What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recruiter position at Farmer Focus?
Who We Are and What We Do
Farmer Focus’s mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.
In this role you will be responsible for sourcing, attracting, and interviewing prospective hourly team members. Additionally, you will coordinate local hiring activity to include on- and off-site job fairs.
Job Duties
- Remain closely align with HR Managers at each plant to understand production hiring needs
- Create and track open positions and candidates using Workday
- Drive efforts to move all hiring processed into Workday and away from paper, to include guiding candidates on how to apply electronically
- Use various recruiting strategies and resources to attract candidates with innovative spirits to our diverse culture
- Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details
- Conduct initial screenings from both online and paper applications to assess to which plant and shift qualified candidates are directed for interviews
- Develop networking opportunities and participate at job fairs
- Ensure Farmer Focus is a visible presence in the local community to attract candidates
What you bring to the Role
- Spanish Bilingual abilities
- Ability to be flexible and work independently
- 3-5 years of experience recruiting
- Experience driving candidate flow through the use of the internet, social media, networking, employee referrals, job postings, and conducting job fairs
- Experience managing candidates through applicant tracking systems
- Good communication skills and excellent relationship-building skills
- Works well with others in a diverse environment
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft products
- Strong organization and time management skills
Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
