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The Fountain Group

Talent Acquisition Specialist

On site

Durham, United states

$ 40 /hour

Junior

Freelance

23-10-2025

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Social Media Databases Recruitment

Job Specifications

Fully Onsite Position in Durham, NC 27712

Pay: $35-40/hour. W2 ONLY

Duration:1 year

Overview:

This role is responsible for providing talent acquisition services, including recruiting, branding, and sourcing. This role will support the HR team with overall recruiting strategies using best practices and participating in the entire hiring process. Establishes and reinforces company Values and positive work environment, while complying with all legal and regulatory requirements. Ensures standards and guidelines are understood and consistently applied and HR programs, processes and policies meet or beat quality and delivery expectations.

Description of Work:

Develop talent pipelines for current/future hiring needs
Develop proactive sourcing strategies to enable the facility to hire the right people
Advertise for jobs and provide additional promotion of our employer brand online and offline
Interact with hiring managers to understand roles and responsibilities of open roles
Maintain candidate databases (e.g. via our Applicant Tracking System)
Craft and send recruiting emails
Identify qualified candidate profiles using various sourcing techniques (e.g. resume database, social media platforms, etc.)
Ability to conduct various types of interviews (in person, online, phone)
Partner with talent acquisition in managing candidates in pipeline and pre-employment phases
Compile reports on recruitment for HR/Management
Participate in recruitment events, such as career fairs, prepare information packets, and gather information from suitable candidates
Facilitate and conduct interviews
Implements HR programs / processes / policies in compliance with current legal and regulatory policies and assesses them to determine the extent to which they support company Values and positive work environment.
Support onboarding, reporting, auditing, and other related HR activities.
Acts as one of the first points of contact for employees' general HR requests
Builds HR reputation through value-added interactions with customers

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree is required.

3+ years of related talent acquisition/ recruiting experience required.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) is required.

Prior experience recruiting within the manufacturing industry is strongly preferred.

Analytical/report creating skills (e.g. the ability to query, run reports, sort data and analyze results) are desired.

Solid HR Service Orientation mindset with the ability to carry themselves with a high level of professionalism

Experience with: SharePoint Administration, ETQ or Success Factors desired.

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About the Company

The Fountain Group provides Contingent Labor, Statement-of-Work, and Contingent-to-Permanent resources to clients with an internal/external Contingent Labor Managed Service Program or Clients without a program. The Fountain Group is committed to the belief that we all share in the responsibility to conduct our businesses in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. We base this on the premise that a company is much more than the products it offers. The effect a company has on the environment, the people and the c... Know more