The Role
Manage full-cycle recruiting across North America, including sourcing, candidate screening, interview coordination, hiring-manager partnership, ATS administration, and candidate communication. Advise managers on hiring decisions, improve recruiting data and processes, support DEI initiatives, conduct new-hire orientations and check-ins, and provide backup HR support. Source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Boolean searches, and social media.
Summary Generated by Built In
A Day in the Life
The Recruiter is an integral part of the People Ops team, developing a unique, impeccable strategy to fill positions in a variety of locations across North America. A typical day will kick off with replying to emails and messages from candidates and hiring managers. You will attend a daily team standup in the morning, then it’s down to the business of full-cycle recruiting, from sourcing through the candidate’s first week. Your day will be filled with conducting first-round phone screens, coordinating interviews, meeting with hiring managers to discuss their job openings, answering candidate questions, and helping to maintain clean and up-to-date recruitment data. You will support hiring for all departments across WatchGuard. You will also cycle with the other members of the People Operations team to conduct the New Hire Orientations as well as 30 day/60 day/6 month check-ins with recent new hires. In the time left over, you can work on longer-term projects such as improving existing processes and developing new ones, working on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and learning how to provide back up to the Human Resources team.
About the Position
The Recruiter serves as a nexus for the hiring process, providing continuous communication, scheduling, and forward momentum to both our internal customers (the hiring teams) and our external customers (the candidates). You will be part of a lean Recruiting team under the larger umbrella of the People Operations, reporting to the Manager of Talent Acquisition. You and your immediate team is primarily responsible for all job openings in the USA and Canada regions but will occasionally partner with members of our worldwide People Operations team beyond North America.
Position Responsibilities
Full cycle recruitment process across multiple functions
Manage and update candidates in our applicant tracking system (we use BambooHR)
Screen candidates to assess potential fit within the organization and company's values
Partner with hiring managers to develop new job openings, create an interview team, and describe our recruiting process and requirements.
Coordinate candidate calls and interviews with the hiring teams
Direct the recruiting process and candidate flow to maintain best practices and promote candidate satisfaction.
Improving data/reporting to inform business decisions and assess talent pipeline health
Advise and provide counsel to hiring managers on all aspects of the hiring process ensuring teams are making the best hiring decisions possible
Assist in developing DEI initiatives and build procedures increase inclusivity of interview process.
Stay current on trends, new technologies, and potential ways to improve current processes and candidate experiences.
Learn general Human Resources processes and provide backup for them when necessary.
Source new candidates and maintain passive candidate relationships using a variety of tools and techniques such as LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, X-ray/Boolean searches, or social media
Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
5 years of in-house or agency recruiting experience; IT industry a plus
Familiarity with DEI programs and initiatives a plus.
Experience recruiting for a variety of departments - Warehouse, Legal, Engineering, IT, Marketing, Technical Support, Product/Program Management, Accounting & Finance.
A constant willingness to push for improvements, small or large, to existing processes.
Multi-tasking, organizational, time/decision management skills
Excellent written and interpersonal communication techniques
Strong research and sourcing skills.
Focus on results, ability to drive the recruiting process and provide responsive follow-up to both candidates and hiring teams.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Five years of in-house or agency recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting across multiple departments, including engineering, IT, marketing, technical support, product or program management, legal, warehouse, and finance
- Strong research and candidate sourcing skills
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- Multitasking, organizational, time-management, and decision-management skills
- Ability to drive recruiting processes and provide responsive follow-up to candidates and hiring teams
- IT industry recruiting experience
- Familiarity with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and initiatives
WatchGuard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WatchGuard and has not been reviewed or approved by WatchGuard.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support. Feedback suggests plan breadth and quality are a recurring bright spot.
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Parental & Family Support — Caregiver benefits include paid parental leave, backup care, adoption assistance, fertility coverage, and, in some locales, subsidized childcare. Feedback suggests these supports meaningfully enhance the total package for families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO and holidays are emphasized alongside options like paid sick time and volunteer time. Feedback suggests time off provisions contribute to a favorable work-life balance.
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The Company
What We Do
WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in unified cybersecurity. Our Unified Security Platform® approach is uniquely designed for managed service providers to deliver world-class security that increases their business scale and velocity while also improving operational efficiency. Trusted by more than 17,000 security resellers and service providers to protect more than 250,000 customers, the company’s award-winning products and services span network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. Together, they offer five critical elements of a security platform: comprehensive security, shared knowledge, clarity & control, operational alignment, and automation. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit WatchGuard.com.
