Corporate Recruiter

Are you passionate about recruiting?  Are you a relationship-builder?  Do you like making a difference?  We are hiring a Corporate Recruiter to join our team and this role may be perfect for you.

Reporting to the VP, Human Resources, you will collaborate with business leaders as a strategic partner, own the recruiting process end to end, champion the candidate experience, and lead key initiatives to enhance how we find and recruit talent.  You will manage full-cycle recruitment to hire professionals for all teams of the company.  Playing a critical role to ensure we are hiring the best possible talent by developing and executing recruiting plans, promoting our employer value proposition, networking through industry contacts, leveraging association memberships, promoting via social channels, networking with trade groups and employees, and coordinating/implementing college recruiting initiatives.

Why Lawrie Insurance Group?

• Great Place to Work™ Certified
• Comprehensive benefits plan
• Company Pension Plan and Optional RRSP
• Employee Referral Incentive Program
• Education and career development support
• Continuing Education Reimbursement program
• Positive work culture and environment
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Fun team environment with family-like atmosphere

What will you do?

• Proactively collaborate with management to identify workforce needs, job specifications, job duties, qualifications, and skills.
• Develop a diverse pool of qualified candidates.
• Network through industry contacts, association memberships, trade groups and employees.
• Source positions to ensure we are attracting qualified candidates.
• Manage the candidate experience.
• Conduct reference and background checks on applicants.
• Make public presentations regarding the organization and job opportunities; coordinating employee participation, set up, and work at job fairs.
• Project yearly recruitment expenditures for budgetary consideration and control.
• Encourage employee referrals by leveraging the company Employee Referral Incentive Program.
• Conduct regular follow-up with managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation.
• Research and recommend new sources for active and passive candidate recruiting.
• Working with Marketing, enhance the company website to promote our employer value proposition
• Use social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates.
• Manage the use of recruiters and headhunters.
• Conduct prescreening interviews.
• Schedule and participate in interviews for applicants and referring candidates for additional interviews, as appropriate.
• Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures.
• Provide selected candidates with conditional offer of employment (verbal and written), confirm employment and schedule orientation.
• Coordinate all internal recruitment processes including job posting, transfers or promotion of selected employees ensuring all applicable standards in hiring are met.
• Perform other special projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-5 years of recruitment experience.
• Diploma/Degree in Human Resources or other appropriate field preferred.
• CHRP designation preferred.
• Able to work in a result focused environment.
• Exceptional conflict resolution, negotiation, and objection handling skills.
• Highly flexible, with solid interpersonal skills that allow one to work effectively with different managers, candidate personalities, etc.
• Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with corporate departments, key business partners, and employees.
• Knowledge of cost analysis, fiscal management, and budgeting techniques a must.
• Outstanding interviewing skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.

If you are interested in this opportunity, click Apply below!

About Lawrie Insurance Group (LIG)

Founded in 1982 and now ranked in the top 5% of brokerages in Canada, LIG is a privately owned and operated insurance brokerage with over 100 employees specializing in all areas of personal and corporate property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, financial services and group retirement products. We are a fiercely independent insurance brokerage with no financial ties to any of our insuring partners, allowing us to be truly objective in meeting the needs of our clients. Our relationships with our insuring partners are solid and we represent over 60 Canadian and International insurance companies giving us full access to aligning clients with the right insurer for the long-term. Our success over the past 30+ years has been built by the amazing people at LIG and the relationships of trust that are built with clients and the community as a whole.

We offer a work environment that is described by our clients, insurers and employees as being fun, challenging, stimulating, fast paced and highly professional.

Please note, only qualified candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in this exciting opportunity.

Lawrie Insurance Group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.