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Adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the country, Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, provides an amazing work environment with refreshing mountain breezes and spectacular views of the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. As a member of the Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort team, you will meet and engage with guests who have arrived to enjoy all the Great Smoky Mountains have to offer and help them experience our world-class amenities such as the state-of-the-art Wild Bear Falls water park.

The Recruiter will be responsible for overseeing full-cycle recruiting and hiring processes including
conducting intake sessions, sourcing, scheduling, interviewing, and assessing candidates as well as
effectively managing the offer process. The recruiter will provide recruiting support for one or more lines
of business or client functions ( i.e. Resort Ops, Housekeeping, F&B, Corporate, Call Center, etc.). Will
effectively partner and build relationships with peers, key internal clients, candidates, and hiring leaders.
The recruiter will create a pipeline of candidates for open positions through traditional resources as well
as digital channels.

• Conducts full-cycle recruiting for open nonexempt and exempt positions
• Creates and conducts candidate generation sourcing activities builds strong candidate pipelines
and achieves hiring goals through referral generation, online social networking, job boards,
resume database mining and search engine sourcing, etc.
• Manages Grassroot recruiting activities such as networking, conducting in-person client visits,
building relationships with local associations, chamber of commerce, unemployment offices, high
schools, technical schools, universities, third-party companies, etc.
• Reviews resumes, prescreen candidates, assesses candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities
against position requirements, and make recommendations to the hiring manager
• Prepares candidate for hiring leader interviews and delivers an exceptional level of service
throughout the candidate’s journey
• Responsible for all administrative tasks such as coordinating and scheduling interviews,
administering appropriate company pre-employment assessments, completing feedback forms
and interview notes, offering letter processing, updating required trackers and reports, etc.
• Communicate effectively and timely with team members, candidates, and hiring managers
• Effectively and accurately utilizes all recruiting systems and tools
• Participate, attend and help organize hiring events, job fairs, walk-in interviews, etc.
• Daily, weekly, and biweekly follow-ups with internal clients and candidates
• Discuss forecasting needs with the client group escalate challenges to the leader and assist with
finding and executing solutions• Must comply with all CFI policies and procedures as well as all talent acquisition and onboarding
processes
• Must represent Westgate Resorts in a professional manner through appearance, dress, and
professional behavior always while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring leader
experience
• Must work diligently to gain knowledge and experience to execute the role to its full potential
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality in all tasks
• Other duties as assigned by leadership
 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

Core Values (Requirements): Additionally, the person must possess and adhere to the following core
company values: Integrity Passion Work Ethic

Experience
• 2+ years full cycle recruiting experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Experience with or proven ability to quickly learn applicant-tracking software or other recruitment
systems
Education & Certifications
• Associate degree in human resources or a related field, bachelor's degree preferred
• Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment
Skills/Knowledge
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Proven ability to multi-task and manage conflicting priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional demeanor and presence
• Strong judgment and integrity
• Proven experience managing confidential information
• Strong self-awareness and ability to receive and accept feedback in an effort to continue personal
and professional growth and development
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to travel for recruiting meetings, college visits, career fairs, and other events. Travel between
properties may be required based on home location
• Ability to create and implement sourcing strategies for recruitment for a variety of roles
• Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative
• Occasional will be required to work evenings and weekends to support hiring needs

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Must be able to regularly lift, pull,
push and or/move up to 10 pounds. Must be able to bend, stoop, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb
stairs, for up to eight (8) hours. Must be capable of hearing within what is considered to be a normal
range. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk, and hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include capable of distant vision, color vision, peripheral
vision, depth vision and perception, close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write
simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
to customers, clients, and other team members of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common
fractions, and decimals.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common
fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITIES

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions. Ability to define
problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral
instructions. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Why Westgate?

• Comprehensive health benefits – medical, dental and vision
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – vacation, sick, and personal
• Paid Holidays
• 401K with generous company match
• Get access to your pay as you need it with our Daily Pay benefit
• Family benefits including pregnancy, and parental leave and adoption assistance
• Wellness Programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance
• Military Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life, Disability, Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Exclusive discounts for Team Member (i.e., hotels, cruise, resorts, restaurants, entertainment, etc.) 
• Advancement & development opportunities
• Community Involvement Programs

Westgate Resorts is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected status under federal, state or local law. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email [email protected] with the job title and the location of the position for which you are applying.