Our Story:
About You:
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.
If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!
About Us:
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.
Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.
We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.
Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 13th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!
Overview:
You’re an extroverted process related individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have experience working with hiring managers from different areas of the business, candidates, and HR team members. You are driven to carry a process through end-to-end and have the experience to use interviews and tools to deliver top talent every time.
Your strengths include communication, organization, using metrics in your analysis and ability to share best practices while providing interview coaching and recommendations to hiring managers. You’re adept at using an ATS (iCIMs a bonus), can work your way around sourcing on Linked In (Boolean searches a plus) and understand D&I hiring.
Here you will build a foundation for a long-term career with a growing, entrepreneurial organization and develop personally and professionally. If you like variation in your role and enjoy cross-collaborating with teams across the business, this is the role for you!
Responsibilities:
- Partner with the internal hiring managers and stakeholders to identify strategic objectives for their hiring needs.
- Facilitate the creation of internal job descriptions alongside the hiring manager for new positions and review existing job descriptions prior to commencing search to validate existing job descriptions, role outcomes and competencies and aligning or updating to internal salary and compensation guidelines
- Utilize benchmarking tools for market specific compensation guidance
- Source qualified candidates, screen resumes and conduct telephone pre-screening interview, and present shortlist with profile summary to hiring managers highlighting qualification and culture compatibility with a recommendation
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Conduct video or in-person interviews with candidates as agreed with Global Director HR and hiring manager
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Assist in leading the efforts to diversify hiring source
- Qualify candidates meet internal hiring requirements including background screening, testing and ability to provide supervisory references
- Offer guidance and facilitate the offer and negotiation process through to its completion Follow up with hiring managers and assist with the candidate’s transition and onboarding process
- Participate in off-site recruitment effort to attract new graduates
- Collaborate with Operations Managers and HR colleagues to create employment offers
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Become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the HR team on iCIMS Recruiting system (ATS)
- Provide regular reporting on turnover and recruitment metrics
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Work to continually develop social media enhancements for recruitment
- Works collaboratively with the HR team and management team within operations to take a proactive approach to recruitment by assessing current and future hiring needs
- Participates in special projects and performs additional duties as require
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 1-3 years of corporate and/or search firm talent sourcing experience in a fast-paced environment
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Strong affiliation to drive for results and exceed goals and objectives
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Attention to detail and ability to manage high volume and multiple priorities Proficient in utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) such as iCIMS
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Effective negotiation, influencing and communication skills
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Extensive experience interacting with Hiring Managers throughout the recruitment process
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Experience developing and executing sourcing methodologies to include market mapping, recruitment strategies and Boolean searches
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Integrity and confidentiality
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Creative, innovative, and thorough in developing executable sourcing plans
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Computer literacy such as Adobe, MS Office, (specifically Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Our Equal Opportunity Commitment:
Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.
The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.
Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY!
