Junior Recruiter (contract)
Hi from Pumpkin!
Pumpkin is a pet care company on a mission to keep pets healthy. We want to revolutionize pet healthcare by making it easier for families to provide their pets with the preventatives and insurance they need to live healthy today and fur-ever. Launched by Zoetis (ZTS), a Fortune 500 company that’s the world’s largest animal health company, Pumpkin is an early-stage startup with big dreams! As a pack, we share agility, guts, collaboration, and a relentless pursuit in creating a happier world for pets and their people.
We’re looking for a motivated, inquisitive and strategic Talent Sourcing Specialist to support Pumpkin’s talent acquisition efforts. In this role, you’ll partner with members of the people team to assist in building sourcing pipelines across all departments, understanding job specifications and search requirements. Additionally, this will be a high impact contributor in developing sourcing strategies, execution plans, and pipeline delivery. If you’re an animal lover who enjoys learning in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!
What You'll Do:
- Generate talent via existing talent pools and by creating new ones through market intelligence and creative sourcing strategies
- Interact with potential candidates via social media and professional platforms (LinkedIn, Hiretual, etc.)
- Effectively track sourcing efforts, report on outreach and response rates, and use data to influence sourcing efforts
- Act as a researcher and market expert, maintaining an awareness of emerging strategies, market changes, etc.
- Measure conversion rates, including outreach and response metrics, time to hire rates, etc.
- Promote our employer brand online/offline and through engagements, generating referrals from various networks.
What We're Looking For:
- 1+ year of experience in a talent sourcing, recruiting, or research capacity
- Proven performance of sourcing a high volume of candidates in a competitive marketplace with a focused effort on DE&I sourcing
- Ability to prioritize and perform a variety of tasks on short notice in a fast paced environment
- Effective ability to craft Boolean search strings and create engaging content/messages to potential candidates
- Experience proactively managing activity in an ATS and creating content/messaging to engage with passive candidates
- Solid networking skills coupled with the ability to positively present our open roles and opportunities to potential candidates
- Possess stellar organizational and prioritization skills, along with a self-starter mentality.
Bonus Points:
- Experience in pet insurance is a huge plus
- 4-year degree in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
Newly hired staff must be fully vaccinated by their start date. Applicants unable to comply with this policy due to an underlying medical condition or sincerely held religious belief may be eligible for an accommodation, unless such an accommodation would be unduly burdensome or present a direct threat to the applicant, our employees, or the members of our greater community.
About Pumpkin:
We are on a mission to ‘Make the best pet care possible fur all’. Pumpkin is a rapidly growing pet care startup disrupting the $1.7B US pet insurance industry. Pet insurance is growing 17% YOY, yet only 2% of dogs and cats in the US are currently insured. We’re looking to change that so that every dog and cat can live the best life pawsible.
Our Culture & Values
Launched by Zoetis (ZTS), a Fortune 500 company that’s the world’s largest animal health company, Pumpkin is led by a team of engineers, product managers, marketers, data experts, designers, and customer care specialists who love and live for our pets – and for yours.
Pets Come First: Put what's best for pets at the center of everything you do
Trust the Pack: Help families make empowered pet care decisions
Jump Fences: If there’s a will, there’s always a way over them
Share Toys: Be generous with your gifts and amazing things will happen
Dig New Holes: Challenge conventions to create the future of pet health care