Talent Acquisition

Block is a renovation platform transforming the $400+ billion renovation industry. Today, doing a home renovation is an abysmal consumer experience and not easy for contractors either. Block democratizes access to high-end design, while combining design, construction, and materials into a streamlined experience. Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and gives homeowners certainty on outcomes, quality, price, and time.

Our mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. We are building an ambitious, tenacious, and creative team who is unafraid of tackling new challenges. The founders are former leaders at Casper, HuffPost, and Rent the Runway. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Obvious Ventures, and more.

Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team and drive our full-cycle recruiting. As the “front door” to the company, you have an enormous impact on the people we bring in and the ultimate company performance. 

Talent Acquisition responsibilities include building a robust and diverse pipeline of candidates, navigating them through a rigorous and compelling interview process, and comprehensively onboarding new team members. To be successful in this role, you should be able to develop long-term recruiting strategies and nurture trusting relationships with potential hires. Ultimately, you will create strong talent pipelines for our company’s current and future hiring needs.

You have a strong ability to identify high caliber talent and bring them into the company. You are a thought partner to hiring managers and help guide them to find and close best-in-class talent. You are hands-on -- willing to get into the nitty gritty, while also developing a comprehensive strategy. 

You are a trusted counsel to others at every level in the company. You have extraordinary empathy coupled with utmost professionalism. You exemplify our company values. 

Key day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Lead recruiting and onboarding. Build our recruiting brand and interview process and exceptional candidate experience
• Coordinate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and determine selection criteria
• Build strong and diverse pipelines of candidates 
• Enhance Block’s employer brand
• Through social media, networking events, job adverts, head hunting and referrals, source and deliver the best in class candidate experience
• Plan consistent interview and selection procedures, including screening calls, case studies, and interviews
• Work with hiring managers to develop job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each position’s requirements
• Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates
• Ensure that candidates understand and embrace our company values

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of work experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist or similar role
• Highly ambitious and goal-oriented
• Ability to handle complex situations with poise
• Able to build for long term, but also able to find efficient short-term solutions
• Demonstrates Company Values

Benefits 

• Early stage employee equity
• Vacation days and company holidays
• 100% employer subsidized health insurance, dental, vision
• 12 weeks fully paid family leave + optional leave
• Working alongside an ambitious, kind, no-drama team 

Company Values

Force simplicity.

Problems are our fuel. 

Collaborate with tenacity and humility

Save money where we should.

Speed is our advantage. 

Contact: [email protected]

Location: 45 Main Street #202, Brooklyn, NY 11201