Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Chicago (Downtown on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays)

Company: Swoon

About Swoon

At Swoon, we believe people are everything. We’re building a high-performance staffing and recruiting organization powered by energy, relationships, grit, and genuine care for people. We don’t believe in transactional recruiting — we believe in building careers, building teams, and building a culture people want to be part of.

We’re looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to lead all internal hiring across Swoon, with a heavy focus on hiring top-performing sales, recruiting, and staffing professionals. This is not a “post-and-pray” recruiting role. We’re looking for a true talent hunter — someone who thrives on networking, headhunting, building relationships, generating referrals, and creating pipelines of exceptional talent before there’s even an opening.

This person will play a critical role in shaping the future of Swoon by helping us identify, attract, hire, and onboard A-players who elevate our culture and drive our growth.

What You’ll Do

Own Internal Recruiting Strategy & Execution

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for all internal hiring across Swoon
• Focus heavily on recruiting high-performing sales, recruiting, and staffing professionals
• Proactively source passive candidates through networking, referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, events, and direct outreach
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines across key markets and roles
• Partner closely with leadership to deeply understand hiring needs, team dynamics, and ideal candidate profiles
• Drive a structured, high-touch candidate experience from first outreach through onboarding

Be a Talent Magnet & Brand Ambassador

• Sell the vision, culture, and opportunity of Swoon to top-tier candidates
• Build relationships with high performers before they are actively looking
• Represent Swoon at networking events, industry meetups, and recruiting functions
• Help strengthen Swoon’s employer brand across our core markets

Build Process, Training & Onboarding Excellence

• Create and continuously improve scalable recruiting processes and hiring workflows
• Ensure every role has clear scorecards, measurable outcomes, and structured interview processes
• Help design and coordinate onboarding and training experiences for new hires
• Partner with leadership on onboarding plans, 90-day success tracking, and employee integration
• Support and facilitate orientation and training initiatives, including Duck U onboarding experiences

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of talent acquisition or recruiting experience, preferably within staffing, recruiting, sales, or agency environments
• Proven success recruiting high-performing recruiters, account executives, sales professionals, or staffing talent
• Strong headhunting and passive candidate sourcing experience
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and generate referrals organically
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and storytelling skills
• Highly organized and process-oriented with strong follow-through
• Experience building onboarding, training, or recruiting processes
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, and modern sourcing tools

Who You Are

• High-energy and naturally magnetic
• Relationship-driven and genuinely people-oriented
• Competitive, resourceful, and proactive
• Someone who takes ownership instead of waiting for direction
• A builder who enjoys creating process and structure
• Passionate about helping people succeed
• Comfortable advising leaders instead of simply taking recruiting orders
• Curious, coachable, and constantly looking for better ways to attract talent

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Building strong pipelines of A-player sales and recruiting talent
• Consistently hiring high-performing internal team members
• Creating an exceptional candidate experience
• Improving onboarding and ramp-up success for new hires
• Elevating Swoon’s employer brand and reputation in the staffing industry
• Becoming a trusted talent partner to leadership

Why Join Swoon?

Because you’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of a growing organization that truly values people, culture, and performance. You’ll work alongside leaders who care deeply about building winning teams — and you’ll play a direct role in helping us scale the right way.

If you’re someone who loves finding exceptional people, building meaningful relationships, and helping organizations grow through talent, we’d love to meet you.