Remote Talent Acquisition Specialist

This client is always looking to strengthen their organization by adding the best available talent to their staff. They are seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to help them source, identify, screen, and hire individuals for various roles in their company. This is a fully remote position being able to work from anywhere within the USA.

Their ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills, 7+ years experience in talent acquisition, proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems, and the ability to devise sourcing strategies for potential applicants. This role requires a candidate with excellent interpersonal skills as you’ll often be asked to work closely with others across different departments.

Objectives of this Role

• Review job applications (resumes, cover letter, salary expectations, etc.) submitted by suppliers (staffing firms, executive search agencies, freelance recruiters) to identify the ones that qualify against employers' requirements.
• Phone screen candidates and present only qualified candidates to clients. Provide constructive feedback (reason for rejection) to the agency/freelance recruiter after disqualifying a submission.
• Develop a strong understanding of the job requisitions provided by clients after analyzing employers' requirements, identifying technical skills and contextualizing domain/business needs.
• Conduct in-take calls with hiring managers, build recruitment insights for agencies/freelance recruiters, create screening questions to qualify or disqualify job applicants.
• Optimize job descriptions and distribute it to suppliers.
• Increase the number of job applications by promoting job requisitions within the supplier base (agencies and freelance recruiters submitting resumes) via email outreach, phone, webinars etc.
• Improve the quality of submissions (job applications uploaded by agencies and freelance recruiters) by explaining the must-have and nice-to-have skills, sharing sample resumes (role model candidate profile), and educating recruiters via phone, email and webinars.
• Participate and lead Client calls, get timely feedback from clients about candidates submitted, provide Clients with analytics and reporting.
• Ability to manage client relationship at all levels, including growth through new job farming activities, and client referrals.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 7+ years of professional work experience
• Hands-on experience with full lifecycle recruiting within Staffing/Recruitment industry (reviewing resumes, phone screening candidates, scheduling interviews with hiring managers, account farming, etc.)
• Experience evaluating and building a rapport with candidates from entry-level to executive level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency writing succinct and effective emails without grammatical, or spelling errors is essential for this role.
• Proficiency using GoToWebinar and Zoom to organize virtual meetings with clients or recruiters.
• Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word
• Entrepreneurial with the ability to understand challenges and find a way to solve them using a variety of tactics and tools.
• Fanatical customer service with the ability to manage partnerships and maintain relationships in fast-paced situations with multiple parties.
• Ability to multitask and stay organized – Work and execute multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and meet timelines.
• Ambitious, self-motivated, and relationship driven.
• Ability to work effectively independently and with team members.

Compensation

• Competitive Base Salary
• Great Commission structure
• Benefits