Part-Time Talent Acquisition Intern (Remote)

About the position Quest Diagnostics is seeking a Part-Time Talent Acquisition Intern for its Professional Recruiting function within Talent Acquisition. This role will be a strategic partner to business groups and provide recruiting support to the Professional Talent Acquisition team. This position is a remote-based position. The intern will learn all stages of the hiring process, from partnering with leadership and HR Business Partners on position requirements, search strategy, candidate management and development, to developing sourcing strategies to target and assess top talent. The Talent Acquisition Intern will also focus on long-term talent pipelining for future opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with leadership and HR Business Partners on position requirements.
• Developing search strategies.
• Candidate management and development.
• Developing sourcing strategies to target and assess top talent.
• Focusing on long-term talent pipelining for future opportunities.

Requirements

• Completed 3rd year of college (rising senior) with a major in Human Resources, Communications, Organizational Design or other Business focus.
• A basic level of knowledge in recruiting components including, but not limited to sourcing/candidate development, qualifying, networking, assessing, compensation trends, client and candidate management.
• Experience in developing innovative ways to research talent pools with emphasis on networking, internet research and outreach and warm/cold calling.
• Excellent project management, writing, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a large, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
• Strong initiative and solid judgment abilities and skills.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of applications and email.
• Ability to quickly learn systems, processes, and procedures.
• Demonstrate agility and flexibility; embraces change; self-develops.
• Proven agility and resourcefulness to effectively cope with ambiguous scenarios.

Nice-to-haves

• Human Resources course experience and fundamental understanding of talent acquisition.
• Fundamental understanding of business methodologies.
• Highly collaborative, motivated and possesses strong organizational skills.
• Solid analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Comfortable making verbal and written presentations to senior management.