IT Recruiter

Role Overview

The HR Recruiter – Blue Collar Hiring will be responsible for end-to-end recruitment of frontline restaurant staff including kitchen crew, service staff, stewards, housekeeping, and other operational roles. The role requires strong experience in high-volume hiring, sourcing from blue-collar talent pools, and managing recruitment pipelines across multiple restaurant locations.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage complete recruitment lifecycle for blue-collar roles including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.

• Hire frontline staff such as Kitchen Crew, Commis, Service Staff, Stewards, Helpers, Housekeeping, and Delivery Personnel.

2. High-Volume Hiring

• Handle bulk hiring requirements for multiple restaurant outlets.

• Ensure timely closure of positions to maintain operational efficiency.

3. Sourcing & Talent Pipeline

• Source candidates through job portals, local networks, staffing vendors, walk-in drives, referrals, and community outreach.

• Maintain a strong pipeline of qualified blue-collar candidates.

4. Stakeholder Coordination

• Collaborate with restaurant managers and operations teams to understand manpower requirements.

• Coordinate interviews and ensure smooth hiring processes.

5. Recruitment Drives

• Organize walk-in drives, campus hiring (for hospitality institutes), and local hiring campaigns.

6. Candidate Management

• Conduct initial screening and assess candidates for role suitability, attitude, and service orientation.

• Manage candidate communication and offer roll-out.

7. Data & Reporting

• Maintain recruitment trackers, hiring metrics, and candidate databases.

• Provide regular hiring reports to HR leadership.

8. Employer Branding

• Represent company’s culture and employer value proposition during recruitment drives and interactions.

Eligibility Criteria

Experience

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in blue-collar / frontline hiring.

• Experience in hospitality, restaurant chains, QSR, retail, facility management, or similar industries is preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in bulk / mass hiring

• Knowledge of blue-collar recruitment channels

• Good stakeholder management

• Ability to manage hiring across multiple locations

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment

Preferred Background

Candidates with recruitment experience in Restaurant Chains, Hospitality, QSR, Retail, or Facility Management companies will be highly preferred.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a globally recognized restaurant brand

• Dynamic and people-focused culture

• Exposure to large-scale hiring and operations-driven recruitment

• Career growth within HR and talent acquisition

EXCITED ABOUT YOUR TASKS?

● Liaise with clients to understand role requirements to source the most suitable candidates 

● Source, screen and compile a shortlist of qualified candidates for various technical roles 

● Screen the candidates to ensure we put forward the best quality candidates to clients 

● Recruit senior IT profiles, with a focus on functional expertise 

●Communicate with hiring managers to understand vacancy requirements fully

● Establish a strategy to deliver suitable candidates on time 

● Build and develop relationships with both clients and candidates to provide a high level of client and candidate service 

● Connect and coordinate with external vendors to support hiring needs 

● Serve the business at a very deep and high touch level 

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO SUCCEED? 

● 3+ year of full life-cycle IT Recruiting Experience, in either an agency or corporate setting 

● Familiarity with different selection methods (screening, interviews, assignments) 

● Excellent follow-up skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hands-on, fast-paced environment with a high degree of ambiguity 

● Must have Strong Knowledge of IT Technologies and skills 

● Experience in handling multiple vendors. 

● Great interpersonal and communication skills 

● MBA in human resources or similar relevant field 

Responsibilities: 

● Communicate with clients to get a clear view on their hiring needs and

organisational goals.

● Research into clients' companies. 

● Research into competitors and market place. 

● Define job description and document specifications and guide the team to deliver

the potential candidates. 

● Identify prospective candidates using a variety of channels. 

● Create a candidate persona for each open position. 

● Conduct confidential interviews and coordinations with the required panels. 

● Follow-up references and check credits. 

● Present shortlisted candidates. 

● Present detailed candidate profile summaries. 

● Build long-term client relationships. 

● Research and develop recruiting leads.

● Develop a sustainable candidate lead strategy. 

● Advise clients on best recruiting practices. 

Qualifications: 

● 5+ years of experience in recruiting and relevant years of experience in the

handling Team. 

● Excellent understanding of recruitment processes. 

● Proficiency in using applicant tracking systems (ATS). 

● Understanding of Recruitment Marketing software is a plus. 

● Good knowledge of candidates selection methods. 

● Good understanding of Employer Branding strategies. 

● Experience with candidate sourcing tools and methods. 

● Critical thinker and problem-solving skills. 

● Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. 

● Time-management skills and on-time result driven

• Developing and executing recruiting plans to meet the hiring requirements
• Building and maintaining an active pool of candidates to meet future hiring targets in an effective manner
• Designing and driving employee referral programs
• Developing and implementing a strong campus hiring program, with the aim to make us the employer of choice
• Planning and coordinating events, assessment, and interviews for hiring candidates
• Serving as liaison with candidates and communicating logistics associated with assessment and interviews
• Conducting background checks for shortlisted candidates
• Implementing the on-boarding program for all selected candidates
• Conducting regular follow-up meetings with hiring managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation
• Providing advice and assistance to all levels on various recruiting/ talent acquisition related matters
• Utilizing metrics to identify and implement process improvements
• Conducting analysis and report on key recruitment metrics to appropriate business leaders

Desired Candidate Profile

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, 2+ years in a team management role
• Ability to lead & manage recruitment function apart from sourcing individually
• Willingness to learn and take up new challenges
• Ability to work independently, spontaneously with very less monitoring
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A can-do attitude    

• Source, interview, and select applicants for various positions.
• Sound knowledge on Sourcing Candidates thru REDEX, Monster & various Job Sites.
• Foster long-term relationships with candidates and clients
• Sourcing from different job boards. Excellent knowledge in Boolean function & usage of various job board databases.
• Draft job descriptions, push them through all talent acquisition channels, and coordinate candidate sourcing with the same.
• Doing junior to middle-level hiring for all IT verticals.
• Review applicants to verify if position requirements are met.
• Format resumes meeting client expectations.
• Telephonic Screening of the profiles checking for Technical Fitment, Behavioural Fitment, Stability, etc.
• Utilize your innovative and effective convincing and negotiation skills to impress and attract top talent.
• Follow up with candidates and clients and maintain records of progress.

Roles & Responsibilities:.

• Good knowledge and experience in IT hiring ( Sharepoint, Web developers, Web designers, HADOOP, Software Trainers, Server Admins, Software Engineers, Application Developers, etc.)
• Ability to build strong relationships.
• Self-confidence and self-starter.
• Excellent written and oral (phone) communication skills a MUST.
• Good sense of humor.
• Skills/Qualifications: Telephone Skills, Recruiting, Interviewing Skills, People Skills, Supports Diversity, Professionalism, Organization, Judgment.

• 2+ years of experience in Technical recruitment
• Design and implement overall recruiting strategy 
• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications 
• Perform job and task analysis to document job requirements and objectives 
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc 
• Screen candidates resumes and job applications 
• Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools/methods to filter candidates within schedule 
• Assess applicants’ https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/recruiting-skills-training" target="_blank">relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience and aptitudes 
• Onboard new employees in order to become fully integrated 
• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices 
• Provide analytical and well documented recruiting reports to the rest of the team 
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process