Recruiter, Wayfair
Wayfair Stores
$60.8-69.6k
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Wilmette, IL)
A global online homeware marketplace
Open for applications
A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$60.8-69.6k
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Wilmette, IL)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- 👥 Stakeholder Relations: You build trust quickly and can partner confidently with hiring managers across departments to deeply understand who and what they need on their teams
- 🔍 Sourcing Creativity: You bring fresh ideas to the top of the funnel and are comfortable with boots-on-the-ground recruiting, as well as using tools like Indeed, GEM, and social platforms to spark applicant flow and uncover hidden talent
- 📈 Recruiting Experience: You have 1+ years of experience in a high-volume corporate or agency recruiting environment and are eager to continue growing your TA expertise
- 🗂️ Detail Discipline: You are highly organized while moving fast, keep systems clean, follow through flawlessly, and know how to juggle shifting priorities with ease while remaining in accordance with deadlines in a high-volume environment
- 💬 Clear and Confident Communication: You communicate with clarity and professionalism across varying audiences that may require different approaches or messaging
- Growth-Ready Mindset: You’re adaptable, take feedback in stride, and bring a proactive, can-do attitude to change and new challenges
- 🏢 In-Person Energy: This is a fully on-site role, and you shine in face-to-face environments where building in-person relationships makes a lasting impact
- 👀 Talent-Spotting Everywhere: You believe great talent is all around us and treat every interaction as a potential recruiting opportunity, whether it’s during a shift, a store visit, or out in the community
- 🤖 AI-Savvy Mindset: You know how to leverage AI-powered tools and resources to boost your own productivity, enhance team efficiency, and drive better, faster results (without losing the human touch). While not a requirement, this is a huge plus in our space
- 🎓 Educational Foundation: A bachelor’s degree is preferred, but what matters most is your hunger to learn and grow
What the job involves
- As our Retail Recruiter, you'll be the engine behind our store's talent strategy, ensuring we’re hiring the right people, at the right time, for the right roles
- You’ll build strong partnerships with store leaders, understand the unique needs of each department, and deliver a candidate experience that reflects our brand: welcoming, helpful, and a little playful
- This role is equal parts relationship-builder, problem-solver, and brand ambassador
- You’ll manage everything from traditional and creative sourcing, to screening candidates and offer letters, to candidate onboarding details and process changes
- All of this, while constantly staying two steps ahead of the hiring curve
- If you thrive in fast-paced and changing environments, love connecting people to purpose, and take pride in creating seamless hiring experiences, this role could be your professional home
- 📍 Own Onsite Recruitment: You will primarily serve as the face of Talent Acquisition in the store, working onsite five days a week to build strong, in-person relationships with stakeholders, hiring managers, and future team members
- 🧠 Understand the Business Inside & Out: Develop a deep understanding of each hiring manager and department, including Logistics, Visual, Sales, Design, Retail Engagement, and Asset Protection, to deliver qualified talent aligning with both role requirements and team culture
- 🎯 Source Strategically & Creatively: Leverage tools like Avature, GEM, Visier, and Greenhouse along with creative, boots-on-the-ground sourcing efforts. You will use this to build strong pipelines, generate quality applicant flow, and attract talent in both expected and unexpected places
- 📝 Own Job Postings and ATS Accuracy: Create, update, and maintain job postings with precision while ensuring the applicant tracking system remains accurate, organized, and optimized for hiring success
- 🤝 Deliver Exceptional Hiring Experiences: Champion clean, consistent, and positive candidate and hiring experiences that reflect Wayfair’s values from start to finish
- 📅 Coordinate Recruiting Events: Support community hiring initiatives, job fairs, store promotional events, and external partnerships that generate buzz and attract great talent
- 📣 Act as a Recruiting Subject Matter Expert: Provide leadership guidance on hiring strategy, process improvements, and talent insights, while escalating issues thoughtfully and offering proactive solutions
- 🧩 Balance Priorities with Precision: Manage competing demands across multiple roles and departments through smart prioritization, clear communication, and confident decision-making, understanding your return on investment
- 📊 Drive Stakeholder Alignment: Build trust quickly, manage feedback, interview loops, and align cross-functional partners toward shared hiring goals, while surfacing key insights and trends to your TA Leadership Team
- ️ Adapt and Iterate: Embrace feedback, adjust to change, and continuously improve the hiring process by solving challenges and bringing forward fresh ideas
Our take
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
Leadership
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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