Role Purpose
The Talent Sourcer/Recruiter is tasked with developing innovative and proactive methods to source, evaluate, and pipeline candidates for Microsoft. Talent Sourcers should foster and cultivate relationships with key candidates and develop large-scale talent pools to deliver upon both immediate short-term and strategic long-term needs.
Job Responsibilities (all areas)
- Implement a variety of candidate generation techniques, strategies, and programs and stay ahead of new innovation
- Gain a deep understanding of the talent landscape in your area; build a competitive intelligence knowledge base of companies and candidates residing within those companies
- Engage with hiring managers, to understand fully the role or business that you are sourcing for and build relationship.
- Use your market knowledge and sourcing skills to engage with active and non – active applicants
- Cultivate relationships with key candidate and specific talent pools, defined according to long-term initiatives and direction of the organization - turn applicants from non active to active by developing strong candidate relationships
- Build and engage with a talent community that includes a high volume of targeted candidates
- Utilize NGS (e-recruitment system) to store talent pools of appropriate candidates
- Actively source Diverse candidates from a variety of sources. Meet team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as reduction in agency usage, % female hires etc
- Screen candidates that you have identified if you are sourcing for a specific role
- Evaluation of your own productivity and effectiveness of methods used to deliver results. Talent Sourcers who are tasked with req based sourcing will be set specific productivity targets
- Deliver requisite volume of candidates that flow through to interview and offer stage
- Staying within budget, maximizing utilization of sourcing resources
- Interview/Screen relevant candidates
- Phone Screen (Technical, HR)—when required
- Propose and Recommend competitive compensation packages for preferred candidates to Hiring Manager and Lead Recruiter for approval
- Extend , Influence , Sell and Close agreed offers to preferred candidates in order to receive Candidate acceptance
- Provide direction to Recruitment Admin
- Inception of new vacancies to upload
- Interviews to be arranged
- Flights/Visas to be arranged, when necessary
- References to be confirmed
- Contracts to be posted
- New Hires to process
Essential Skills and Experience (Qualifications)
- 4+ year recruiting experience demonstrating capability in creative sourcing techniques
- Effective strategic thinking and problem solving
- Deep knowledge regarding specific disciplines and technologies
- Passion for and significant experience identifying and screening candidates
- Ability to understand, articulate and sell Microsoft culture and business initiatives
- Track record of innovation and creativity
- Evidence of building candidate relationships and managing a network of talent
- Demonstrates ability for effective cross group collaboration
- Active participation in a positive teamwork environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to deliver results with little supervision, and to effectively manage multiple projects and candidates
- Ability to meet standard measurements of success for staffing such as interview to offer ratios, meeting annual hiring plan and cost per hire targets
- Successful Project Management abilities, delivering upon work streams within high priority projects with both short and long-term deliverables
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, social media and web2.0 tools and techniques
- BA/BS degree in business, communications, human resources or related discipline
