The Alinea Group is a house of best-in-class culinary brands, headquartered in Chicago, IL. They are seeking a Recruiter to manage the full-cycle hiring process across various positions, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience while driving hiring strategies and maintaining candidate pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing, coordinating stages (working interviews), skills assessments, and extending offers
- Maintain accurate candidate records and HRIS updates throughout the hiring process, including applicant tracking, stage hours, and employee profiles
- Recruit across FOH, BOH/Culinary, and Support roles while ensuring alignment with The Alinea Group standards and values
- Source talent through job boards, social media, referrals, industry networks, and other proactive sourcing methods
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current hiring needs and future growth
- Partner with culinary schools, universities, and external organizations to support ongoing pipeline development
- Represent The Alinea Group at recruiting events and job fairs (minimum of 2 per quarter), with a focus on candidate conversion
- Support onboarding coordination, new hire communication, and general HR administrative tasks as needed
- Run and distribute weekly recruiting updates and pipeline reports to leadership
- Ensure compliance with hiring processes including I-9/E-Verify and internal documentation
- Maintain and update internal hiring trackers, open roles, and stage checklists
- Collaborate closely with HR leadership and hiring managers to align on staffing needs and priorities
- Participate in weekly HR/recruiting meetings and ongoing process improvements
- Travel as needed for recruiting events
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with extended hours as needed (approx. 50 hours/week)
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 0–2 years of experience in recruiting, HR, hospitality, customer service, or a related field (internships or campus recruiting experience a plus)
- Strong interest in recruiting, talent acquisition, and hospitality
- Ability to learn quickly and grow in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and time management
- Comfortable multitasking and prioritizing competing deadlines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build relationships
- Positive, proactive, and “can-do” attitude with a willingness to take on both administrative and people-facing work
- Demonstrated ability to be resourceful, take initiative, and work independently with guidance
- Interest in sourcing talent and learning how to identify strong cultural and performance fit
- Collaborative team player who thrives in a high-performance environment and is eager to develop professionally
- Exposure to recruiting processes (sourcing, scheduling, or candidate coordination)
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental and life benefits available on the 1st of the month following full-time employment paid by the company 100%
- Paid time off
- Sick time off
- 401(K) with a company match up to 4% of deferred earnings
- CTA/Ventra discount available after 1 month of full-time employment
- Employee Dining Discount, 20% to any Alinea Group restaurant
- Referral Bonus Program Available
Company Overview
- The Alinea Group offers a wide range of Event and Catering services with one thing in common the event must be uncommon. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.thealineagroup.com/.