Talent Advisor, Talent Acquisition (Ft Worth, TX, US)

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) 
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 42334 

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
• Responsible for delivering the best talent with the right combination of skills and experience to drive organizational impact
• An opportunity to build American Airlines’ talent to thrive into the future

What you'll do

• Partners with hiring managers to understand and prioritize vacancies to be filled
• Leads and attends external hiring events including on-site coordination and interviewing
• Provides hiring manager accurate and timely updates 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 recall lists
• Collaborates closely with various internal departments such as workforce planning and labor to understand and satisfy headcount needs timely
• Builds external candidate pipelines
• Creates a positive internal team member and candidate experience for recalls, station transfers and external hiring
• Establishes service level agreements and sets clear expectations with hiring manager and vendors
• Provides guidance and influence of the recruitment experience to business leaders 
• 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.
• Collaborates with RPO (Recruiting Process Outsourcing) partner(s) to provide guidance and/or clarification on union contracts
• Holds vendor accountable to administer administrative aspects of the recruiting process
• Conducts recurrent business calls with leaders to discuss high-volume hiring, including strategy and updates
• Maintains strong cross functional partnerships with Legal, Labor team, and other leaders and TA functions
• Some travel may be required, up to 50%

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training
• At least 2 years’ experience in a recruiting function
• At least 1 year experience leading recruitment projects and high volume hiring initiatives
• Experience with competency-based interviews and assessment techniques 

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• High-volume recruiting experience, especially in a unionized environment
• Airline experience
• Preferred reporting experience relative to Talent Acquisition performance and metrics

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
• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Strategic, creative and innovative thinking skills, and the ability to exercise sound judgment
• Knowledge of workforce planning (forecast, identify specific needs, skills, locations, and behaviors) is a plus
• Prior experience with SuccessFactors or other large enterprise ATS systems is a plus

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.

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 42334 

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