The Recruiting Consultant operates as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, leveraging market intelligence, data insights and a skills-based approach to shape forward-looking talent strategies. This individual expands diverse talent pipelines, anticipates workforce needs and delivers high-quality, timely hiring outcomes that align to enterprise priorities.
The ideal candidate balances exceptional recruiting execution with modern, digitally enabled capabilities, including the use of AI and advanced sourcing strategies. They champion continuous improvement, drive innovation across the hiring lifecycle and elevate both candidate and hiring leader experiences through disciplined process excellence and consultative partnership.
This role will be filled in a hybrid capacity, with collaboration taking place two days in the office.
This role can be filled in our Columbus, OH, Scottsdale, AZ, or Des Moines, IA location.
Job Description Summary
Would you like to be part of a company that puts the customer at the center of everything we do? If so, Nationwide is an outstanding workplace where you will provide exceptional customer care every day and engage with the brightest and most passionate individuals in the business!Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Manages highly complex business partner relationships and recruits for specialized positions, including leadership roles. May have the opportunity to recruit for positions outside of assigned business units.
Establishes and maintains relationships with internal and external customers of all levels to identify industry trends and support strategic business and recruiting initiatives.
Represents company and provides a positive experience, from prescreen through employment offer and up to start date, for each candidate while creating a diverse pipeline of specialized talent.
Develops and leads recruitment strategies to address workforce-planning needs for business units in partnership with Human Resources professionals and senior management.
Maintains a pulse on market conditions and industry trends to allow for effective consultation on recruitment strategies and for sharing the talent market supply.
Demonstrates expert usage and maximization of artificial intelligence (AI) digital tools and technologies.
Plans and oversees projects tied to innovation, continuous improvement and extraordinary customer care.
Identifies, establishes, and represents the company nationally through professional and diversity organizations and associations.
Accountable for executing policies, processes, programs and consulting services.
Partners with senior management to plan strategic recruiting initiatives to enhance the organization's capability, performance, and goal achievement.
Serves as subject matter authority and mentor to other recruiters, team members and business units on recruiting procedures, processes and services as needed.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director, Talent Acquisition. This is an individual contributor role.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate studies in human resource management, business or related subject.
Experience: Typically, eight to ten years of progressively more responsible human resources management, including corporate recruiting program.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of candidate sourcing and professional recruiting practices and human resources subject areas, e.g., selection, training and development, performance management, employee relations, regulatory compliance, etc. Knowledge of the specialized needs of financial, technical and insurance industry recruiting preferred. Demonstrated skills in negotiating, counseling, influencing and strong communication skills. Ability to analyze information and recruiting needs. Demonstrated skill in balancing multiple projects on diverse issues. Maintains understanding of innovative recruitment tools, technologies and standard methodologies. Demonstrated experience using applicant tracking systems.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the Vice President and Human Resources officer.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Some travel may be required.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
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