Talent Acquisition Specialist

Northwestern Mutual – Kentucky and Southern Indiana is seeking to add a full-time recruiting professional to the firm’s regional recruiting team. The Talent Attraction Specialist will be responsible for sourcing and interviewing full-time financial representative and college financial representative candidates throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The position is a salaried role with full benefits (medical, retirement plan, paid time off, disability insurance, life insurance, etc.). Northwestern Mutual is a Fortune 500 company and is consistently recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

We are looking for a high energy, disciplined professional to join our productive, entrepreneurial environment. The Talent Attraction Specialist will source quality, professional candidates while maintaining constant and clear communication to take the candidates through the selection experience process of becoming a financial representative or college financial representative intern.

This individual must be able to quickly build high-level quality relationships throughout the Kentucky and Southern Indiana area (with a strong emphasis on developing campus partnerships) to promote the Northwestern Mutual college internship program and full-time career, generate referrals and develop centers of influence (COIs). Creativity, exceptional communication skills and drive to achieve are critical in this position. Having follow-through and being a team player is a must. This position must be able to travel to college campuses in our region.

Do you share our values?

·        Character

·        Courage

·        Commitment to excellence

Primary Responsibilities

Sourcing and Selection

·        Manage financial representative and college financial representative candidates through the selection experience process: prospecting for candidates, screening candidates, conducting initial interviews, administering selection tools and guiding candidates through the selection experience and onboarding process.

·        Build and develop effective referral sources with financial representatives/office staff, develop centers of influence (COIs) in our region’s communities, and develop qualified lead strategies from a variety of sources (i.e., referrals, COIs, career fairs, community events, social media, etc.).

·        Actively participate in community organizations and professional networking events to promote Northwestern Mutual and develop professional referral sources.

·        Actively participate in college class talks, career fairs and campus organizations to promote Northwestern Mutual and generate leads.

·        Develop relationships with other Northwestern Mutual recruiters around the nation to share best practices.

Accountability & Activity Tracking

·        Report weekly activity (interviews, candidate leads, etc.) to Chief Recruiting Officer via weekly recruiting team meetings and one-on-one meetings.

·        Meet weekly expectations related to prospecting for new leads, conducting initial interviews and Center of Influences meetings.

·        Develop proficiency and use of home office-supported software to maintain the candidate database and accurate records of prospects/candidates to ensure the efficiency of the selection process.

·        Analyze recruiting ratios to identify inefficiencies in selection process; establish and implement improvements.

Qualification Criteria:

·        Bachelor’s degree preferred.

·        Professional work experience, preferably in sales, business development, recruiting/staffing or the financial services industry

·        Experience with prospecting, generating leads via phone or face-to-face interactions preferred

·        High-energy and passion

·        Demonstrated ability to meet quotas

·        Strong personal network and/or community involvement to leverage from a recruiting perspective

·        Experience in public speaking engagements

·        Demonstrated ability to work professionally as a team member

·        Strong relationship building skills

·        Proactive and coachable

WHO WE ARE

For over 160 years, we have helped our clients spend their lives living through comprehensive and innovative financial planning. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to give our clients the ability to successfully navigate their financial lives.

Our tailored approach includes multiple financial strategies—insurance, investments, and annuities—built to reinforce each other, keeping our clients consistently on track to meet goal after goal. We lead with unmatched financial strength and access to the best products and services for our clients.

We value an inclusive and belonging environment where everyone’s different viewpoints bring new successes! Why join Northwestern Mutual:

·        Ranks 111 on the Fortune 500 list

·        One of the "World's Most Admired Companies," (Fortune, 2024)

·        Top 5 Internship for Financial Services, Vault Guide to Top Internships 2023

·        5 million clients and growing

·        $227 billion retail investment client assets held or managed

·        Forbes' Best Employers for Diversity (2018-2020)

·        Unsurpassed financial strength3

·        Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality- Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (2015-2024)