Recruitment Team Lead (Hybrid- Chicago)
Korn Ferry US
Location: Chicago, IL 60601, US
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Industry: Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category: 13-0000.00 – Business and Financial Operations
Posted: Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Valid Through: Thursday, 10 December 2026
Job Description
Korn Ferry US is hiring a Recruitment Team Lead (Hybrid- Chicago) in Chicago, IL. This is a full-time position, and paying $85,000.00–$110,000.00/year.
Title: Recruitment Team Lead (Hybrid- Chicago)
Opportunity ID: 29023
Opportunity Description:
The Role
Korn Ferry is searching for a Sourcing/Recruitment Team Lead to support our RPO client. This role will be hybrid based out of Downtown Chicago.
As a Recruiting Team Lead, you will contribute to Korn Ferry's growth and profitability goals by delivering best in class recruitment services to our clients. The Team Lead is responsible for the day-to-day operational aspects of the project deliverables. A key objective of the role is to ensure high quality service delivery and customer satisfaction is consistently maintained and achieved.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Chicago
Country of Requisition: United States of America
Type of location: Onsite
Pay transparency range - for applicable states: $85, 000.00 - $110, 000.00
Opportunity ID: 29023
Opportunity Description:
The Role
Korn Ferry is searching for a Sourcing/Recruitment Team Lead to support our RPO client. This role will be hybrid based out of Downtown Chicago.
As a Recruiting Team Lead, you will contribute to Korn Ferry's growth and profitability goals by delivering best in class recruitment services to our clients. The Team Lead is responsible for the day-to-day operational aspects of the project deliverables. A key objective of the role is to ensure high quality service delivery and customer satisfaction is consistently maintained and achieved.
Key Responsibilities
- Build a knowledge base of client's business, organization and objectives.
- Manage project tightly end to end, ensuring quality assurance on day to day recruitment activities and attainment of project deliverables in line with KPIs and Service Level Agreements ("SLAs") established for the project.
- Maintain a small requisition load.
- Build trust and confidence with key client stakeholders. Through this relationship building process, ensure effective expectation setting and management of client communications.
- Continually seek out opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
- Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and make constructive suggestions for change, including proposed change management steps.
- Prepare and actively participate in project reviews with client and senior management. Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors. Escalate and resolve issues in a timely fashion.
- Ensure all systems are updated on a timely basis by the delivery project team. Conduct ad hoc quality checks to ensure completeness and accuracy of data added to the systems.
- Work with the Project Director in developing value-added reporting to our client and ensure all reporting, internal and external, is accurate and complete and delivered against pre-established deadlines.
- Bachelor's degree or five years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree
- Minimum of five years of experience in recruiting and sourcing with experience managing a recruiting team.
- Experience with recruiting Corporate/salaried roles.
- Strong understanding of full life cycle recruiting and advanced sourcing tactics.
- Understanding of recruiting metrics and reporting standards.
- Familiarity with SLA's/SOW as it relates to our business.
- Computer proficiency, specifically MS Office Suite and ideally a range of Applicant Tracking Systems.
- Track record of success in leading and motivating the delivery team.
- Ability to analyze fairly complex data and develop sound recommendations and solutions.
- Excellent planning and organizing skills; able to "juggle" responsibilities effectively in a high volume, fast-paced service environment.
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively with client and in large group settings.
- Strong customer and results orientation.
- Ability to interact effectively at all levels and across diverse cultures.
- Energetic, confidence, maturity and interpersonal sensitivity.
Location: Chicago
Country of Requisition: United States of America
Type of location: Onsite
Pay transparency range - for applicable states: $85, 000.00 - $110, 000.00
Education Requirements
high school
Skills
Please see the job description for required or recommended skills.
Benefits
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