Quest Food Management Services is looking for a Recruiting Manager to join our team!
Quest Food Management Services, Inc. is a privately owned, full service, foodservice management company located in Lombard, Illinois. Founded in 1985, Quest has served schools, universities and corporate office buildings in the Midwest guided by its mission to provide the communities we serve with fresh, high-quality food, exceptional responsiveness and intensely personal service. Quest has consistently been recognized among the top food service management companies in the country in recent years.
Today Quest services many operations in the metropolitan Chicago area ranging from grade schools to high schools to independent schools and corporate office buildings. It has been Quest’s employees who have been the cornerstone of our growth. Quality people, quality food, and quality clients are our recipe for success.
Position Summary
A recruiting manager works jointly with recruiters and oversees the sourcing, interviewing and hiring processes of employees. As a recruiting manager you will make sure the recruiting strategies used by the team are up to date and help them implement new ones. You will also provide advice to the employer on recruiting, interviewing and improving their brand. The recruiting manager provides leadership, support, advocacy and vision to hiring managers and support staff on finding the best talent for the organization.
Essential Functions
- Cascades the vision of Quest Food Management Services, ensuring the Quest vision, values and founding principles are effectively communicated, understood and practiced.
- Demonstrates commitment to Quest vision, values and missions through actions on a daily basis.
- Assists the department in carrying out various human resource programs and procedures for all company employees.
- Participates in recruitment efforts for exempt and nonexempt personnel; helps coordinate the use of temporary employees.
- Manages recruiting process for entire company.
- Maintains the company’s applicant tracking system (ATS).
- Recruits at job fairs, colleges, trade schools and other recruiting venues.
- Develops an active poole of candidates as substitute workers for school units.
- Prepares and submits recruiting metrics and data reports to management.
- Meets monthly and quarterly recruiting quotas.
- Update recruiting procedures or create new procedures.
- Search for and enforce new sourcing methods to find job candidates.
- Evaluate and suggest the best recruiting software for the employer.
- Suggest ways to improve the employer's brand.
- Research the best job advertising techniques.
- Advise hiring managers on proper interviewing methods.
- Attend career events and job fairs.
- Assists in the exit interview process.
- Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database as needed.
- Serves as a back up for payroll. Required Skills/Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of recruiting methods and best practices, as well as applicable policies and federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations
- Thorough understanding of technology, technical roles and technical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Experience as a Recruiting Manager or Recruitment Consultant
- Experience in screening and interviewing job applicants
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Ability to make sound decisions quickly and efficiently
- Experience with the use of applicant tracking software and HR databases
- Knowledge of social media and professional networks Quest Food Management Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Quest Food Management Services takes a “we” approach, not a vendor-customer approach.
Quest Food Management Services was founded in 1985 in Lombard, Illinois, with the goal of providing fresh, made from scratch food and intensely personal service. Today, we have grown to over $50M in annual revenue through our partnerships with over 75 accounts in the Midwest. We serve business & industry, higher education, conference centers and the K-12 segment. We have a depth of experience in facility and equipment design and construction, offer a wealth of expertise in nutrition, marketing, food safety and sanitation, staff management and community building.
In 2018, Quest was ranked #34 in Food Management Magazine's Top 50 food management companies in the United States, up six spots from 2017, and rated as one of the fastest growing companies in our industry. This marks the third year in a row that Quest has been in the top six regarding growth rate.
We know how to build a fresh, dynamic and interesting food service program that appeals to your community. In fact, we believe we do that better than anyone in the Midwest. We take an approach of building programs that mirror quick serve restaurant approaches popular with students today. We are big enough to offer security and systems and small enough to be nimble to the smallest request.
