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Talent Acquisition Specialist / Recruiter
Location: Madison, WI
Schedule: Fully onsite
Contract: 3 months with possible extension or conversion
Interview Process: 30-minute virtual interview
Schedule: Fully onsite
Contract: 3 months with possible extension or conversion
Interview Process: 30-minute virtual interview
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist / Recruiter to support hiring with a strong emphasis on laboratory and scientific positions.
This individual will own the full recruiting lifecycle and work closely with hiring leaders and HR partners to identify staffing needs, develop sourcing strategies, build specialized talent pipelines, and manage candidates through the interview and offer process.
This role is ideal for a recruiter who is comfortable sourcing harder-to-find talent and has experience recruiting within laboratory, scientific, healthcare, diagnostics, biotech, life sciences, or similarly technical environments.
What You’ll Do
- Manage full-cycle recruiting from initial sourcing through offer acceptance.
- Recruit primarily for laboratory and scientific positions.
- Partner directly with hiring leaders to understand position requirements and ideal candidate profiles.
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies for specialized and difficult-to-find talent.
- Build candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, professional networks, digital platforms, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
- Screen candidates for technical qualifications and overall position alignment.
- Coordinate and manage the interview process.
- Maintain consistent communication with candidates and hiring stakeholders.
- Prepare and negotiate offers.
- Maintain accurate candidate and recruiting activity within the ATS.
- Manage multiple openings while maintaining strong organization and attention to process.
- Use recruiting data and market knowledge to inform sourcing strategies.
- Support additional recruiting initiatives and projects as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
- 2+ years of corporate/in-house recruiting experience.
- Full-cycle recruiting experience.
- Strong sourcing and candidate pipeline-development skills.
- Experience recruiting in a fast-paced and/or high-volume environment.
- Ability to manage multiple requisitions and candidates simultaneously.
- Strong process management and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work fully onsite in Madison, WI.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous recruiting experience supporting laboratory or scientific positions.
- Healthcare, diagnostics, biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device, or adjacent industry recruiting experience.
- Workday ATS experience.
- Experience sourcing specialized or technical talent.
- Strong data analysis and recruiting-metrics skills.
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