Technical Recruiter

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter’s.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT:
The Technical Recruiter is responsible for providing strategic talent acquisition support to identify, interview and recommend qualified technical candidates to meet the needs of the business. This role serves as a consultative partner to the HR and Hiring Manager teams, responsible for creating and implementing function specific talent acquisition strategies to identify internal and external talent for Carter’s.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition & Corporate Recruiting and is based in our Buckhead office (4 days a week on-site) with occasional travel to university campuses as part of our college recruiting program.

80%: Recruiting 

• Provide consultative and strategic recruiting services, including market research, competitive intelligence, sourcing, candidate assessment, client advice and candidate development
• Manage internal client and candidate relationships to provide a best-in-class candidate and stakeholder experience through the interviewing and hiring process and meet talent acquisition goals
• Lead the full recruiting process including partnering with HR and Hiring Manager to define required qualifications and interview cycle, finalize job description, schedule kickoff meeting, identify and screen talent, and manage candidates through the interview process to offer
• Independently manage the recruiting search and selection process for a wide range of roles which could include professional, technical, early career and other niche skill positions
• Responsible for identifying, interviewing and recommending candidates to the Hiring Manager to fill specific open needs
• Support Carter’s diversity initiatives by developing and executing on recruiting strategies to create diverse candidate pools for all positions. Identify, select and leverage external networks, professional organizations, available tools or resources, and market demographics to identify and pipeline a broad range of diverse external talent
• Maintain communication with all related business partners to perform all related Talent Acquisition functions. Work through any communication gaps to ensure staffing effectiveness and efficiency
• Efficiently meet and exceed recruiting KPIs/metrics including: time to fill, time to offer, and hiring manager/candidate satisfaction
• Ensure consistency, efficiency and compliance with federal, state and local laws, and company policies. Ensure all TA activities are compliant with the established sourcing, recruiting, and selection procedures including maintaining appropriate recordkeeping

15%: Talent Acquisition Projects & Initiatives 

• Work on the creation of and facilitate new recruitment initiatives as well as complete special projects as assigned

5%: Immigration Support

• Partner with outside counsel to manage all immigration requests for internal Carter’s employees

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:
Must have:

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition with at least 3 years of experience in technical recruiting for various IT jobs
• Strategic mindset with the ability to act as an internal talent advisor to stakeholders; this includes creating and innovating recruitment activities including the understanding of successful candidate traits, demographic characteristics, and talent management inputs
• Ability to partner and effectively communicate with business partners across the organization at various levels
• Strong customer focus to build and maintain strong relationships with HR and Hiring Managers
• Knowledge of employment laws and regulations, equal opportunity laws and other applicable federal and state regulations including, but not limited to EEO and OFCCP
• Effectively handle multiple and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment while achieving desired recruiting KPIs

Preferred:

• Internal corporate recruitment experience
• Recruiting expertise and knowledge of various internet search tools and sourcing strategies
• Previous experience with TA software and tools
• Strong command of Microsoft Office suite

OUR TEAM MEMBERS:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the “we’ve always done it this way” mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

MAKE A CAREER AT CARTER’S: 

• Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess. 

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.