Talent Acquisition Partner, Retail (Hybrid)

Company Description

At Lakeshore, we create innovative learning materials and world-class guest experiences for teachers, parents and children. Since 1954, we’ve grown into a global community—with a thriving e-commerce business, multiple catalogs, 60 retail stores, a peerless national sales force, plus international offices that support our preeminent supply chain division. But today we’re working better, smarter and faster than ever—and setting our sights even higher. We’re building an infrastructure designed for scalability, embracing data-driven decision-making and using technology to improve efficiency and ensure the best tools for the best work. Most importantly, we continue to invest in a diverse team of inquisitive top talent who fuel each other’s passions and curiosity, take risks, try new things, and believe that every new day brings opportunities for growth.

Job Description

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced Talent Acquisition Partner (Retail) with outstanding people skills to join our HR/People team. You will work closely with strategic business partners within our retail teams to gather hiring requirements, source and screen candidates, drive the interview process and close top talent. You value a well-structured process and enjoy working with a diverse team of interviewers to continuously monitor and improve decision making quality, and have a knack for closing candidates in a highly competitive environment. You must possess a passion for finding talent and have excellent customer service skills, good judgment, strong attention to detail and an outcome orientation. Lakeshore’s HR/People team serves a proudly diverse group and is always in line with company priorities, company culture and (you guessed it) company timelines.

A day at Lakeshore looks like this:

• Source, recruit and hire top technical talent through a variety of advanced and innovative recruitment methods to meet the needs of our organization
• Develop strong candidate pipelines across a wide-ranging requisition load and yield results in a fast-paced setting
• Build and maintain relationships with hiring managers by providing excellent service, advice, direction and feedback throughout the complete selection process 
• Continuously evaluate opportunities to improve quality, process, tools, and experience across all talent acquisition touchpoints
• Provide excellent candidate experience, superb customer service, and appropriate and timely responses
• Promote and support Lakeshore’s diversity efforts by ensuring an inclusive work environment and by recruiting candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Play an active role in recruitment and human resources related projects
• Represent Lakeshore for recruiting purposes at networking events

Qualifications

Got the skills and experience? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of full cycle recruiting experience, retail recruiting experience highly preferred 
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent professional experience
• Experience using a variety of recruitment methods, such as LinkedIn and other social media platforms, to source qualified candidates and the ability to bring creative recruiting ideas to enhance our current recruiting efforts
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite: Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to engage candidates and act as a company ambassador—previous experience in sales highly desired
• Track record of success in building strong relationships and effectively communicates around highly personal topics such as motivation, compensation, career progression
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience using an ATS
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Extremely detail-oriented with exceptional follow-through skills

Additional Information

And here’s our end of the bargain! 

At Lakeshore, we pay local market wages for employees that reside within Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

For this position, new employees joining Lakeshore who live within Los Angeles and Orange Counties are typically brought into the organization at a salary rate between $70,500-$90,000 depending on relevant experience & skillset.

This range is indicative of projected hiring range. The annual base compensation will take into account each candidate's relevant experience, location, and skillset.

• Bonus eligible
• Paid leave for new parents to support work/life balance and family bonding
• Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage—EPO, PPO and HSA
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
• Flexible benefits—choose what you like, ignore the rest
• On-site preschool for our employees’ children
• On-site employee gym for all levels/fitness needs
• Generous employee discount
• Casual dress…and we really mean it

At Lakeshore, we know our diversity makes us stronger, and when everyone feels included and valued, we all win. We strive to embrace our differences and create an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that is representative of the teachers, families and children we serve.

We know we couldn’t do the extraordinary things we’re doing without the people on our team. Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of this spectacular group, Lakeshore is more than a great place to work—it’s a great experience to be part of. Day in and day out, we give everything we’ve got to create products that instill a sense of wonder and foster a true love of learning. To help maintain this high bar for success, we’re constantly on the lookout for people to join us. So if you’re a down-to-earth professional who shares our desire for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
 
 To learn more about Lakeshore, visit www.lakeshorelearning.com/careers
 
 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
 People are selected to become members of the Lakeshore family based on skill, merit and mind-boggling talent—not based on race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, marital status, domestic partnership status, military status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, AIDS or AIDS-related complex status, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If things aren’t equal, we all lose.

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