Talent Scout

You’ve always considered yourself an excellent communicator, someone who would start a conversation with anyone at a party. You’re just naturally one of those warm, friendly people who is comfortable engaging with people. Your top priority is finding those top candidates who would be a great match to our unique company culture. In the dictionary under Recruiter Extraordinaire, there would be a picture of you! If this sounds like you, please read on.

WHAT MOVES YOU

• You’re a flexible, team player who excels in a fast-paced environment and thrives on change.
• You have the passion to find the "needle in the haystack", and you know how to do it!
• You strive to build partnerships and relationships to expand our recruitment initiatives.
• You take pride in your ability to stay calm and focused, even amid chaos.
• You’re an excellent communicator, an even better listener and have an almost telepathic ability to anticipate and meet the needs of others.
• You’re a stickler for details and accuracy – bring on that mountain of offer letters…you don’t scare me.
• You’re a promoter of AMA and can paint a vibrant picture of our unique Practically Family culture.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Reporting to the Supervisor, Recruitment, you’ll be responsible for seeing recruitment activities through from beginning to end and work with the hiring manager to successfully attract quality applicants by :
• Creating engaging job ads that are tailored to the top talent your searching for
• Posting ads to relevant / strategic job sites
• Sourcing resumes through various channels
• Constructing purposeful interview guides
• Participate in interviews directly with project and hiring managers
• Leverage social media as a key strategic recruitment tool
• Act as a consultant to hiring managers on labour market trends and best practices
• Participate and lead strategic recruitment initiatives
• Source for top talent using database searching, job postings / searching, social media and industry networking for a variety of niche positions.
• Proactively create and maintain a current and up to date candidate pipeline.
• Promote AMA, highlighting the many perks of working here, including being able to speak to AMA’s total rewards.
• Liaise with the Supervisor, Recruitment to support the development and implementation of talent acquisition strategies and candidate marketing programs.
• Staying current on new and innovative recruitment methods and technology.
• Lead recruitment initiatives from research to implementation.
• Review interview guides to ensure the questions fit with AMA’s culture.
• Be a specialist and reference point for our Applicant Tracking System.
• Help create and build recruitment tools for AMA Hiring Managers, ensuring consistency in the recruitment process.
• Attend third-party career fairs and events to share the AMA employment experience with potential candidates.
• Research talent acquisition trends in the staffing industry.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

• You have a post-secondary diploma, degree or certificate in HR or Business. If your education is in something else, tell us how it will benefit you in this role.
• You have at least 5 years under your belt managing the full recruitment cycle.
• If you have at least 3 years of experience in recruiting hard to fill technical roles that would be a bonus.
• You’re very familiar with Workday Recruiting or a comparable Applicant Tracking System.
• A high degree of personal computing skills across a variety of software applications and other digital tools which support talent acquisition activities.
• You are a visionary and strategic thinker.
• You have or are working towards an RPR designation.

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible benefits.
• Outstanding employer-paid Retirement Savings Plan.
• Great discounts.
• Unlimited learning opportunities.
• Paid vacation and other paid time off including a Volunteer Day and Me-Day