Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist at Meaden & Moore supports the firm’s recruiting priorities with a primary focus on a dedicated service line, while also assisting with support services searches and other departmental hiring needs. This hybrid role in Cleveland, OH involves candidate sourcing, high-volume pipeline management, pre-screening interviews, and accurate recordkeeping in the applicant tracking system.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage recruiting activity for an assigned service line, and support support services searches and other departmental recruiting needs as directed by the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Manager, service line leaders, office leads, and department stakeholders to understand hiring needs, role priorities, search expectations, and candidate profiles.
• Oversee high-volume recruiting searches by maintaining organized pipelines, tracking candidate activity, balancing competing priorities, and keeping searches moving forward.
• Proactively source, engage, and screen active and passive candidates using tools and channels including LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, networking, social media, professional associations, and other sourcing strategies.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs within the assigned service line and other areas of the firm.
• Conduct pre-screening interviews via phone, video, or in person to evaluate qualifications, interest level, compensation expectations, location preferences, and overall fit with firm needs.
• Represent the Meaden & Moore brand, culture, and career opportunities, including the service line-specific value proposition, when engaging prospective candidates.
• Ensure timely, professional follow-up with candidates, hiring managers, and internal stakeholders throughout the recruiting process.
• Use the firm’s applicant tracking system to maintain complete and accurate candidate profiles, activity notes, requisition details, and search updates.
• Assist with recruitment strategy, sourcing plans, workforce planning, search prioritization, process improvement initiatives, and other recruiting projects.
• Maintain recruiting documents, dashboards, trackers, requisition priority lists, Predictive Index Job Targets, and other tools that support recruiting operations and planning.
• Maintain relationships with professional organizations, state accounting societies, universities, referral sources, and networking groups to support talent acquisition efforts.
• Support fair and equitable hiring practices and partner with the DEI Committee or other internal groups to attract qualified talent from a variety of sources.
• Independently identify potential recruiting challenges, recommend next steps, escalate issues appropriately, and maintain alignment with the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Provide additional support with human resources projects and administrative functions as needed to meet firm needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of recruiting experience, preferably in a professional services environment.
• Familiarity with social media platforms for sharing position information.
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from candidates and colleagues at all levels.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a self-starter and team member.
• Ability to prioritize and meet established deadlines.
• Flexible, positive, can-do attitude.
• Experience managing high-volume recruiting pipelines, including sourcing for multiple active roles and maintaining diligent follow-up.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates and communicate employer brand, team culture, and role opportunity.
• Strong judgment and initiative, with appropriate collaboration with the Talent Acquisition Manager and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• SHRM-CP or SHRM PHR.
• SHRM Talent Acquisition Credential.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter.

Tools and Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Microsoft Office
• Predictive Index Job Targets

Compensation and Work Location

• Location: Cleveland, OH (hybrid)
• Salary: USD 72,000 - 81,000 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) matching and profit sharing
• Professional development support
• Professional certification support and reimbursement
• Employee referral and new business bonus opportunities
• Wellness and employee assistance resources
• Long-term career growth and advancement opportunities
• Parental bonding time and compensation continuance
• Flexible and hybrid work opportunities, where applicable
• Discretionary year-end bonuses
• Team outings, firm events, and holiday celebrations
• Busy season appreciation and stress-relief programs
• Wellness initiatives and incentives
• Technology, retailer, and event discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• Strong commitment to community involvement, volunteerism, and charitable giving

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

Meaden & Moore embraces and encourages employees’ differences across age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make employees unique.