Contract Talent Acquisition Partner
Job Description
Colgate-Palmolive is hiring a Contract Talent Acquisition Partner for hybrid recruiting support across New York, NY or Piscataway, NJ.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting from kickoff through offer acceptance, with an emphasis on efficiency and quality of hire.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to define ideal candidate profiles, shape competitive selling points, and ensure consistent candidate assessment.
- Continuously improve the talent acquisition process by spotting gaps and proposing solutions that enhance the experience for candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders, using market and talent insights to guide decisions on sourcing strategies and candidate requirements.
- Use innovative sourcing approaches (including LinkedIn Talent Insights) to engage targeted passive talent, build future-ready pipelines, and reduce time-to-fill.
- Build targeted attraction strategies using the company’s employer brand assets and tactics to identify and engage passive talent pools aligned to client-specific talent agendas.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of full life-cycle talent acquisition experience in an agency or in-house setting
- Proven experience with proactive sourcing to develop strong candidate pipelines
- Experience identifying hiring bottlenecks and using data insights to design and implement solutions
- Ability to operate in ambiguity within a large matrixed organization while managing multiple priorities and maintaining strong attention to detail
Tools & Technologies
- LinkedIn Talent Insights
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Indeed
- ATS platforms
Compensation & Benefits
- Job type: Contract
- Location: New York, NY (hybrid); flexibility to be based in NYC, NY or Piscataway, NJ
- Pay range: USD 55.00–65.00 per hour
- Pay determined based on experience, qualifications, and location
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability coverage
- Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours)
- 13 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave adjusted based on role and location per local laws
- Salaried employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles