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About the Role
The Staff Recruiter will oversee the entire recruitment process for high-level requisitions, from sourcing to onboarding. This role focuses on creating a positive, personalized experience for candidates, agencies, and hiring managers, while ensuring efficiency and compliance. This position reports to the Manager, Staff Recruiting.
Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for high-level staff positions across national and international Global Services departments.
- Develop and implement strategic recruitment plans to attract top talent aligned with firm goals.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and provide guidance on recruiting best practices.
- Maintain market data and talent availability information to guide hiring managers.
- Actively source candidates through various platforms to build a strong pipeline.
- Build relationships with agency search firms, communicate firm culture, and negotiate contractual terms.
- Review and refer qualified candidates to hiring managers.
- Conduct initial phone screenings to evaluate candidate expertise.
- Track and maintain all recruiting activities and files.
- Extend verbal and written offers of employment and manage negotiations.
- Maintain and update the firm’s applicant tracking system.
- Complete pre-employment checks and ensure timely entry into the onboarding platform.
- Partner with stakeholders to create meaningful onboarding and integration plans.
- Establish and track key recruitment metrics, reporting findings to leadership.
- Partner with Staff Recruiting Manager on department initiatives.
- Continuously assess recruitment processes, tools, and resources to enhance candidate experience.
- Proactively improve candidate and hiring manager experience, ensuring efficiency and accountability.
- Perform other assigned duties.
Requirements
- Ability to manage multiple roles simultaneously and reprioritize responsibilities.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Human Resources practices and principles.
- Full understanding of recruiting practices.
- Capable of maintaining confidentiality of personal and sensitive information.
- Critical thinking and sound judgment to analyze and resolve problems.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the firm.
- Ability to manage productive working relationships.
Skills
- Full-cycle recruitment
- Strategic recruitment planning
- Talent sourcing
- Agency relationship management
- Contract negotiation
- Candidate screening
- Offer management
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
- HR software
- Pre-employment checks
- Onboarding and integration planning
- Recruitment metrics tracking
- Process assessment and improvement
- Confidentiality
- Problem-solving
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Relationship management
Location
- Los Angeles
- Century City
- Orange County
- San Francisco
- Palo Alto
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience in recruiting or talent acquisition (legal environment preferred)
- Proven experience as a full-cycle recruiter
- Experience seeking and placing talent globally (preferred)
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $120,000
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement benefits
- Paid days off (sick time, vacation time)
- Parental leave
- Basic life insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discretionary, performance-based bonuses
About the Company
- Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm.
- Advises clients on significant transactions and disputes.
- Crafts and deploys creative legal strategies tailored to complex matters.
- Distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.
Equal Opportunity
- Considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with local law.
- Committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities.
- Strives for an inclusive and accessible hiring experience.
- Provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities for the application and recruitment process, unless undue hardship.