Recruiter - DEN

Position Overview

As a Recruiter supporting Airport Operations in one of Southwest Airlines' fastest-growing stations, you'll lead full-cycle hiring efforts to ensure our Denver station remains fully staffed and ready to deliver exceptional service. With deep knowledge of the local talent market, you'll source and engage Candidates for Airport and Technical Operations roles, minimizing delays in hiring and preserving Team bandwidth across the network. You'll partner closely with Hiring Leaders, HR Business Partners, and vendors to develop strategic staffing plans and deliver a high-touch Candidate Experience. Your work directly supports the operational heartbeat of Southwest Airlines and keeps our stations running smoothly and our People set up for success.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with strategic partners to develop effective and efficient recruiting strategies for specific roles to identify, evaluate, and select the best talent possible.
• Screen, assess, and conduct interviews with candidates to determine job fit, level of interest, qualifications, and salary expectations.
• Develop comprehensive strategic recruiting and retention plans to meet the human capital needs of strategic goals.
• Partner with HRBP's and Compensation to craft, present, and negotiate employment offers, including complex compensation components.
• Establish partnerships with Sourcing, Pipelines, Programs, and other teams to proactively build pipelines to meet hiring demands.
• Effectively utilize Talent Acquisition tools to create efficiencies and improve productivity.
• Represent Southwest at job fairs and industry-specific events by strategizing attendance, setting up and tearing down, and preparing presentations to build a positive brand and source Candidates.
• Advise others on career or personal development.
• Coach and advise individual contributors on the development of competencies and skills needed to achieve employee needs and future aspirations.
• Interpret and explain Human Resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Intermediate-level experience with a broad knowledge in Human Resources.
• Understanding of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Familiarity with principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations, negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Skilled in using Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to bring others together and reconcile differences.
• Capacity to understand the implications of new information for current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce logical solutions.
• Excellent collaboration, influence, and communication skills to develop strategies, demonstrate solutions, and gain buy-in across the organization.

Benefits & Perks

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too).
• Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan with company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings.
• Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan – when Southwest profits, you profit.
• Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets).
• Health plan coverage options that begin from the very first day of employment.