Smithfield Foods Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist – University Relations & Early Careers at Smithfield, VA  Full Time

The Talent Acquisition team is searching for an ambitious early career recruiter to join their everyday mission to discover, assess, hire, and develop great talent. As part of the University Relations Recruitment team, you would be responsible for delivering an exceptional recruitment experience for candidates from first-touch to post-internship and beyond. In this role, you would be building positive relationships with students, hiring managers, faculty, staff, and student organizations to attract talent through innovative approaches to recruiting.

College Recruiting

Own the end-to-end seasonal campus hiring campaign, from defining and executing the national recruiting strategy to prospecting, sponsorships, on-campus events, interview days, and the overall recruiting pipeline.
• Execute the University Relations Employer Branding programs including marketing materials, job fairs, networking events, and partnerships with colleges/universities.
• Guide and support hiring managers during the selection process.
• Participate in key University Relations events and coordinate/support the participation.
• Assists in the oversight and Maintenance of affirmative action data to ensure compliance in all recruitment, promotions, and transfer processes.

Early Career Program Management

• Support the early career talent programs including the Career Foundation Program, internships and other early-career positions by identifying the needs, developing proactive sourcing (build a pipeline), recruitment of diverse external candidates, interviewing, supporting onboarding, orientation, check-ins, performance evaluations, and overall program success.
• Responsible for Smithfield’s Career Foundation Program & Internship success and continued growth.
• Fully responsible for the hiring process and manages the coordination of rotational assignments, training opportunities and successful program outcome.
• Provides career counseling, planning, and advising to trainees and interns.
• Support workforce planning in connection with business leaders and the HRBP through the evaluation of pipelining student candidates and organizational needs.

Corporate and Plant Recruiting

• Full-cycle recruitment of salaried positions

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university and 2+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and employment regulations and policies, required.
• Knowledge and past use of a server-based applicant tracking system, preferred.
• Fundamental interviewing skills experience, preferred
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Strong initiative and solid judgment.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Efficient with their time and resources.
• Must possess a high level of professionalism, discretion and ability to self-manage his/her time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
• Travel up to 70%. Overnight travel required.

To learn more about Smithfield’s benefits, visit smithfieldfoods.com/careerbenefits.

Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing “Good food. Responsibly” and serve as one of the world’s leading vertically integrated protein companies. We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in our U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield, Eckrich and Nathan’s Famous, among many others. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com, and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.