Talent Specialist Jobs in Georgia
Talent Specialist jobs in Georgia draw consistent demand across corporate HR, healthcare systems, and financial services, with openings at every level from early-career coordinators to senior talent partners. Atlanta, Alpharetta, and Savannah account for the largest share of postings, anchored by major employers such as NCR Voyix, Chick-fil-A, and Emory Healthcare. High-volume recruiting coordination, diversity sourcing, and talent analytics are among the most sought-after specialties in the state right now. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Prime Meats is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Recruiter to support hiring across our growing, multi-site meat processing and distribution organization. In this high-impact role, you will partner directly with plant leaders and hiring managers to recruit hourly production employees, maintenance technicians, drivers, production supervisors, and other critical manufacturing talent.
We're looking for a proactive, full-cycle recruiter who understands food and meat manufacturing, knows how to find difficult-to-reach candidates, and can move hiring processes forward with urgency, organization, and sound judgment.
About the role:
- Multi-site/Full time
Salary range: $65,000 to $75,000 + Annual Bonus: $5,000.
What You'll Do:
- Manage full-cycle recruiting from requisition intake through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination
- Partner with hiring managers and plant leadership to understand staffing needs, hiring priorities, and position requirements
- Recruit for hourly production, warehouse, maintenance, transportation, plant leadership, and professional positions across Prime Meats' plants and distribution centers
- Generate a consistent and sufficient flow of qualified candidates to support hiring demand, maintain momentum throughout the selection process, and meet staffing goals for assigned positions
- Create, segment, and maintain ready-to-engage candidate pools by role, location, skill set, and hiring priority to support current openings and anticipated workforce needs
- Source candidates through Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, direct outreach, referrals, networking, trade and driving schools, community partnerships, job fairs, driver communities, veteran hiring organizations, and other creative channels
- Review resumes, conduct phone interviews, and assess candidates for technical qualifications, reliability, coachability, safety mindset, and overall fit
- Present qualified candidates with clear interview recommendations and assessment notes
- Coordinate interviews, gather hiring manager feedback, and maintain momentum throughout the hiring process
- Provide timely, professional communication to candidates at every stage
- Coordinate background checks, employment verifications, drug screenings, DOT/CDL qualification requirements, and other pre-employment requirements
- Maintain accurate applicant tracking system (ATS) records and recruiting documentation
- Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and other key hiring metrics
- Meet established weekly and monthly recruiting targets, including qualified candidate submissions, interviews, offers, hires, pipeline coverage, and time-to-fill expectations
- Identify recruiting bottlenecks and recommend improvements that increase hiring speed and candidate quality
- Monitor local labor markets, wage trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent availability across Prime Meats' Eastern U.S. footprint
- Support recruiting events, workforce development partnerships, and employer-branding initiatives as needed
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with federal, state, and local employment laws.
What We're Looking For:
- At least three years of full-cycle recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting within food/meat manufacturing or industrial operations
- Proven success recruiting both hourly employees and salaried professionals
- Strong sourcing skills using Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, networking, direct outreach, and other recruiting tools
- Experience recruiting for both CDL and non-CDL positions across multiple states, with particular strength in East Coast hiring markets
- Ability to manage multiple open positions and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and hiring manager partnership skills
- Excellent communication, organization, follow-through, and time management
- Experience using applicant tracking systems and maintaining accurate recruiting data
- Experience using AI-powered talent acquisition tools for sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement
- Knowledge of employment laws, compliant hiring practices, and pre-employment screening processes, including DOT/CDL requirements
- Professional fluency in English and Spanish is required because this position regularly communicates with candidates and employees in both languages
Preferred Experience:
- Recruiting for multi-site meat processing or food manufacturing operations
- Recruiting CDL drivers, maintenance technicians, production supervisors, or manufacturing leaders
- Supporting high-volume hourly hiring
- Building partnerships with technical schools, driving schools, workforce development organizations, veteran hiring programs, and community recruiting resources
- SHRM, HRCI, AIRS, or related recruiting certification
- What Success Looks Like
- You will be successful in this role by:
- Building strong, trusted relationships with hiring
Prime Meats is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Recruiter to support hiring across our growing, multi-site meat processing and distribution organization. In this high-impact role, you will partner directly with plant leaders and hiring managers to recruit hourly production employees, maintenance technicians, drivers, production supervisors, and other critical manufacturing talent.
We're looking for a proactive, full-cycle recruiter who understands food and meat manufacturing, knows how to find difficult-to-reach candidates, and can move hiring processes forward with urgency, organization, and sound judgment.
About the role:
- Multi-site/Full time
Salary range: $65,000 to $75,000 + Annual Bonus: $5,000.
