Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

This job is a member of the Talent Team within the People/HR Division and will support recruiting efforts for frontline and/or management positions in the Airport Operations and Cargo divisions. This role is responsible for delivering the best talent with the right combination of skills and experience to drive organizational impact.

What You'll Do

Partners with hiring manager for identified businesses/functions to understand and prioritize job opening requirements, and influences staffing decisions according to business needs
Gains agreement on service level agreements and sets clear expectations with hiring manager
Facilitates the candidate assessment process with the hiring manager by conducting thorough intake sessions, clarifying staffing needs and responsibilities, and ensuring job descriptions reflect accurate knowledge, skills and abilities
Gains understanding and visibility of internal job seekers pool by partnering with PBPs and/or Talent Management
Establishes best selection process in terms of strategy, tools, and participant experience
Utilizes a consultative approach with hiring teams for assessment and selection to best meet the needs of the business
Provides guidance and influence to business leaders to ensure the right people are hired for the right positions at the right time
Acts as a resource to hiring managers on conducting behavioral interviewing, and facilitates selection process and discussion, in order to ensure effective, legal interviewing practices
Manages positive internal and external applicant experience throughout the recruitment process
Influences overall hiring process to achieve timeliness and agreements
Assists hiring manager in developing and gaining approval for competitive offer packages
Facilitates understanding of offer components to gain offer acceptance from the applicant
Responds to talent acquisition needs and inquiries from business leaders, hiring managers, TA leadership, etc.
Provides hiring manager accurate and timely update on applicant activity, tracks talent acquisition metrics, and reports trends and issues to TA leadership, providing recommendations for improvement
Maintains up-to-date applicant records in the applicant tracking system for accurate reporting and analysis
Maintains strong cross functional partnerships with business, hiring managers, and other talent acquisition functions
Provides leadership and mentoring to other recruiters on the team
Manages specialty Talent Acquisition projects relative to the supported businesses
Travels up to 25% for hiring events, conferences, job fairs, etc.
Join our dynamic team in the office five days a week, where collaboration and innovation happen face-to-face. Please note, this role is not available for remote work.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training
2 years of experience recruiting for open positions

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

High-volume recruiting experience, especially in a unionized environment
Experience conducting competency-based interviews
Reporting experience relative to Talent Acquisition performance and metrics
Experience with SuccessFactors or other large enterprise ATS systems (Taleo, iCIMS, etc.)
Experience collaborating with RPO partner(s)
Experience organizing and conducting hiring events
Experience utilizing sourcing tools, like LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed, to build pipelines
Experience creating and building PowerPoint presentations, and delivering presentations to leaders
Airline experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

Excellent relationship management skills, ability to establish credibility, and partner with leaders to identify talent gaps, needs, risk and plans for actions
Ability to demonstrate a strong customer orientation and influencing skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of employment law, corporate recruitment practices
Ability to lead and influence others
Ability to think strategically; creative and innovative thinking skills, and the ability to exercise sound judgment
Knowledge of workforce planning (forecast, identify specific needs, skills, locations, and behaviors)

What You'll Get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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