Recruiting Assistant

Odyssey's Director of Recruiting is seeking a Recruiting Assistant to join the team! Please see full details below. This is a great opportunity to learn the IT Recruting, Staffing and Consulting industry and gain valuable training and insights in a one on one basis.

• Support Director of Recruiting with daily tasks to include:
• Source IT Candidates, build out talent pipelines for specific skill sets.
• Write / post job descriptions to online job boards and social sites; create shareable media for marketing and referrals.
• Thoroughly evaluate candidates to check qualifications against job requirements.
• May provide prescreening support for surge recruitment efforts.
• Work to create candidate summaries, format and review resumes, assist with gathering information needed to present to clients, assist in scheduling interviews and help with onboarding candidates upon hire.
• Assist with entering correct candidate and job information/data into applicant tracking system and keeping updated.
• Provide follow up correspondence to candidates.
• Coordinate candidates travel and expenses when needed for interviews.
• Assist with other recruiting activities as needed.
• Help with checking in with contractors and coordinating lunches with those that are local.
• Assist in managing calendar.
• You will receive training in IT Recruitment and Sourcing including access to SourceCon Academy training – the best in the business (16 week online, self-paced course and certification).
• May need to assist Office Manager/Front Desk with formatting resumes or answering phones at times if they are unavailable.

• Must be reliable and dependable, able to follow directions and work independently.
• An understanding of the sense of urgency associated with recruiting.
• Ability to learn on the fly and multi-task with the best.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Stellar communication skills and confidence to back up your ideas.
• Curiosity and capacity to learn quickly.
• Energetic, self-driven attitude.
• Professional demeanor and presentation.
• Technical strengths:
• MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and MS Teams a plus
• Advanced research skills (Boolean search strings, etc) a plus!