Specialist - Talent Acquisition FT

Goodwill San Antonio offers supportive health and well-being benefits, competitive base and bonus pay, savings plans, personal financial education, store purchase discounts, paid time off, leadership development, and tuition reimbursement. This onsite role in San Antonio, TX supports recruiting outcomes by partnering with hiring managers and community referring organizations across entry-level through mid-level management positions.

What You’ll Do

The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full lifecycle recruiting from application review through onboarding. Responsibilities include sourcing and screening candidates, coordinating interviews, managing reference checks, and supporting key pre-employment steps such as drug testing and background checks. This role also extends conditional offers to non-exempt and exempt level candidates and completes related administrative recruiting tasks.

• Source candidates, review applications, pre-screen, interview, and coordinate interview scheduling.
• Coordinate drug testing and background checks; complete reference checks.
• Extend conditional offers to non-exempt and exempt level candidates and support pre-employment and onboarding activities.
• Build a strong resume flow and qualified pipeline for critical and repeat roles to meet agency staffing needs.
• Generate leads through networking, career job boards, websites, referrals, job fairs, and publications or flyers.
• Design, edit, and place recruitment advertisements through approved vendors after final approval by the Senior Director - Human Resources.
• Post open positions in the applicant tracking system and keep postings updated and current.
• Screen and send qualified resumes to hiring managers; support face-to-face and phone screening interviews to help identify top candidates for in-person interviews.
• Keep internal departments informed with prompt candidate submissions, follow-ups, feedback, and inquiry resolution.
• Communicate and work to meet recruiting targets including time to fill expectations of less than 30 days and a vacancy rate below 4%.
• Provide excellent customer service and timely assistance to candidates, hiring managers, and community agencies.
• Ensure a proper handoff from recruiting and onboarding to the training team and hiring manager, supporting high-quality employee engagement during the initial weeks of employment.
• Plan, schedule, and participate in internal and external career events, community job fairs, and other events supporting hiring efforts.
• Work with the Director - Human Resources to help manage costs and contribute to return-on-investment focused innovation.
• Analyze, track, and report recruiting metrics such as average time to fill and average cost per hire.
• Complete assigned recruiting and human resources tasks and assist with special projects (Open Enrollment, United Way Campaign, and agency-sponsored events).

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organization Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of full-cycle, high volume recruiting and staffing experience with demonstrated success meeting performance metrics.
• Advanced computer skills including applicant tracking systems, job boards, internet searches, and strong proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus social networking or recruiting media.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position.
• For driving-required roles: valid driver’s license, automobile insurance coverage, and the ability to travel as needed when driving your vehicle during company business.

Compensation: USD 53,000 - 55,000 per year.