Recruitment Specialist

About the role

As a Recruiting Specialist at Eagle Transport Corporation, you'll join our dynamic on-site Human Resources team and play a pivotal role in identifying, attracting, and hiring the best talent to support our growing transportation company. Eagle transports petroleum and chemical products and serves the Southeast (Florida to Maryland) and Texas. In this role, you'll work closely with our hiring managers to support driver hiring needs and speak with applicants to share details on job openings, benefits, and the Eagle hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Proactively work with hiring managers to fill positions with the best-qualified candidates while providing a seamless applicant experience
• Speak with applicants to discuss job openings, responsibilities, benefits, and the hiring process
• Pre-screen incoming job applications, referring each to the appropriate hiring manager when applicable
• Respond to applicant inquiries by phone, email, text, social media, and other systems as required
• Proactively source candidate leads from online resources, partner agencies, and schools, by phone, email, chat, SMS, campaigns, social media, and/or other systems
• Track all applicant interactions and notes in our applicant tracking system
• Build and maintain relationships with potential candidates, connecting with them throughout the hiring process and early weeks of onboarding
• Maintain contact and track leads of applicants and candidates for current and future hiring opportunities
• Grow and manage relationships with external recruitment partners and schools
• Plan and attend job fairs, schools, and other recruitment events
• Design and manage job postings on job boards and our applicant tracking system, as well as working with our internal marketing team to promote through social media and internal communication channels
• Collaborate on internal and external recruitment email and social media campaigns and promotional materials
• Research relevant job boards, veteran-focused sites, and other avenues for finding the best candidates
• Coordinate and manage the full DOT hiring process, including background screenings, motor vehicle record (MVR) reviews, employment verifications, drug and alcohol testing requirements, DOT physicals, and other pre-employment compliance activities and building the Driver Qualification File per FMCSA Regulations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
• Minimum of five years' experience with at least two years of experience hiring Class A CDL Drivers
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Service-oriented team player, with excellent telephone skills, committed to providing a premier applicant experience
• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Social Media Platforms)
• Highly organized, with the ability to handle multiple priorities
• Knowledge of the Driver Qualification File per FMCSA Regulations