Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Summary

Talent Acquisition Specialist responsibilities include sourcing, screening and providing a shortlist of qualified candidates for various technical roles. You will also network online and offline with potential candidates to promote our employer brand, reduce our time-to-hire and ensure we attract the best professionals.

The ideal candidate shall be comfortable working in a fluid, fast-paced, rapidly growing environment; flexible to changing hiring managers’ needs; maintain professionalism and composure under pressure

Responsibilities:

• Participate in Design & implementation of overall recruiting strategy
• Consult managers to gather inputs on manpower requirements and job objectives
• Write and post job descriptions on career websites, and other relevant boards
• Source candidates through databases, job portals, social media and networking
• Build talent networks to find qualified active and passive candidates
• Evaluate & screen resumes and cover letters
• Use recruiting tools for objecting assessments to assess candidate skills
• Involvement in Planning & implementation of recruitment marketing and employer branding strategy to attract high quality applicants
• Review applicants to evaluate if they meet the position requirements
• Conduct phone, skype or in-person interviews
• Contact new employees and prepare onboarding/orientation sessions

Requirements

• A graduate degree; Masters preferred
• Proven work experience as a Recruiter/Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiting coordinator
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Hands on experience with various selection processes like phone interviews and reference checks
• Ability to conduct different types of interviews i.e. structured, competency based & behavioural interviews
• Familiarity or work experience with HR databases, applicant tracking systems & candidate management systems
• Ability to use psychometric tests and other assessment tools
• Ability to prioritize and complete hiring within deadlines