Dominique Dawes Academy - Recruiter

The Recruiter is responsible for managing full-cycle recruitment across multiple locations, ensuring a high-quality pipeline of candidates to support the organization’s rapid growth and ongoing staffing needs. This role develops sourcing strategies, conducts phone screenings, partners closely with hiring managers, and delivers a seamless candidate experience. This role will also support workforce planning and build long-term hiring pipelines for high-volume roles such as coaches, coordinators, and customer experience staff.

Key Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Manage end-to-end recruiting for all open requisitions, from intake to offer acceptance.
• Conduct detailed intake meetings with hiring managers to confirm role scope, competencies, and hiring timelines.
• Post, maintain, and optimize job listings across Paylocity, Indeed, LinkedIn, and other job boards.
• Screen resumes and conduct structured phone interviews to assess qualifications, availability, and cultural fit.
• Coordinate interviews with hiring managers, ensure timely feedback, and maintain clear communication with candidates.

Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Proactively source candidates through job boards, referrals, social media, community partnerships, and industry networks.
• Build and maintain pipelines for high-volume roles across all gym locations.
• Track market trends and competitor hiring strategies to strengthen sourcing effectiveness.

Hiring Manager Partnership

• Provide hiring managers with weekly updates on candidate pipelines, bottlenecks, and hiring metrics.
• Educate managers on interviewing best practices and ensure evaluation consistency.
• Partner with managers to forecast future staffing needs, especially for new gym openings.

Offer Management & Pre-Hire Coordination

• Prepare and send offer letters in Paylocity, ensuring salary alignment with internal equity and budget.
• Communicate next steps to candidates and coordinate with the HR Coordinator to initiate onboarding tasks.
• Maintain compliance with background checks, certification requirements, and state-specific regulations.

Recruitment Operations & Reporting

• Track key recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, and applicant source effectiveness.
• Optimize job advertisement spend to maximize ROI.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and stages in Paylocity Recruiting.
• Support employer branding initiatives to enhance candidate engagement and retention.

Core Competencies

• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently while supporting fast-paced teams
• High attention to detail and comfort managing competing priorities
• Solution-focused mindset with strong critical-thinking skills
• Proactive approach to sourcing and pipeline building
• Professionalism and the ability to uphold confidentiality

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in high-volume or multi-state environments.
• Demonstrated experience with ATS systems (Paylocity preferred).
• Strong interviewing, sourcing, and candidate evaluation skills.
• Excellent communication, follow-up, and relationship-building abilities.
• Experience recruiting across multiple states and markets.
• Experience recruiting in fitness, youth sports, childcare, hospitality, or service-oriented industries (preferred).
• Knowledge of FLSA, employment law, and multi-state hiring compliance.
• Ability to manage 20–40 active requisitions at a time.

Work Environment

• Fast-paced, multi-location environment.
• May require occasional travel to new gym openings or hiring events.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and using a computer. 
• Frequent use of hands and fingers to handle or operate office equipment, such as keyboards, phones, and printers. 
• Ability to read documents, spreadsheets, and computer screens for prolonged periods.
• Ability to occasionally stand, bend, reach, and lift office supplies or materials up to 25 lbs.
• Regularly required to communicate clearly and effectively via phone, email, and in person.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.