Recruiter

Job Highlights

Are you passionate about connecting great people with meaningful opportunities? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where relationship building, strategy, and problem-solving come together?

Emler Swim & Gym is looking for a dynamic Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team! In this role, you'll manage the full recruitment lifecycle for a variety of non-exempt positions while partnering closely with hiring managers across multiple locations.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, thinking creatively about talent pipelines, using data to improve results, and creating an exceptional candidate experience. You'll play an important role in helping us find and hire the talented team members who make our mission possible.

What you'll do:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for multiple locations and hiring managers
• Build strong talent pipelines through creative sourcing, networking, referrals, career fairs, campus partnerships, and online recruiting
• Partner with hiring managers as a trusted recruiting advisor
• Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates while ensuring a positive and engaging candidate experience
• Use recruiting data and metrics to evaluate strategies and improve results
• Attend and coordinate career fairs, hiring events, and community recruiting opportunities
• Help develop and improve recruiting processes, programs, workflows, and best practices
• Support a fun, friendly, and effective hiring experience from first conversation through onboarding

Responsibilities

As a Recruiter, you will:

• Manage the full lifecycle recruiting process to meet staffing needs for non-exempt positions across multiple locations and departments.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand current and future hiring needs, workforce challenges, and business objectives.
• Source and attract qualified candidates through a variety of channels including online platforms, networking, referrals, career fairs, campus partnerships, community relationships, and other creative recruiting strategies.
• Screen applications and resumes, conduct phone, video, and in-person interviews, and assess candidate qualifications against position requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, candidates, recruiting partners, referral sources, and community organizations.
• Coordinate candidate interviews and ensure hiring managers have the information needed to conduct effective evaluations.
• Create an exceptional candidate experience through consistent communication, relationship building, and thoughtful engagement throughout the hiring process.
• Support hiring managers with employment offers, candidate communication, onboarding coordination, reference checks, and pre-employment processes as needed.
• Develop and maintain talent pipelines to support current and future staffing needs.
• Plan and execute recruiting strategies for colleges, universities, career fairs, hiring events, and community partnerships.
• Build and promote employee referral programs and campaigns.
• Attend regular meetings with hiring managers and corporate partners in person and virtually.
• Track recruiting activity and use data and metrics to evaluate recruiting effectiveness, identify trends, and support decision-making.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and ensure ATS data, workflows, templates, and processes remain current and effective.
• Maintain job postings across recruiting platforms, including university and college job boards.
• Recommend and implement improvements to recruiting and onboarding processes and best practices.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Represent Emler Swim School professionally while supporting our mission, culture, and public image.

Qualifications

We're looking for someone who is passionate about people, highly organized, and excited about helping build exceptional teams.

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least two years of recruiting experience with knowledge of full-cycle recruiting activities including sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing candidates, relationship management, and candidate due diligence
• Experience managing multiple priorities and competing deadlines while remaining flexible and adaptable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer service and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and exercise sound judgment
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data and trends to support recommendations and decision-making

Preferred:

• Three or more years of recruiting experience
• Experience recruiting for multiple locations, departments, or high-volume staffing needs

The ideal candidate is:

• Positive, enthusiastic, and passionate about creating exceptional experiences
• Curious and genuinely interested in learning about people
• An excellent communicator and thoughtful listener
• Ethical, tactful, and discreet when handling confidential information
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Comfortable multitasking and managing competing priorities
• A confident decision-maker with strong judgment
• Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Skilled at identifying opportunities, challenges, and potential red flags during the hiring process
• A relationship builder who can become a trusted advisor to hiring managers
• Committed to representing Emler with professionalism, positivity, and a Caring Heart

Pay Range

USD $59,000.00 - USD $72,200.00 /Yr.

Pay and Perks

We believe that great team members deserve great support. As part of the Emler Swim & Gym team, you'll enjoy a rewarding career with opportunities to grow while making a meaningful impact.

This position is:

• Full salary range: $59,000-$72,200
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plan options
• Short term and long term disability insurance
• Voluntary Aflac supplemental insurance plans at discounted rates
• 401k with employer matching
• Paid Time Off
• Discounted rates on pet insurance
• Discounts on products and services through LifeMart
• Development, training and company-sponsored events
• Position status - Exempt

While this role generally follows weekday and daytime business hours, some evening and weekend flexibility may be needed to connect with candidates and support recruiting events.

This position also includes travel to offices, schools, career fairs, hiring events, training, and meetings. Occasional overnight travel may be required depending on recruiting needs and supported business locations.

Ready to Make a Difference?

At Emler Swim & Gym, we're more than just a place to work, we're a team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and families every day.

As a Recruiter, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of our organization by finding and connecting incredible people with meaningful careers. You'll build relationships, solve challenges, create memorable candidate experiences, and help ensure our schools have the talented teams they need to succeed.

If you're ready to bring your recruiting expertise, creativity, relationship-building skills, and passion for people to a company that believes in being Fun, Friendly, and Effective , we'd love to hear from you!

Apply today and help us build the teams that make a difference - every child, every time.

The position will remain open for up to 30 days from the posting date or until it is filled, whichever comes first.

Emler Swim and Gym and our partner brands participate in E-Verify to ensure all team members are authorized to work in the U.S. All applicants are subject to a background check following a conditional offer of employment.