Studio: Firaxis Games
Job Opening: Recruiter / HR
Location: Sparks, Maryland, USA
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Manage the full life cycle recruiting experience across all of Firaxis.
- Build and manage relationships with candidates and hiring managers, while keeping the focus on providing a “high touch” level of service to both candidates and hiring managers.
- Work in a consultative manner with hiring teams, to ensure they are making the best hiring decisions possible and becoming more effective hiring experts.
- Create and implement unique sourcing strategies that target diverse talent pools through research, social media, niche sites, Boolean searches, networking events, and/or cold calls.
- Maintain various recruitment metrics and reports as a way to keep hiring managers and studio leadership abreast of ongoing recruiting activity.
- Participate in recruiting/industry events, including but not limited to, career fairs, campus recruiting events, industry panels, and other networking events.
- Stay abreast of industry and market trends, best practices, and how that affects attracting the right talent for the organization.
- Participate in special projects and various recruiting initiatives.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree with 1-2 years of demonstrated experience, executing full-lifecycle recruiting, preferably in gaming, entertainment, technology, or other relatable industries or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to source a mix of high-quality technical and creative candidates within video gaming, entertainment/media, technology, and/or creative environments.
- A desire and ability to hit the ground running.
- Passion for recruiting and demonstrates curiosity for staying on top of current trends and best practices.
- Ability to manage a high volume of recruitment activities for various departments and use innovative methods to source and attract passive candidates.
- Ability to assess candidate’s skills/qualifications and attributes in order to make the appropriate hiring recommendations.
- A clear communicator, both written and verbal, with strong interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable performing multi-faceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day recruiting activities, while producing quality work, on time and under minimal supervision.
- The ability to manage through change and work independently.
- A good judge of character with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.
- Experience using Greenhouse or comparable applicant tracking systems.
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