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Recruiting Specialist

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Google

Recruiting Specialist

Waterloo, Canada

Minimum qualifications:

  • 3 years of experience in recruiting, human resources, business development, business operations or account management.
  • 2 years of recruiting experience at an agency or in-house recruiting team.
Preferred qualifications:
  • 4 years of full cycle recruiting experience in an agency or corporate setting.
  • 3 years of experience in negotiating complex compensation packages, and leveraging experience competing for talent.
  • Experience solving problems and delivering significant impact as a contributor.
  • Ability to grow customer relationship management, provide consultative skills, and work in a team environment.

  • Excellent communication skills, accountability, work ethic, integrity, organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to take initiative and build productive relationships.

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  • Experience in Canada market.

  • About the job

    Google's known for our innovative technologies, products and services -- and for the people behind them. As part of our recruiting team, you're charged with finding the most interesting candidates who bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a diversity of thought to all they do. You're responsible for guiding candidates through our hiring process and connecting them to the magic of working at Google. You are creative and driven, which allows you to develop lasting relationships with both candidates and hiring managers. You're also comfortable with numbers and drawing insights from analytics to make our hiring process smarter and more efficient.

    Individuals applying for this position will not be eligible for immigration sponsorship.

    Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field. You'll play an essential role advancing a more diverse, accessible, equitable, and inclusive Google through our hiring, promotion, retention, and inclusion practices.

    Responsibilities

    • Support assessments for potential roles and identify team alignment based on understanding of the organization/function and role profiles.
    • Evaluate skills and client needs, screening them for interviews and managing the interview process with minimal guidance.
    • Partner with key business, staffing and hiring stakeholders to build solutions to multiple definedDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI) objectives.
    • Manage headcount for cross-project client groups to support accurate tracking and influence headcount allocation, ensure accurate mapping of job postings to open headcount, identify trends/insights to influence hiring strategy and priorities, assist clients with prioritization of requisitions, reconciliation of headcount, and optimum distribution with minimal guidance.
    • Develop and execute cross-functional targeted recruiting initiatives to meet established goals and objectives, influence hiring managers on their hiring strategy.

    Client-provided location(s): Waterloo, ON, Canada
    Job ID: Google-95684059987878598
    Employment Type: Other

    Perks and Benefits

    • Health and Wellness

      • Health Insurance
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • Short-Term Disability
      • Long-Term Disability
      • FSA
      • HSA
      • Fitness Subsidies
      • On-Site Gym
      • Mental Health Benefits
      • Health Reimbursement Account
      • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Parental Benefits

      • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
      • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
      • Fertility Benefits
      • Adoption Assistance Program
      • Family Support Resources
      • Adoption Leave
    • Work Flexibility

      • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Office Life and Perks

      • Commuter Benefits Program
      • Casual Dress
      • Pet-friendly Office
      • Snacks
      • Some Meals Provided
      • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Vacation and Time Off

      • Paid Vacation
      • Paid Holidays
      • Personal/Sick Days
      • Leave of Absence
      • Volunteer Time Off
    • Financial and Retirement

      • 401(K) With Company Matching
      • Company Equity
      • Performance Bonus
      • Financial Counseling
    • Professional Development

      • Tuition Reimbursement
      • Internship Program
      • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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