Recruiter

Location: Deerfield, Illinois

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your role at Baxter

As a Recruiter at Baxter, you are responsible for delivery of excellence throughout the Talent Acquisition lifecycle in individual assignments and larger scale recruitment projects. You will take a lead role in helping drive quality outcomes through collaborating closely with decision makers, other members of Talent Acquisition and your HR Business Partners to ensure efficient and effective delivery of hiring projects.

Your team

You'll benefit from being part of a fantastic, global Talent Acquisition team of diverse and expert professionals. We'll support your development and will provide you access to tools, technology, and training to help advance your recruiting career. And you'll learn more about becoming a Brand Ambassador. Sound good? We value speed, simplicity, courage, and collaborating as one team. We offer autonomy with accountability and you'll be a key member of the local HR team. Are you ready to start your Baxter career?

What you'll be doing

• Lead recruiting activities through to successful hire with a strong focus on direct, candidate identification and sourcing of talent
• Responsible for collaborating with Hiring Managers to build impactful advertising, driving engagement across social media, talent identification and headhunting and proactive solicitation of referrals
• Proactively provide relevant, market intelligence and recruiting insights to Hiring Managers and HR, demonstrating your value as a trusted advisor
• Deliver an engaging candidate experience by uncovering and understanding factors that influence talent, knowing their motivators and adjusting your approach to handle a variety of situations
• Effectively challenging and influencing stakeholders to drive successful and productive activities around screening, slate presentation, interviewing and hiring decisions
• Accurately representing Baxter’s total compensation philosophy when handling offer negotiations
• Coach candidates on how to prepare for selection stages and provide feedback in a timely manner in accordance with local legislation and recruitment standard methodologies
• Accountable for accurately leading and updating requisitions through to completion including responsibility for ensuring real time system updates
• Identify and raise risk or compliance issues
• Collaborate with the business to understand critical and repeatable roles to advise talent pipelining strategy
• Proactively maintain and enhance your knowledge of Baxter to ensure you are continuously evolving your business understanding and knowledge
• Assess and analyze recruitment activity of your business areas to support relevant conversation around volumes, performance and forecasting
• Participate in continuous improvement projects

What you'll bring

Minimum HS or GED required

1+ years of experience in an agency or corporate recruiting or HR role

Familiarity of end-to-end recruitment process and ability to successfully conduct a recruitment strategy meeting.

Experience partnering with the business to create efficient and effective recruitment strategies for sourcing, pipelining, and developing requisitions.

Introductory knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and to ensure data accuracy, proper candidate stage tracking, and timely communication throughout the recruitment journey.

Confident in Sourcing for multiple searches and supporting several hiring managers simultaneously.

An understanding of the importance of a positive candidate experience, with emphasis on timely updates, transparent feedback and consistent process.

A willingness to learn and promote Baxter brand by learning employer brand initiatives and serving as an ambassador for Baxter to expand our presence through social media and other channels.

Basic knowledge of compensation structure and philosophy (benefits, bonuses, etc.) and able to communicate package to stakeholders and candidates.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $68,000 - $93,500 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change.

Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commission, and/or long-term incentive. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs changes.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.

We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.

For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

Recruitment Fraud Notice

Baxter has discovered incidents of employment scams, where fraudulent parties pose as Baxter employees, recruiters, or other agents, and engage with online job seekers in an attempt to steal personal and/or financial information. To learn how you can protect yourself, review our Recruitment Fraud Notice.