Recruitment Specialist

Desired Candidate Profile

• MBA in HR
• 5-7 years relevant work experience in TA in a fast paced organization
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to be comfortable with a high volume workload and not be afraid to "roll up your sleeves"
• Ability to identify problems and drive appropriate solutions
• Strong management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills    

• Sourcing candidates using a variety of search methods to build a robust candidate pipeline
• Screening candidates by reviewing resumes and job applications, and performing phone screenings
• Taking ownership of candidate experience by designing and managing it
• Developing job postings, job descriptions, and position requirements
• Performing reference checks as needed
• Facilitating the offer process by extending the offer and negotiating employment terms
• Managing onboarding and new hire process
• Staying abreast of recruiting trends and best practices
• Managing the overall interview, selection, and closing process
• Ensuring all screening, hiring, and selection is done in accordance with employment laws and regulations

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven work experience in talent acquisition roles in startup/product companies
• Strong knowledge and experience of recruiting product, engineering roles
• Strong communication & negotiation skills

About TechWeirdo:

Techweirdo works with fast-growing organizations globally to make them AI-powered.

We are building a community-powered platform that will curate the top 1% of the tech workforce for product companies globally.

Our workforce has been heralded for its exceptional growth, technical competence, and its commitment to its customers.

Techweirdo is looking for a Technical Recruiter at a leading role to strategize, source, orienting and engage top technical talents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write and post technical job descriptions

• Source potential candidates from hiring platforms

• Build partnerships and negotiate with talent agencies & consultants to improve the sourcing potential

• Innovate on sourcing strategies to hire faster, better, and cost competitively.

• Parse specialized skills and qualifications to screen technical resumes

• Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants’ abilities

• Coordinate with IT team leaders, Business teams to forecast department goals and hiring needs

• Participate in tech conferences and meetups to network with IT professionals

• Compose job offer letters

• Onboard new hires

• Promote and withhold the company’s values

• Conduct engagement activities to engage technical teams in performance reviews & contributions

• Help technical team members to enhance their profiles and coordinate with the business teams to align existing tech team members to projects and client requirements

• Keep up-to-date with new technological trends and products

Skills/ Role Requirements:

• Proven work experience as a Technical Recruiter

• Hands-on experience with various interview formats

• Ability to understand and explain job requirements for IT roles

• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases

• Strong knowledge of sourcing techniques

• Strong understanding of HR practices and labor legislation

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Being an ambassador for the company- attracting and hiring the best talent in the industry
• Driving recruitment strategy for the technical and non-technical role
• Independently driving hiring needs for our business functions end to end and managing the entire lifecycle of recruitment
• Developing and planning recruiting strategies around sourcing, branding, candidate experience and management
• Driving operational excellence across the entire recruitment funnel by actively monitoring our recruiting funnel data, analyzing the results, and identifying areas for improvement
• Ensuring a compelling, engaging candidate experience that helps to strengthen and enhancing our employer brand
• Building proactive sourcing strategies to engage and nurture the pipeline of passive talents and taking steps to approach people from diverse backgrounds
• Initiating and driving projects from time to time to help optimise and making the recruitment process more efficient

Desired Candidate Profile

• 6-8 years experience recruiting, sourcing and engaging talent in an extremely fast-paced environment
• TA experience from startup background or from Fintech will be preferred
• A great understanding of different roles in the industry with an understanding of high-performance culture and hiring standard
• Ability to assess the candidates beyond their work profiles and engaging them throughout the process
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders    

• Developing and executing recruiting plans to meet the hiring requirements
• Building and maintaining an active pool of candidates to meet future hiring targets in an effective manner
• Designing and driving employee referral programs
• Developing and implementing a strong campus hiring program, with the aim to make us the employer of choice
• Planning and coordinating events, assessment, and interviews for hiring candidates
• Serving as liaison with candidates and communicating logistics associated with assessment and interviews
• Conducting background checks for shortlisted candidates
• Implementing the on-boarding program for all selected candidates
• Conducting regular follow-up meetings with hiring managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation
• Providing advice and assistance to all levels on various recruiting/ talent acquisition related matters
• Utilizing metrics to identify and implement process improvements
• Conducting analysis and report on key recruitment metrics to appropriate business leaders

Desired Candidate Profile

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, 2+ years in a team management role
• Ability to lead & manage recruitment function apart from sourcing individually
• Willingness to learn and take up new challenges
• Ability to work independently, spontaneously with very less monitoring
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A can-do attitude    

What you need to have: