Medtronic is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Position Description
Imagine playing a role in changing what it means to live with chronic disease. At Medtronic, you can... Come be a part of our mission and help us alleviate pain, restore health, and improve lives!
The role of the Talent Acquisition Specialist will be to partner with our hiring managers to drive, deliver and implement best practice hiring methods to acquire only the brightest and the best talent into Medtronic. This position will involve full life cycle recruiting with a focus on identifying strong diverse talent by designing and executing creative sourcing strategies.
Position Responsibilities
Use a variety of methods (including data mining of the internet, cold calling, on-line databases, social media, internal database, employee referrals, and career fairs etc…) to source candidates that meet the target profile, using screening techniques to reduce the candidate pool.
Effectively execute searches for a functional area(s) by understanding business needs, functional hiring needs, position specifications, and search requirements.
Partner with Hiring Managers to generate ideas, leverage resources, and share information that facilitates an effective search process.
Screen candidates for availability, interest level, visa status, salary range, relocation needs, and Basic Qualifications . Evaluate employment factors such as job experience, education, skills, training, fit with the company, and future potential
Recommend candidates to hiring managers based on objective criteria used in the evaluation process and partner with managers to help them in the talent selection process
Research, identify, evaluate and implement the use of effective diversity recruiting resources and tools
Participate in and attend job fairs, networking events as a means to obtain a strong pipeline of candidates and to effectively meet hiring needs and business initiatives.
Build bench of qualified candidates for future needs.
Basic Qualifications
BA/BS degree in journalism, communications, marketing, human resources, business or other related discipline, required.
Minimum of four (4) years total work experience, including minimum 3+ years recruiting/sourcing experience for non-exempt and exempt level positions in a large corporate environment required (preferably in medical devices, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or R & D)
Direct recent knowledge of, experience and proficiency using staffing IT tools such as applicant tracking software, HRIS systems, electronic job boards and candidate sourcing applications. Must be versed in Boolean logic, AIRStraining or similar.
Expereience with internet data mining and “cold calling” sourcing/recruiting. Excellent prospecting and networking skills, especially via online social networks required
Organizational savvy, ability to navigate in a large, global organization required
Ability to generate a high volume and high quality pipeline of candidates under very tight timelines required. Must have strong time management skills and the ability to manage and coordinate multiple recruitment activities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to changing business priorities & environment
Flexibility and willingness to support multiple functional areas required
Behavior based interviewing experience required
Strong communication and influencing skills – high energy, positive, and professional required.
Excellent PC skills in managing website content, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel, required.
Proven customer focus; the ability to effectively influence and manage customer expectations and build strong relationships
Desired/Preferred Qualifications
5+ years candidate generation experience in a large global fortune 500 company preferred
Experience sourcing for field sales, and/or technical (engineering), and/or clinical talent highly preferred.
Experience working in the medical device/healthcare industry with a large network of healthcare talent preferred
