Home Chef is building new ways to provide meal solutions that meet a wide variety of customer needs, and shipping locations both online and in store. Our team is a unique mix of creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and trailblazers and we’re growing quickly. Our customer-first mentality, combined with a zest for supporting our peers, helped us bring home Built in Chicago’s Startup of the Year Moxie award in 2017. If you’re ready to be part of the action, we’re ready to connect with you. There are no limits to where we can go together.

As the COVID-19 situation continues to escalate in the US and around the world, we are committed to keeping our teams and their families as our greatest priority. To that end, we are making some adjustments to the way we will be doing business in the upcoming weeks.

We are taking all the necessary precautions to keep our employees and customers safe, and would love to have you on our team as we can continue to serve our communities.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Talent Sourcing Specialist will execute sourcing strategies and plans focused on passive candidates, with the aim of achieving high quality, cost effective and timely filling of roles. The TSS will work closely with the Talent Acquisition team to provide input into sourcing strategy and real-time feedback on sourcing strategy effectiveness. As an experimental, adaptable, and analytical people person, you will help us continuously refine our sourcing practices to ensure we are attracting a diverse team of top talent.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Responsible for being the first point of contact for candidates, delivering an exceptional candidate experience and ensuring candidates are effectively pre-screened before inclusion into the recruitment process.
• Implementing the sourcing strategy and sourcing qualified candidates for open positions in designated functional areas of the organization.
• Developing and executing effective sourcing techniques to generate a pool of diverse candidates to staff open positions.
• Monitoring industry trends to ensure we are leveraging the most up to date and effective sourcing channels.
• Utilize a variety of sources in line with branding and social media policies with a focus on direct sourced (passive) candidates.
• Qualifying candidates for skill, cultural, and motivational fit, utilizing behavioral based approach and screening criteria.
• Maintaining timely and accurate information on all candidate interactions in the applicant tracking system.
• Proactively pipelining talent and creating pre-qualified candidate talent pools based on the workforce plans.
• Maintaining contact with existing talent pool candidates to obtain and capture up to date market intelligence and briefing them on potential current and future opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years work experience as a Talent Sourcing Specialist, Sourcer or similar role souring a diverse range of candidates through multiple channels with an emphasis on diverse pipelines.
• 4+ years hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) and other Human Resources Management software.
• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: Business Management, Human Resources or related.
• Experience sourcing for a broad range of experienced roles.
• Proficiency in direct sourcing using tools like LinkedIn, experience leveraging user groups, social media, and other recruiting tools and databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Superb time-management skills with the ability to handle various open positions simultaneously.




The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

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Perks/Benefits:

- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance – benefits start the 1st day of the month following your start date 

- Company paid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability

- 401k Employer match - 50% on the $1, up to 6% of the employee's earnings 

- We offer flexible spending accounts (FSA) for qualified Medical, Dependent Care, Parking, or Transit expenses

- Flexible paid time off (PTO) policy, plus sick days 

- Generous Parental Leave 

- Great Work/Life Balance – We value and support each individual team member

- Quarterly company-wide “Town Hall” meetings 

- Ongoing professional development opportunities by level and function

- Your choice of Windows or Mac laptop, plus an extra screen 

- Onsite gym 

- Weekly Fooda credit

- Newly renovated office in the historic Old Main Post Office which is located close to multiple Metra and CTA options

- Employee discounts through Perkspot

- Discounts on Home Chef meal kits and at Kroger stores

- Casual dress in a fun, friendly and collaborative work environment

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Home Chef is an equal opportunity employer.

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