Kaitlin Huff
About Kaitlin Huff
Kaitlin Huff is a Senior Recruiter at CommonSpirit Health, where she collaborates with hiring leaders on candidate selection and recruitment strategies. With expertise in employee relations and talent acquisition, she enhances the candidate experience and manages the full recruitment process.
Work at CommonSpirit Health
Kaitlin Huff currently serves as a Senior Recruiter at CommonSpirit Health, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she partners with hiring leaders on various aspects of candidate selection, interviewing, and job postings. She manages high volume recruitment and requisition loads, focusing on efficiently sourcing and closing offers. Previously, she worked as a Recruiter and Talent Acquisition Coordinator at CommonSpirit Health from 2016 to 2022, where she managed the full life cycle recruitment process for various positions and trained hiring managers on recruitment processes.
Education and Expertise
Kaitlin Huff earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Healthcare Administration and Human Resources from California State University-Long Beach, completing her studies from 2011 to 2015. Her educational background supports her expertise in employee and labor relations, talent acquisition, salary and benefits administration, and orientation processes. She has developed skills in compensation analysis for both union and non-union positions, enhancing her capabilities as a Senior Recruiter.
Background
Before her current role, Kaitlin Huff worked as a Project Manager at Dignity Health St. Mary's Medical Center for seven months in 2015-2016. She has extensive experience in recruitment, having worked in various capacities at CommonSpirit Health since 2015. Her roles have included responsibilities such as creating job requisitions, managing candidate movement, and ensuring equitable pay in partnership with the compensation team.
Recruitment Strategies and Candidate Experience
Kaitlin Huff focuses on enhancing recruitment efforts by finding, engaging, and activating passive candidates. She emphasizes the candidate experience by building relationships and ensuring a positive recruiting process from start to finish. Her role involves collaborating with hiring managers and leadership to develop effective staffing strategies and training new recruiters and recruitment coordinators.
Union Environment and Collective Bargaining
Kaitlin Huff operates within a union environment, which requires a focus on collective bargaining agreements and union contracts. She is responsible for determining and awarding preference for union positions based on these contracts. Her experience includes handling salary discussions and working with the HR team to ensure new hires are placed within the appropriate wage and benefit scales.