Receptionist / Recruiting Assistant

Receptionist / Recruiting Assistant

Pay Rate: $16 -$18/hr DOE

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Paid Holidays

Permanent / Full Time

Location: Houston, TX 77073

PrideStaff Houston is currently looking to hire a Recruiting Assistant for our Northeast Houston office. Recruiting Assistants within PrideStaff are part of a sales, recruiting and placement team, and focus specifically on administrative, clerical, and light industrial recruitment and client development. PrideStaff Recruiting Assistants connect clients and job seekers through sales and recruiting efforts, and successfully matching talented professionals with top companies in the area.

Recruiter Primary Responsibilities:

• To be the first person to answer incoming telephone calls and greet visitors.
• Screen applicant resumes and determine best fit for job opportunities
• Conduct phone interviews, in person interviews and guide applicants through the onboarding process.
• To input accurately all necessary candidate information into Bullhorn our applicant tracking system.
• To audit employee time cards for accuracy.
• To ensure quality service by handling Client and employee matters courteously, properly and efficiently.
• Format resumes.
• Submit properly vetted and qualified candidates to clients
• Schedule candidates for client interviews.
• Process employment verifications and documents in Bullhorn.
• Handle and distribute incoming and outgoing mail.
• Perform other related duties as deemed necessary by the Strategic-Partner.
• Conduct background and reference checks on potential employees.
• Make Internal Sales Calls

Recruiter - Primary Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Previous HR or recruiting experience is not required. If you have good computer skills and customer service skills and are able to multi-task in fast paced environment then we will train.

Recruiting Assistant - Additional Qualifications:

• Ability to muli-task and determine where to focus efforts to best meet business priorities.
• Strong communication skills
• High energy
• Strong Listening Skills
• Creative problem solving
• Positive attitude.
• Detail-oriented
• Client Service driven
• Empathy and intuition
• Must enjoy working with people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Ability to work in a small team, performing multiple and overlapping job duties as required.
• Can be on time and present to work every day.
• Must be comfortable making sales calls and cold calling

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree is preferred or can be substitued by equivalent experience
• HS Diploma or GED is required for all employees
• Ability to type 40WPM
• High level of computer literacy in Word, Excel and email software.
• Experience in Recruiting for light industrial and clerical positions is highly preferred
• Understanding of Light Industrial job roles and ability to read candidate resumes and match to open positions

Language Skills:

• Must be able to speak Spanish
• Must be able to communicate in English fluently in writing and verbally
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and procedure manuals.
• Be able to read job descriptions and interpret matching requirements in candidate resumes

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to make decisions of sound judgment according to company policy.
• Ability to deal with problems involving clients or employees.
• Ability to review candidate experience and qualifications and client job requirements to determine best fit.

Compensation / Pay Rate (Up to): $16.00 - $18.00 Per Hour