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Aquent is proud to partner with a prominent leader in the financial services sector, an organization dedicated to empowering individuals and institutions through innovative solutions. This company fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and client-centricity, making it an exceptional environment for career growth and significant impact.

We are seeking a visionary talent acquisition professional to step into a pivotal role where you will strategically shape the future workforce of this influential organization. This isn't just about filling positions; it's about leveraging your expertise to identify, attract, and onboard exceptional talent, directly influencing the success of critical business initiatives and driving substantial growth. You will be a trusted advisor, a strategic partner, and a champion for an outstanding candidate experience, making a tangible impact on the organization's strategic objectives and overall success!

Your Impact and Responsibilities

• As a Strategic Talent Advisor, you will design and execute data-informed recruiting strategies that align seamlessly with business needs and workforce plans. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, providing invaluable market insights, talent recommendations, and clear guidance throughout the entire hiring process. Lead effective intake and consultation conversations to clarify role requirements, define success outcomes, and prioritize hiring needs, applying your knowledge of enterprise and functional strategies to influence recruiting approaches and outcomes.
• You will be instrumental in building and maintaining diverse, high-quality talent pipelines for both current and future hiring needs. This involves leveraging a variety of innovative sourcing channels, tools, and outreach strategies to proactively engage prospective candidates. Your insights into labor market trends, competitive talent dynamics, and employment brand perception will inform and optimize recruiting strategies.
• Apply structured, skills-based assessment methods to rigorously evaluate candidates for role-relevant capabilities. You'll partner closely with interview teams to promote consistent, fair, and highly effective interviewing practices. Prepare comprehensive interview guides, facilitate insightful interview debriefs, and synthesize feedback into clear, actionable summaries. Crucially, you will support inclusive hiring outcomes by ensuring candidate slates reflect a broad range of skills, experiences, and perspectives.
• Cultivate strong, collaborative relationships across Talent Acquisition, HR, and the wider business. You are committed to delivering a positive, transparent, and respectful experience for both candidates and hiring partners. Communicate clearly and confidently in one-on-one and small group settings, adapting your approach to diverse audiences. Model a collaborative approach by sharing best practices and actively seeking input from others.
• Utilize critical thinking and a deep understanding of the business to guide decision-making and effectively manage competing priorities. Demonstrate a keen awareness of risk considerations and uphold compliant, consistent hiring practices. Take initiative to continuously build expertise in talent acquisition and the industries supported, informally coaching or mentoring teammates and contributing to team-level initiatives or projects.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• 5-7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a corporate and/or retained search environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute sophisticated recruiting strategies for complex or hard-to-fill roles.
• Proven experience conducting skills-based and competency-based candidate assessments.
• Strong stakeholder consultation, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• A track record of effectively managing multiple priorities and requisitions in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize insights and recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience recruiting across multiple functions or business areas.
• Familiarity with workforce planning, talent market analysis, or employment branding concepts.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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