At Abbott, it’s all about providing an exceptional experience — for our clients, our construction partners and most importantly, our employees. Our team is made up of talented professionals who fully embrace the company’s brand pillars of stewardship, collaboration and integrity. They are respectful, hardworking individuals who take pride in what they do and in helping others achieve their goals.
 
In addition, Abbott’s size, combined with the versatile talents of our team, gives us the unique ability to adapt resources and approaches based on specific needs. This flexibility not only enables us to stand out from the crowd by being a responsive business partner who can quickly adjust to any situation, but also offer diverse and rewarding opportunities to our employees.

Primary Duties

• Support and engage the culture of Abbott in alignment with core values and mission statement.
• Manage the entire recruiting cycle from requisition creation through candidate generation and engagement, interviewing, offer letter and onboarding.
• Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action laws.
• Collaborate with the HR Director in the development, implementation, and communication of policies, procedures, programs, and activities to increase productivity and employee satisfaction.
• Design, evaluate and implement new training and professional development programs.
• Prepare and deliver compliance-related training and communications to employees.
• Perform searches for qualified candidates using sources such as candidate databases, networking, Internet recruiting resources, social media advertisements, job fairs, recruiting firms, and employee referrals.
• Interview job applicants to obtain information on work history, training, education, or job skills.
• Select qualified job applicants and refer them to managers, making hiring recommendations when appropriate.
• Develop and implement recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
• Maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders keeping them regularly informed and appropriately involved.
• Provide management with information and training related to interviewing, performance appraisals, counseling techniques, and documentation of performance issues.
• Coach employees on how to best utilize career development tools and take ownership of their job performance.
• Analyze employment-related data and prepare required reports.
• Lead the development, implementation and evolution of the organizational strategy in areas such as performance management and talent acquisition.
• Work closely with management on all diversity initiatives involving recruitment to ensure fairness in hiring practices.
• Create and update job descriptions as company roles change.
• Plan and lead summer internship program, including orientation, experience for all participants (interns, managers, mentors), feedback and off-boarding.
• Cultivate relationships and organize events with targeted schools and organizations.
• Know the university space keeping up to date on trends and modifying hiring strategies as appropriate.
• Represent the company in community activities and promote a positive company representation.
• Manage the creation of yearly Affirmative Action Plan (AAP).

Qualifications

• Must be able to pass a drug test and background check
• Experience managing a team
• Working knowledge of all aspects of human resources and ability to jump in as needed
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business or Human Resources
• 3 years’ experience in multiple human resource management areas such as: diversity and inclusion, leading major change initiatives, training, recruitment, employee relations, and performance management

Benefits

Abbott offers a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, vision, dental, vacation & sick time, 401(k) with match and more.