Contract Talent Acquisition Specialist - Remote - Eastern Time Zone

GCG is currently seeking a Contract Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Corporate Recruiting team for a four-to-six month assignment focused on supporting high-volume recruiting needs across our organization.

You'll work closely with Warehouse Operations leaders and members of our Talent Acquisition team to keep priority searches moving—from understanding hiring needs and attracting candidates through screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, and offer-stage support.  You'll focus on high-volume roles across our North American warehousing and assembly facilities, ensuring a high-touch, high-quality experience for both hiring managers and candidates and maintaining a responsive, organized recruiting process.  

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced recruiter who is comfortable managing multiple open positions in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working directly with hiring teams, and knows how to balance speed with a thoughtful candidate experience.

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with hiring managers to understand open positions, candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and recruiting timelines

• Manage recruiting activity across multiple simultaneous openings in a high-volume hiring environment

• Review inbound applicants and identify candidates whose experience aligns with position requirements

• Conduct candidate phone screens and provide hiring teams with clear, timely feedback and recommendations

• Source prospective candidates through applicable recruiting and sourcing tools to maintain a healthy candidate pipeline

• Develop targeted searches using relevant job titles, skills, industries, employers, and other candidate criteria

• Communicate with prospective and active candidates throughout the recruiting process to maintain engagement and provide a positive candidate experience

• Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring teams, including managing scheduling changes and competing calendars

• Schedule and facilitate timely interview debrief conversations to help hiring teams maintain momentum and reach decisions

• Maintain accurate and timely candidate, requisition, interview, and recruiting activity within the applicant tracking system
• Support offer, pre-employment, and onboarding coordination as needed

• Partner closely with members of the Corporate Talent Acquisition team to balance recruiting priorities and provide additional support where candidate or hiring volume is greatest

• Help identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, candidate communication, and overall process efficiency

• Perform other recruiting-related duties as assigned

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting or substantial portions of the recruiting lifecycle in a fast-paced manufacturing or industrial distribution environment across multiple geographic areas

• Experience supporting multiple open requisitions and hiring managers simultaneously

• Experience sourcing candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, job boards, databases, or similar recruiting tools

• Ability to develop effective candidate searches and adjust sourcing approaches based on market response

• Experience working within an applicant tracking system

• Strong organization and follow-through, with the ability to keep multiple recruiting processes moving at the same time

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a professional, candidate-focused approach

• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and other internal partners

Contract Details

This is a fully remote, four-month contract assignment working approximately 40 hours per week.  The expected hourly rate for this position ranges from $60 to $65 per hour depending on relevant experience within high-volume light industrial, manufacturing, or industrial distribution environment. 

About GCG

At GCG, our mission is to power, connect, and automate our world. With the responsive DNA of a startup and the size of a global leader, we offer top brands and extensive value-added services that make us an invaluable partner to our customers in multiple industry verticals across the globe.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our customers, while focusing attention on our responsibility to the environment, our associates and the communities we serve.

Our Use of AI in Recruiting

At GCG, we use AI technology to assist with our interviews by automating note-taking, allowing our hiring teams to focus fully on the conversation. This technology supports efficiency and accuracy in capturing candidate insights during interviews but is not used to evaluate resumes. All resume reviews and candidate assessments are conducted directly by our corporate recruiting team and hiring managers to ensure a thoughtful, human-centered approach.

GCG is an equal opportunity employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

These duties and responsibilities listed above are judged to be "essential functions" in terms of the Americans With Disabilities Act, or ADA. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 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.  Furthermore, the above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person in this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed by such a person.