Core skills of a recruiter include:

• Salesperson / Company spokesperson: ability to communicate company strategy, business plan, structure and point of view on key business topics to prospective candidates.
• Candidate Relationship Management: establish relationships with candidates through appropriate correspondence.
• Internal/External Client Relationship Management: establish and maintain effective relationships with hiring managers 
• Project Management: ability to plan, organize, track and deliver results by leveraging others
• Core Recruiting Skill Set: source, screen, and interview candidates for open positions.

The Recruiting Consultant is responsible for providing the highest level of recruiting services. These services include: recruiting and sourcing, strategy development and implementation to meet business needs; sourcing, screening and hiring of internal and external candidates; and consultations with hiring managers and Human Resources partners around staffing and recruiting. A high degree of creativity, short- and long-term recruiting vision, understanding of the Power Delivery business unit, and personal organization is preferred.

 This position will be located at the Georgia Power Headquarters in Atlanta, GA.

 Job Responsibilities

 Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintain ownership of the full-life cycle recruitment process and hiring expectations.
• Build strong relationships with the various line and functional clients to ensure the ability to influence, guide and drive the recruiting process.
• Work closely with Hiring Managers and HR partners to meet hiring needs and ensure that hiring is consistent with business goals; increase candidate flow and develop strategic solutions that will attract and acquire high quality, diverse candidates. 
• Evaluate candidate backgrounds to match core competencies with key hiring requirements and assess fit.
• Advance and execute against creative sourcing techniques for primarily skilled labor roles
• Build and maintain a competitive intelligence database qualifying and extracting information from multiple sources to create a candidate pipeline for current and future hiring needs.
• Maintain compliance requirements for applicant tracking system.
• Participate and lead career awareness events such as career fairs, informational sessions and interview preparation programs with local community groups, Technical Colleges and military bases.

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Communications, Marketing or related discipline preferred.

Experience (direct recruiting experience is not required):

• Recruiting experience with demonstrated knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies including direct sourcing, selection techniques in addition to excellent consultative, strategic thinking, problem solving, influential and interpersonal skills is preferred
• Prior work experience in a fast- paced environment with high volume transactions and management of multiple projects simultaneously is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to engage, consult and partner with both external and internal clients.
• Experience working with computer-based tracking systems.
• Previous participation in Military recruiting events, technical colleges and community at-large recruiting events.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong business relationships with hiring managers and HR partners in the development of strategies, leveraging market intelligence and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with industry leaders, vendors, and community organizations, with proven ability to effectively network.
• Ability to develop, deliver, and execute multiple sourcing plans for a variety of positions, including non-exempt and skilled labor.
• Ability to effectively manage the offer process, including providing salary recommendations, handling offer negotiations, and closing the deal.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit for a broad range of positions in a high -volume environment.
• Strong project management experience.
• Effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills to properly interface with all levels within the company.
• Ability to professionally develop, deliver, and present new recruiting concepts to leadership and technical communities.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills, resulting in effective and efficient results and outcomes.

Other Attributes

• Must constantly remain focused on personal and job safety as a top priority.
• Demonstrated passion and "sales" approach to recruiting.
• Customer focused.
• Self-directed with strong initiative.
• Detail oriented.
• Flexible, open to change, and adaptable.
• Respectfully and appropriately challenges the status quo.