Recruiter

Summary:
At MediaNews Group, our employees are our greatest asset. As a Recruiter, you will be obsessed with candidate care and have an innovative approach that will help the business achieve short and long-term diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives. You stop at nothing to find quality candidates for roles across many verticals of our business nationwide. You'll collaborate with leadership to understand business needs and our open positions. You'll build relationships with candidates through various resources, educate them on the opportunity, and champion them through the interview process. This is your chance to contribute to a growing company in a meaningful way, while building your recruiting career!
The position will be part of the national centralized recruiting team where you will collaborate, partner, and understand the importance of teamwork. The role may participate in special projects to help improve the recruiting team or to experiment with new ways of attracting diverse and unique talent.
Fully remote but candidates must reside in CO, IL, MN, OK, or TX.
What you will do:

• Deliver full lifecycle recruiting expertise and consulting by developing proactive strategies to source, attract, recruit and select top-tier talent against defined criteria for multiple disciplines
• Drive and manage the candidate experience throughout the selection process including offer negotiation. They are in good hands with this recruiting team!
• Develop and utilize a recruitment strategy
• Effectively coach hiring managers on the interview and selection process; they trust you as the expert
• Continuously develop business knowledge and acumen of company and departmental objectives, industry and corporate challenges and current market dynamics
• Create and maintain a Pipeline of talent across the nation
• Partner with the centralized Recruiting team manager on diversity and skill-based recruitment strategies
• Maintain a deep understanding of recruiting best practices
• Provide premium candidate experiences that represent our values
• Proactively communicate the status of sourcing efforts with your manager and the hiring managers
• Leverage data and analytics to seek opportunities to optimize and drive results
• Provide support when needed which includes, but is not limited to, scheduling interviews, managing candidate information in the ATS, etc.
• Build relationships, build talent pipelines, and develop social networks of highly skilled professionals while being the face of the Company and corporate affiliates
• Learn our industry from the ground up through formal training, shadowing, and on-the-job education
• Master the details of our open positions, including role responsibilities and candidate qualifications. You'll know your roles and what makes them exciting!

What you will bring:

• 2+ years of experience in a recruiting role preferred
• Familiar with Boolean searches on: LinkedIn, Indeed, social media, aggregator sites, job boards, and other websites
• Deep yearning to understand business areas and capabilities, market trends, and the desire to be a trusted adviser to your Hiring Managers
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, think on your feet, and proactively solve problems
• Hustle! We are a lean team, so be prepared to contribute to additional recruiting projects and initiatives as needed
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) experience, specifically with Workday Recruiting is preferred

Bonus points if you have the extras but apply even if you don't:

• Exempt and non-exempt position recruiting experience
• Full cycle recruiting from an agency or corporate environment
• High volume recruiting experience
• You've been the subject matter expert on the job market; you know talent market trends, and can provide insight on key factors and challenges that a new role could present
• Process improvement, you love it and want to share your ideas!

What's in it for you:

• 100% remote work! If we have an office near you and you want to go to an office, you can but we won't make you!
• Leave the suit and tie at home; our dress code is casual
• Sweat it out in our two, yes two, onsite gyms in our corporate office building in Denver
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Employee Benefit options include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, employee assistance program, health savings account, dependent care FSA & Commuter and wellness resources/support
• Time Off and all major holidays paid
• Salary range is $70,000-$74,000 - Exact compensation will be determined by the market a candidate lives in as well as skills and experience

Who we are:
MediaNews Group (MNG) was established in 1985 and has over 4,000 employees nationwide including subsidiaries and other corporate affiliates. There are more than 100 different brands within our portfolio. In addition to our print products, we are a client-centric digital organization that brings scale, precision, and sophistication to digital marketing. Leveraging the belief that people matter as much as technology, our suite of products, including Adtaxi, helps advertisers solve complex marketing challenges with custom, performance-driven solutions. Readers turn to us for all the news and information that matters to them nationwide. Adtaxi is an exclusive program with the ability to reach 196M or 95% of the U.S. wired population that was established in 2010. Learn more at www.medianewsgroup.com.
"Built In Best Places to Work 2023 & 2024 Winner"
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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