What You'll Do:
- Manage full-cycle recruiting from requisition intake through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination
- Partner with hiring managers and plant leadership to understand staffing needs, hiring priorities, and position requirements
- Recruit for hourly production, warehouse, maintenance, transportation, plant leadership, and professional positions across Prime Meats' plants and distribution centers
- Generate a consistent and sufficient flow of qualified candidates to support hiring demand, maintain momentum throughout the selection process, and meet staffing goals for assigned positions
- Create, segment, and maintain ready-to-engage candidate pools by role, location, skill set, and hiring priority to support current openings and anticipated workforce needs
- Source candidates through Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, direct outreach, referrals, networking, trade and driving schools, community partnerships, job fairs, driver communities, veteran hiring organizations, and other creative channels
- Review resumes, conduct phone interviews, and assess candidates for technical qualifications, reliability, coachability, safety mindset, and overall fit
- Present qualified candidates with clear interview recommendations and assessment notes
- Coordinate interviews, gather hiring manager feedback, and maintain momentum throughout the hiring process
- Provide timely, professional communication to candidates at every stage
- Coordinate background checks, employment verifications, drug screenings, DOT/CDL qualification requirements, and other pre-employment requirements
- Maintain accurate applicant tracking system (ATS) records and recruiting documentation
- Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and other key hiring metrics
- Meet established weekly and monthly recruiting targets, including qualified candidate submissions, interviews, offers, hires, pipeline coverage, and time-to-fill expectations
- Identify recruiting bottlenecks and recommend improvements that increase hiring speed and candidate quality
- Monitor local labor markets, wage trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent availability across Prime Meats' Eastern U.S. footprint
- Support recruiting events, workforce development partnerships, and employer-branding initiatives as needed
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with federal, state, and local employment laws.
What We're Looking For:
- At least three years of full-cycle recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting within food/meat manufacturing or industrial operations
- Proven success recruiting both hourly employees and salaried professionals
- Strong sourcing skills using Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, networking, direct outreach, and other recruiting tools
- Experience recruiting for both CDL and non-CDL positions across multiple states, with particular strength in East Coast hiring markets
- Ability to manage multiple open positions and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and hiring manager partnership skills
- Excellent communication, organization, follow-through, and time management
- Experience using applicant tracking systems and maintaining accurate recruiting data
- Experience using AI-powered talent acquisition tools for sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement
- Knowledge of employment laws, compliant hiring practices, and pre-employment screening processes, including DOT/CDL requirements
- Professional fluency in English and Spanish is required because this position regularly communicates with candidates and employees in both languages
Preferred Experience:
- Recruiting for multi-site meat processing or food manufacturing operations
- Recruiting CDL drivers, maintenance technicians, production supervisors, or manufacturing leaders
- Supporting high-volume hourly hiring
- Building partnerships with technical schools, driving schools, workforce development organizations, veteran hiring programs, and community recruiting resources
- SHRM, HRCI, AIRS, or related recruiting certification
- What Success Looks Like
- You will be successful in this role by:
- Building strong, trusted relationships with hiring
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Where Georgia roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Talent Specialist Job Market in Georgia
A snapshot from current Georgia openings, updated as new roles post.
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What Georgia Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in talent specialist jobs across Georgia.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- Two or more years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience
- Proficiency with an applicant tracking system such as Workday or Taleo
- Strong sourcing skills across professional networks and job boards
- Experience managing requisitions for high-volume or specialized hiring campaigns
- Familiarity with Georgia employment law and equal opportunity hiring practices
Talent Specialist Jobs in Georgia: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a talent specialist in Georgia?
Most talent specialist roles in Georgia require a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a closely related field. Georgia does not issue a state license for talent specialists, but earning the Professional in Human Resources credential through HRCI or the SHRM-CP through the Society for Human Resource Management significantly strengthens a candidacy. The Georgia SHRM state council and its local chapters in Atlanta and Savannah offer networking and professional development that hiring managers in the state recognize.
Which companies hire talent specialists in Georgia?
Georgia talent specialist roles are posted by AMS, EXOTEC, and PRIME MEATS and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Georgia's concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters, major healthcare systems, and logistics hubs means openings surface across a broad range of industries rather than clustering in a single sector.
Which Georgia cities have the most talent specialist jobs?
Atlanta, Macon, and Duluth have the most talent specialist openings in Georgia. Atlanta dominates the count given its density of corporate headquarters and regional office hubs, while Alpharetta's technology corridor drives demand in high-volume tech recruiting, and Savannah's growing logistics and manufacturing base has expanded hiring needs in that market.
Are there remote talent specialist jobs in Georgia?
Yes, and more than most fields, since much of the work involves sourcing, screening, and coordinating candidates digitally. About 100% of talent specialist openings tied to Georgia are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how naturally the role adapts to distributed work. Sourcing, recruitment coordination, and talent analytics positions tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles tied to on-site onboarding or campus recruiting more often require in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a talent specialist in Georgia with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an HR coordinator or recruiting coordinator role, which large Georgia employers such as Emory Healthcare, Delta Air Lines, and NCR Voyix use as feeder positions for talent teams. Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University both produce candidates who move into these coordinator roles directly from their HR or business programs. Pursuing the SHRM-CP or a PHR credential early adds credibility, and volunteer recruiting work with Atlanta-area nonprofits gives concrete sourcing experience to put on a resume.
Where can I find and apply to talent specialist jobs in Georgia?
You can find and apply to talent specialist jobs in Georgia on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings, find the roles that fit your background and location, and apply directly to the ones that match.
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