Canadian Linen & Uniform Service Corp., a Vestis company, provides uniforms and related products to more than 300,000 customers across North America, in virtually every industry. From designing and manufacturing to laundering and delivering, Canadian Linen works with local and national clients to create and maintain a total uniform solution that promotes teamwork and establishes a professional identity.
***Please note that this is a temporary position with the potential to become permanent.
Job Overview:
The Bilingual Talent Acquisition Recruiter provides full-cycle recruiting execution for salaried and/or hourly positions, including sourcing, screening, qualifying, interviewing, and managing candidate relationships, while coordinating with hiring managers through the assessment and selection process. A successful candidate effectively manages competing priorities, remains flexible in an ever-changing environment, and delivers recruiting execution within defined strategies, processes, and escalation paths established by the Talent Acquisition Manager.
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
Strategic Talent Acquisition
- Executes staffing strategies defined with the hiring team and Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Understands how recruiting activities align with broader talent objectives and routes broader talent topics to HR partners or the Manager.
- Applies a business mindset to recruiting activities.
- Adheres to diversity and compliance requirements throughout the process.
Consultation
- Develops a working understanding of our business, processes, market conditions, technology, and culture.
- Demonstrates uncompromising ethical standards, integrity, and respect for people.
- Builds productive relationships with hiring managers and candidates; escalates complex or sensitive issues to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Advises hiring managers on established interviewing techniques and supports candidate selection.
- Effectively partners with HR colleagues (HRDs, Compensation, HRRC, HRSS, Labor Relations, etc.) to coordinate inputs.
- Uses standard dashboards and metrics to report progress and identify when to escalate risks to the Manager.
- Operates with a high sense of urgency.
- Routes crucial conversations requiring tradeoffs (scope, level, timeline) to the Manager for resolution.
- Proactively collaborates to ensure a smooth end-to-end process.
Process Management
- Adopts new tools and processes; provides feedback to the Manager and TA Operations to improve effectiveness.
- Promotes and adheres to TA, compliance, and diversity processes.
- Identifies process pain points and submits suggestions to HR Operations or the Manager.
- Maintains data quality in systems of record.
- Builds and maintains candidate pipelines for recurring roles; engages the Manager on hard to fill or senior roles for guidance and resourcing.
Recruiting Process – Sourcing, Assessment, and Selection
- Directly sources candidates via contemporary channels (internet searches, tools, outreach, networking).
- Accurately assesses candidates (in-person, video, phone) for skill, competency, and culture using established guides.
- Synthesizes candidate and hiring manager feedback to drive timely next steps.
- Pre closes candidates on baseline elements and coordinates with the Manager on competitive or complex situations.
Offer Support
- Prepares offer packets and coordinates internal approvals; ensures internal equity checks are completed.
- Supports candidate-facing compensation discussions by providing approved details; escalates negotiations, counteroffers, or complex structures to the Talent Acquisition Manager, who determines the appropriate owner (Manager, Senior Recruiter, HR/Comp) for advanced negotiations.
- Tracks offer outcomes and flags risk patterns (e.g., declines, competing offers) to the Manager.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to support recruiting for professional, manager-level, and/or highly regulated positions.
- Demonstrated ability to meet changing business requirements.
- Sound judgment and the ability to learn systems, processes, and the business.
- Strong customer service with hiring managers and candidates; partners with HR teams.
- Works independently within established practices and seeks guidance from the Manager for novel/complex scenarios.
- Communicates effectively; knows when to involve the Manager.
- Uses recruiting data to manage pipelines and inform recommendations.
Experience/Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
- University degree and 2–5 years of full-life cycle recruiting experience.
- Fully bilingual French and English spoken and written.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in both agency and corporate recruiting preferred.
- Exposure to compensation analysis (e.g., compa ratio) and ability to communicate approved compensation details; advanced negotiations are assigned by the Manager
***This is a remote opportunity that requires in person attendance for occasional meetings.
We thank all candidates for their interest. However, only those selected for a telephone interview will be contacted.
Canadian Linen & Uniform Service Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. We recognize that our future success depends on the perspectives and contributions of all our employees -- their diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences make our business stronger. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.
Vestis Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment
If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you will find the contact information below to request the appropriate accommodation.
Reasonable Accommodations and the Online Application Process
Consistent with Vestis and Canadian Linen’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Vestis or Canadian Linen, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-833-901-8823 or email us at
[email protected].
Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Thank you for your interest in an employment opportunity with Vestis, Canadian Linen and Québec Linge.
