Recruiter, Talent Acquisition 11109

The Operations Talent Acquisition team is hiring a Recruiter, Talent Acquisition to support staffing for American Airlines Airport roles in Fort Worth, TX. This contract position includes domestic travel for hiring events, with opportunities for on-the-spot job offers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support operational readiness by ensuring American Airlines roles are staffed according to business needs.
• Collaborate with multiple hiring managers to assess staffing requirements and align on priorities.
• Travel domestically to attend hiring events multiple times per month, including occasional weekend events.
• Lead intake sessions to confirm staffing needs, responsibilities, and ensure job descriptions accurately reflect required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Source talent proactively using job boards, social media, and networking resources to build qualified pipelines.
• Advise hiring managers on behavioral interviewing practices, and facilitate selection discussions to support effective and compliant interviewing.
• Maintain a positive internal and external applicant experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Help influence the overall hiring process to improve timeliness and confirm agreements.
• Respond to recruiting-related needs and inquiries from business leaders, hiring managers, and TA leadership.
• Provide timely updates to hiring managers on applicant activity, track talent acquisition metrics, report trends and issues to TA leadership, and recommend improvements.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date applicant records in the applicant tracking system for reporting and analysis.
• Build and sustain strong cross-functional partnerships with the business, hiring managers, and other talent acquisition functions.
• Work closely with third-party vendors by providing guidance on union contract considerations, validating pay scale information, following up on requisition statuses, and supporting process approvals.
• Participate in recurring business calls with leaders to review high-volume hiring strategy and provide updates.
• Coordinate with Legal, Labor, and other stakeholders to support recruiting processes and compliance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (or equivalent experience/training).
• Minimum 2 years of recent experience in a recruiting function.

Preferred Qualifications

• High-volume recruiting experience, including experience in a unionized environment.
• Experience conducting competency-based interviews.
• Talent Acquisition reporting experience related to performance metrics.
• Experience using SuccessFactors or other enterprise ATS systems (Taleo, iCIMS, etc.).
• Experience collaborating with RPO partners.
• Experience organizing and conducting hiring events.
• Airline experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong relationship management skills, credibility with leaders, and the ability to identify talent gaps, needs, risks, and action plans.
• Customer orientation and influencing capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of employment law and corporate recruitment practices.
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to think strategically with sound judgment.
• Workforce planning knowledge (forecasting and identifying specific needs, skills, locations, and behaviors) is a plus.

Top Skillsets / Experience Areas

• 2 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Experience with recruiting metrics, SLA, and KPIs.
• Sourcing niche roles using LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Experience with SuccessFactors or other large enterprise ATS systems (Taleo, iCIMS, etc.).
• Airline experience.

Tools & Technologies

• SuccessFactors
• Taleo
• iCIMS
• LinkedIn Recruiter

Position Details

• Location: Fort Worth, TX (onsite)
• Job Type: Contract
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (or equivalent experience/training)
• Experience: Minimum 2 years

Benefits

Position Type: W2 Contract – No Benefits