Skillbridge Fellowship - Talent Acquisition (Recruiting)

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Your military experience is welcomed. Your leadership experience is valued.

Are you preparing to transition from the military and looking for a career where your ability to connect with people, understand their skills, solve problems, and accomplish the mission can make an impact? Ready to continue building teams and serving a mission, this time by helping people find meaningful careers?

[Employer] proudly supports the Department of Defense SkillBridge program and invites transitioning service members to join our team as a Talent Acquisition Fellow. This 120-day training opportunity allows you to translate your military recruiting, human resources, personnel, career counseling, leadership, or talent management experience into a civilian career with a Fortune 500 company that values veterans, teamwork, and developing great talent.

In this role, you’ll learn the full recruiting lifecycle while partnering with Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, and business leaders to identify, attract, evaluate, and hire the talent needed to support our teams and operations.

Your Mission

As a Talent Acquisition Fellow, you will:

• Learn the entire recruiting process from identifying an open position through hiring the selected candidate
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business leaders to understand hiring needs and develop recruiting strategies
• Learn to navigate Workday and use an applicant tracking system to manage candidates and recruiting activity
• Create engaging and compliant job postings that clearly communicate opportunities and qualifications
• Evaluate applications, contact candidates, conduct interviews, and help manage candidates throughout the hiring process
• Learn sourcing techniques using job boards, search engines, LinkedIn, social media, niche recruiting platforms, and other sourcing tools
• Build talent pipelines and develop relationships with prospective candidates
• Support recruiting events, job fairs, marketing initiatives, and outreach efforts
• Learn recruiting compliance requirements and the importance of consistent, accurate hiring practices
• Partner with hiring managers, HR partners, onboarding teams, and Talent Acquisition colleagues throughout the hiring process
• Participate in projects focused on process improvement, recruiting strategy, candidate experience, and creative approaches to attracting talent

How Military Experience Fits

Your military experience may be considered in lieu of some civilian recruiting or Talent Acquisition experience requirements outlined below. The following are shown for guidance only. Equivalent civilian experience will also be considered.

• Military Recruiting and Recruiting Operations
• Career Counseling, Retention, or Career Planning
• Human Resources, Personnel, or Manpower Management
• Training, Education, or Professional Development
• Administrative and Personnel Support
• Talent Management or Workforce Planning
• Senior Enlisted Leadership, First Sergeant, or Command Leadership roles involving personnel development, interviewing, mentoring, or staffing

Relevant Backgrounds May Include (Not Required)

Army: 79R (Recruiter), 79S (Career Counselor), 79T (Recruiting and Retention NCO), 42A (Human Resources Specialist), 42B (Human Resources Officer), 420A (Human Resources Technician)

Air Force: 8R000 (Recruiter), 3F0X1 (Personnel), 3F2X1 (Education and Training), 3F5X1 (Administration), 38F (Force Support Officer)

Navy: NC (Navy Counselor), recruiting-focused Navy Counselor assignments, PS (Personnel Specialist), YN (Yeoman), Human Resources Officer backgrounds

Marine Corps: 8411 (Recruiter), 4821 (Career Planner), 0111 (Administrative Specialist), 0102 (Manpower Officer), personnel and manpower management backgrounds

Coast Guard: YN (Yeoman), recruiting assignments, personnel management, career development, and human resources-related assignments

Space Force: Personnel, talent management, recruiting, training, force development, and human capital-related assignments

If you’ve recruited people, counseled service members on their careers, managed personnel, developed teams, built relationships, interviewed candidates, or helped leaders put the right people in the right positions, your skills are highly transferable.

What You’ll Gain Through SkillBridge

• 120 days of structured Talent Acquisition and recruiting experience before separation or retirement
• Exposure to the full recruiting lifecycle within a Fortune 500 company
• Hands-on experience with Workday and civilian recruiting processes
• Training in candidate sourcing, interviewing, pipeline development, recruiting compliance, and candidate management
• Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition, HR, business leaders, and hiring managers
• Supervisor-led instruction, job shadowing, computer-based learning, and supervised hands-on projects
• Mentorship from experienced Talent Acquisition professionals
• Exposure to other HR functions and the broader HR ecosystem
• Potential pathways to Talent Acquisition roles such as Senior Representative TA, Associate TA, and Specialist TA
• A veteran-supportive culture that understands your transition

At [Employer], Veterans don’t just find jobs. They find a mission and a team.

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The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

[Employer] is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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