Position Summary
The Sourcing Recruiter and Branding Partner identifies and engages top talent through creating and implementing innovative sourcing strategies, ensuring consistent messaging focused on passive candidates. This talent partner builds strong candidate pipelines for positions across all markets while shaping a compelling, authentic narrative about Busey as an employer. The partner works cross-functionally with recruiting and hiring managers to increase talent attraction, candidate engagement and differentiate the organization in competitive talent markets.Duties & Responsibilities•Create sourcing strategies to identify qualified candidates to convert into interested candidates.
•Collaborate with the Recruiting Team and hiring managers to understand position requirements and develop effective sourcing strategies.
•Source a talent pool through various creative sourcing channels, including online databases, search engines, social media platforms, email campaigns, cold calling, and professional networks.
•Screen and evaluate candidates’ profiles to determine their suitability for open positions as well as contacting the candidate to determine their suitability for open positions.
•Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records on all candidate interactions in the various databases.
•Develop, execute and manage the employment brand strategies to further drive the talent brand initiatives including managing Largely, Busey Career Page, LI, Indeed and Circa.
•Work closely with the branding team on social media posts such as Facebook, LI, and Instagram.
•Conduct regular trainings with hiring managers on how to use LI recruiter
•Monitor performance metrics of sourcing tools utilized.
•Maintain a strong relationship with the Talent Acquisition Team to provide qualified candidates for open positions.
•Maintain contact with existing talent pool candidates to obtain and capture up to date market intelligence and briefing them on potential current and future opportunities.
•Keep up to date with future talent needs and proactively source; develop talent pool and pipeline as needed.
•Monitor latest trends and developments of sourcing tools and technologies including the AI resources.
•Provide feedback to the Talent Acquisition Manager on the recruitment marketplace and trends.
•Promote our talent brand as a great place to work and drive to present a compelling story.
•Gather data around competition and market conditions or trends that may impact the ability to attract talent.
Education & ExperienceKnowledge of:
- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, CRM and various other recruiting platforms; Workday is a preferred.
- Building relationships, sourcing candidates and filling positions timely.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills; ability to build working relationships.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify hiring challenges and develop effective solutions.
- Self-starter who can remain flexible and comfortable with ambiguity
Ability to:
- Handle multiple tasks at the same time with frequent interruptions and strict time constraints.
- Utilizing social media tools such as LinkedIn, for sourcing and recruitment.
- Maintain confidentiality; adhere to Busey’s policies and procedures; comply with laws, regulations and industry best practice
Education and Experience:
- Associates degree with 3-5 years of talent sourcing, recruiting and/or hiring experience preferred.
- Previous Human Resources or related experience required.
- Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.
(Base Pay Range: $63,000 - $75,000/yr)
Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.
Equal Opportunity
Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.
Unsolicited Resumes
Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.
Skills Required
- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems and CRM platforms
- Experience with Workday
- Previous Human Resources or related experience
- 3-5 years of talent sourcing, recruiting and/or hiring experience
- Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and social media sourcing (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram)
- Experience managing employer branding and careers page (Indeed, career site, Circa, Largely)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Strong interpersonal, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, frequent interruptions, and strict time constraints
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with laws, regulations, and company policies
Busey Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Busey and has not been reviewed or approved by Busey.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match alongside a profit‑sharing plan, creating multiple employer‑supported savings channels. This structure strengthens long‑term financial security beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, adding an ownership pathway that complements traditional retirement benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time off are included, supporting time away for family and community. Flexible scheduling features in some materials further support practical use of time off.
Busey Insights
What We Do
As of September 30, 2023, First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) was a $12.26 billion financial holding company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of First Busey Corporation, had total assets of $12.23 billion as of September 30, 2023, and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank currently has 46 banking centers serving Illinois, eight banking centers serving Missouri, three banking centers serving southwest Florida, and one banking center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Through Busey’s Wealth Management division, the Company provides asset management, investment, and fiduciary services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Assets under care totaled $11.55 billion as of September 30, 2023. Busey Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FirsTech, specializes in the evolving financial technology needs of small and medium-sized businesses, highly regulated enterprise industries, and financial institutions. FirsTech provides comprehensive and innovative payment technology solutions including online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money and data movement; merchant services; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments at retail agents. More information about FirsTech can be found at firstechpayments.com. Busey Bank is honored to be named among America’s Best Banks by Forbes magazine for the second consecutive year. Ranked 26th overall in 2023, compared to 52nd in last year's rankings. Busey was named among DiversityInc’s Top Regional Companies. The DiversityInc Top 50 survey is the external validator for large U.S. employers that model fairness in their talent strategy, workplace and supplier diversity practices, and philanthropic engagement. We are honored to be consistently recognized nationally and locally for our engaged culture of integrity and commitment to community development. For more information about us, visit busey.com.
