What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recruiter position at Northwestern Mutual?
Recruiter
Description
With direction from a higher-level recruiting role or Managing Partner/Managing Director/Chief Development officer, this role is responsible for district network office or network office recruitment and selection efforts.
This role will execute office recruiting plans to reach activity and full-time contract goals.
Primary Responsibilities
Sourcing and Selection
- Build and develop effective referral sources with FRs/staff, develop productive centers of influence (COI's), and develop qualified lead strategies from a variety of sources (i.e., referrals, COI's, advertising, career fairs, social media, etc.)
- Actively participate in community clubs and organizations to promote and brand Northwestern Mutual
- Coordinate advertising and marketing strategies to include ads, direct mail, community events, etc.
- Develop relationships with other Northwestern Mutual recruiters to share leads and best practices
- Specific selection process accountability to include but not limited to screening candidates, conducting initial interviews, administering selection tools and guiding candidates through the selection process
- Review resumes and schedule initial interviews
- Effectively communicate with candidates
Accountability, Tracking and Analysis
- Report weekly recruiting activity to leadership team
- Develop proficiency and use of home office-supported software to maintain candidate databases and accurate records of prospects to ensure efficiency of the selection process
- Assist in the coordination of leadership team meetings and the preparation of activity/results reports
- Analyze recruiting ratios to identify inefficiencies in selection process; establish and implement improvements
- May include the oversight of contract and licensing responsibilities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- One to three years professional work experience, preferably in sales, recruiting or the financial services industry
- Demonstrated ability to work professionally as a team member and with all levels of people
- Experience with prospecting; generating leads via phone or face-to-face interactions preferred
- Strong personal network and/or community involvement to leverage from a recruiting perspective
Competencies
Competency Description
- Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others
- Drive for results can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results
- Interpersonally relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization;
- Has savvy and builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably listening Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he/she disagrees
- Priority Setting - spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI (NM) (life and disability insurance, annuities) and its subsidiaries.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $40,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Jacksonville, FL 32216 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Jacksonville, FL 32216: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $40,000 - $55,000