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Contract Recruiter

  2026-03-12     Ariat International     San Leandro,CA  
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About the Role

Are you an experienced corporate Recruiter and a people person? Do you enjoy helping others align their personal and professional passions? Ariat is seeking a versatile contract Recruiter to present the company as an "employer of choice" and attract top talent to our growing business. This full-cycle contract Recruiter will partner with hiring managers to understand their unique needs and team dynamics, and will assist with posting jobs, sourcing, screening, interview scheduling, offer negotiations, onboarding, and dispositioning for corporate and distribution center positions. The contract role will report to the Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition, and work closely with hiring managers in finance, marketing, IT, product design/development, retail operations, distribution center management, and more.

This contract position is hybrid, working a minimum of three days per week at Ariat's San Leandro, CA office. Anticipated contract duration is 12 months.

You'll Make a Difference By

  • Facilitating intake calls with hiring managers to capture requirements for open requisitions and developing recruiting plans for each position
  • Guiding hiring managers through the recruiting process, training on recruiting resources, and assisting with job descriptions as needed
  • Assisting with posting and editing jobs across job boards including Ariat's ATS, LinkedIn, and Indeed
  • Engaging in full-cycle recruiting of applicants for open positions (sourcing/screening), coordinating and scheduling phone, online, and on-site interviews, maintaining relationships with active candidates, moving all selected candidates through the interview process, extending and negotiating offers, onboarding new hires, dispositioning candidates, and closing filled positions.
  • Maintaining regular, clear, and timely communication with hiring managers, candidates, HR team members and cross-functional partners
  • Supporting cross-boarding of internal transfers and promotions in partnership with Ariat's HRBP team
  • Capturing detailed screening notes and tracking recruiting activities as well as updating recruiting reports
  • Other duties as assigned

About You

  • 4+ years of full-cycle high-volume recruiting experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Experience in retail/wholesale, apparel/footwear, or consumer goods industry
  • Trusted partner for hiring managers and experience in facilitating intake sessions
  • Experience posting jobs and sourcing candidates through an ATS (SAP SuccessFactors experience a plus), LinkedIn, and Indeed
  • Super scheduler of phone/video/on-site interviews (experience utilizing a scheduling platform a plus)
  • Efficient screener/interviewer who can onboard candidates quickly and accurately
  • Experience updating recruiting activity reports
  • Ability to work collaboratively to maintain relationships with recruiting partners and agencies
  • Effective offer negotiation skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team through cross-functional collaboration
  • Experience handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
  • Ability to convey Ariat's culture with passion and enthusiasm to potential new team members
  • Working knowledge of employment laws
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail
  • Strong time management skills for organizing and completing multiple projects in a timely manner
  • Ability to respond quickly in a dynamic and changing environment

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high-quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work, and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

The hourly rate for this position is $35-$40 per hour.

The salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data for geographic locations. Ariat in good faith believes that this posted compensation range is accurate for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This contract position may be eligible for select benefits through the payrolling agency. Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance options and 401k.

Ariat will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws. Ariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local law. Ariat is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, email ...@ariat.com.

Please see our Employment Candidate Privacy Policy at www.ariat.com/careers to learn more about how we collect, use, retain and disclose Personal Information.

Please note that Ariat does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agreement, Ariat will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter/agency placement fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Agreement, Ariat explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Ariat.


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