Talent Analyst

Orion Group is looking for an experienced and energetic Talent Analyst to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing, cultivating, and hiring high potential candidates for executive positions across the holding company and its verticals, while ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

• Candidate Sourcing: Utilize a diverse range of sourcing techniques, including desk research, online databases, social media platforms, and professional networks, to identify and attract high-caliber candidates
• Initial Outreach: Initiate contact with potential candidates via email, LinkedIn, or other appropriate channels, providing information about available opportunities and fostering initial engagement
• Candidate Engagement: Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process, providing updates, addressing queries, and nurturing relationships to ensure a positive candidate experience
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs, ensuring a consistent flow of talent to support organizational objectives
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Hiring Managers and Recruiters to understand hiring needs, refine job descriptions, and align sourcing strategies with business objectives
• Data Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of candidate interactions, application statuses, and sourcing activities within our applicant tracking system
• Market Research: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitor practices, emerging technologies, and AI advancements in talent acquisition to enhance sourcing strategies and drive continuous improvement
• Researching, searching, scouring
• Quickly creating connections with candidates of all levels and backgrounds
• Identifying, engaging with early-mid career, high potential candidates
• Cultivating and developing a strong pipeline of high potential candidates
• Writing intriguing emails and social media posts
• Candidate/Market mapping, candidate follow-up, and clear and transparent communication
• Creatively identifying prospective candidates using a variety of channels and helping to identify new ones
• Communicating with leaders to get a clear view of hiring needs and organizational goals
• Continuously learning about our business, the way we work, and presenting that to potential candidates
• Providing an amazing candidate experience
• Building and managing an interview and selection process that is both streamlined and maintains an extremely high bar for candidate quality
• Presenting strong candidates with detailed candidate profile summaries
• Supporting hiring managers in closing candidates
• Researching hiring trends to stay on top of best-in-class recruiting practices
• Staying current on AI tools and trends shaping recruiting, and proactively adapting sourcing strategies and workflows to incorporate emerging technologies

Skills

• 1–3 years of experience in recruiting and/or research
• Excellent understanding of recruitment processes in a growth company
• Familiarity with online tools and enterprise applications
• Strong desire to build diverse and inclusive teams
• Cultivates innovation. Has practiced and made decisions on using different candidates' selection methods, implementing new ones as the company scales
• Embodies Orion's Core Values: Growth, Collaboration, All-In, Win the Right Way, To Be of Use
• High level of integrity
• A critical thinker and problem-solver with a growth mindset
• Excellent time-management skills
• Comfortable experimenting with and adopting AI tools (e.g., sourcing automation, candidate matching, outreach personalization) and continuously evaluating how emerging technology can elevate recruiting outcomes

Benefits

• An annual bonus
• A full range of medical, financial and other benefits

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