Talent Acquisition Specialist

What You'll Do

Lead full-cycle recruiting, from developing the recruiting strategy and sourcing candidates through interviews, offers, and transition to onboarding.
Partner with hiring managers and firm leaders to understand current and future talent needs.
Build proactive pipelines of passive and active candidates, particularly for critical and growth-focused roles.
Collaborate and strategize for early talent initiatives, including college recruiting, campus partnerships, internships, and other pipeline-building programs.
Strengthen our employer brand and help communicate the Progressive Companies employee experience to prospective candidates.
Use recruiting technology, automation, AI, and data to improve sourcing, candidate communication, efficiency, and decision-making.
Manage relationships with agency partners and staffing firms who provide recruiting support for a select number of hard-to-fill positions.
Monitor recruiting metrics, market trends, and candidate pipelines and translate the information into actionable insights.
Build relationships: with schools, professional organizations, recruiting partners, community organizations, and other external talent sources.
Partner across the Talent Team to support onboarding, workforce planning, mobility, succession, and other strategic talent initiatives.
Help continually improve and scale recruiting practices as the firm grows.

What You'll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
8+ years of full-cycle recruiting and onboarding experience, with proven success sourcing passive candidates and filling key roles.
Experience in an architecture, engineering, construction, or related professional services firm preferred, as well as experience in a multi-location environment. Knowledge of the Carolinas talent market is a plus.
Experience partnering with leaders to turn business priorities into hiring strategy, including talent identification, career pathing, and succession planning.
Strong analytical skills, including building recruiting reports that guide decisions and drive continuous improvement.
Experience implementing and using applicant tracking systems, HRIS, and AI tools such as Claude, Juicebox, Ceridian Dayforce, and Handshake.
Experience building diverse and inclusive talent pipelines and running campus and intern programs.
Knowledge of federal and state hiring and employment regulations, including EEO.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders and manage multiple complex projects under pressure.
PHR or SHRM-CP certification preferred.
Ability to travel occasionally to firm offices, with occasional evening work for campus events, career fairs, and community events.