for someone who brings initiative, adaptability, curiosity, and a solutions-focused mindset to the recruiting process. You’re not waiting for requisitions; you’re creating opportunity.

Availability  

This is a hybrid position requiring a minimum onsite presence of three days per week, with additional onsite attendance as needed to support interviews, recruiting initiatives, hiring manager collaboration, team meetings, and other business priorities.

Success in this role requires strong communication, responsiveness, sound judgment, and the ability to maintain momentum throughout the hiring process. You must be available to work between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday–Friday, with occasional evening or Saturday availability required for interviews, networking events, or other business-related recruiting activities conducted outside normal business hours.

This position requires manual dexterity for typing, sitting at a desk, and looking at a computer screen for typing for long periods of time. In addition, portions of the training require the Corporate Recruiter to shadow other departments that may require physical activity including lifting 25-35 pounds and standing for long periods of time. 

What We Offer

This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. Benefits include:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental Insurance
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Vision Insurance
• Short-term Disability Insurance
• Long-term Disability Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday pay effective immediately (8 holidays recognized)
• 401k with employer 4% match and revenue sharing
• Employee referral program 
• Additional Training Programs: Career Development and Department Shadows

Company Overview

TPG, Inc. is a growing company with over 160 employees. We are a manufacturing company for pond, lake and water garden supplies with customers in all 50 states servicing both wholesale and end-users. We have customers with large ponds used for swimming, fishing and ice skating and customers with decorative water gardens containing Koi, waterfalls, and plants. Our mission is to help the world enjoy ponds by being passionate, knowledgeable and providing innovative solutions.

TPG, Inc. is not just a team, we’re a tribe. A tribe is more like a family and is ongoing.  We have fun, pursue our goals, and help each other grow. Becoming part of TPG, Inc. means more than getting a job it’s a career move. We will give you the support you need to grow with us.

Company Divisions

TPG, Inc. encompasses a family of businesses to support customers in all pond aspects. 

Airmax, Inc. – business-to-business and manufacturing. airmaxeco.com 

The Pond Guy, Inc. – direct-to-consumer. thepondguy.com 

The Pond Guy, Inc. – local services division. weknowponds.com 

How To Apply For Position

Step 1: Submit Resume.

Step 2: If selected for further review, you will receive a request to take a ten-minute survey. Please complete the survey within three days of receipt.

Step 3: If selected for further review, you will be contacted for an interview.

The Pond Guy, Inc. prides itself on the quality of its employees and as such, candidates who receive a job offer will be required to successfully pass a drug/toxins test and background check.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.