Recruiter, Culinary

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Royal Caribbean Group’s Shipboard Talent Acquisition team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Recruiter, Culinary reporting to the Dir. Shipboard Recruitment. 

Position Summary:

The Culinary Recruiter is responsible for delivering an efficient and effective hiring process for shipboard culinary positions. This role oversees requisition management and full-cycle candidate selection to ensure seamless recruiting experience. The Recruiter develops and executes sourcing strategies, manages pipelines, and provides market insights to leadership to support informed decision-making.

In close partnership with operational stakeholders, the Recruiter leverages available resources to attract, identify, screen, and hire top global culinary talent. The role continuously evaluates and improves recruiting processes to enhance efficiency, quality of hire, and overall candidate experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sources, screens, and interviews candidates for all positions within assigned business units, including support for special projects, high‑volume roles, and emerging talent.
• Partners with hiring managers to review and understand forecast talent needs and responds effectively to just‑in‑time hiring requests.
• Engage stakeholders to define job requirements and applicant qualifications, ensuring alignment to a consistent set of criteria established at the start of the hiring process.
• Determine recruiting requirements by reviewing organizational plans and objectives and consulting with managers regarding shipboard staffing needs.
• Evaluates and selects top talent through direct sourcing and various recruitment channels to meet departmental and vessel workforce demands.
• Executes proactive sourcing strategies to build strong talent pipelines that support both short‑ and long‑term business needs.
• Achieves hiring targets and key performance metrics by regularly reviewing productivity reports to assess the effectiveness of recruiting strategies and processes.
• Monitors current labor market trends and adjusts sourcing approaches to ensure continued competitiveness.
• Interviews candidates to assess their adaptability and suitability for the shipboard environment.
• Utilizes competency‑based interviewing to evaluate candidates and provides hiring recommendations to managers and fellow recruiters; may make hiring decisions for select entry‑level roles.
• Supports hiring managers with interview scheduling and coordination as needed.
• Ensure each candidate receives an accurate and complete job description during the hiring process.
• Communicate job offers to select candidates in accordance with company standards and policies.
• Travel domestically and internationally to support recruitment events as required.
• Uses reporting tools and dashboards to monitor productivity, candidate flow, and overall effectiveness of shipboard recruiting.
• Prepares a variety of reports, including status updates, talent search summaries, and analyses of talent pools and gap areas for shipboard roles.
• Manages personal workflow and maintains documentation in compliance with recruitment SOPs, company policies, and audit requirements.
• Minimizes legal risk across multiple markets by staying informed on relevant employment legislation, adhering to regulations, recommending procedural updates, and conducting training when necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources and/ or business administration from an accredited college or university or the international equivalent preferred.

• Minimum 3-5 years’ relevant recruitment experience required. 
• Relevant recruitment experience, preferably in Hospitality industry preferred.
• Experience in high volume/ bulk recruiting a plus.

• Cruise industry experience preferred.

• Proven ability to source, interview and screen candidates (management, specialty and high-volume roles)
• Demonstrated capability to recruit positions in various levels of the organization (entry to senior level)
• Demonstrated ability to apply judgments to ambiguous or out-of-policy situations; attention to detail and the ability to deal appropriately with confidential information
• Ability to negotiate terms and conditions with candidates within established guidelines.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and requisitions simultaneously.
• Strong project management and time management skills required.
• Ability to deal appropriately with confidential information.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate tactfully, verbally and in writing, to gather and relay information in a multinational environment consisting of department heads, managers, and coworkers.
• Ability to productively work under tight time constraints with competing priorities and potentially stressful situations.
• Working knowledge of accepted human resources recruitment practices; ability to acquire knowledge of recruitment processes in various countries.
• Knowledge of world geography, time differences and demographic.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e., Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to read, write and speak in English in order to understand and interpret written procedures. This includes the ability to give and receive instructions in written and verbal forms and to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, co-workers, and shipboard employees.
  

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

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