Senior - Talent Acquisition

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and candidate selection criteria
• Source applicants through online channels, such as LinkedIn and other professional networks
• Create job descriptions and interview questions that reflect the requirements for each position
• Compile lists of most-suitable candidates by assessing their CVs, portfolios, and references
• Organize and attend job fairs and recruitment events to build a strong candidate pipeline
• Maintain records of all materials used for recruitment, including interview notes and related paperwork, to share with key stakeholders

Required skills and qualifications

• Two or three years of experience in a talent acquisition or similar role
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Proficiency with social media, CV databases, and professional networks
• Experience in using LinkedIn Talent Solutions to proactively source candidates
• Proficiency in documenting processes and keeping up with industry trends
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in human resources management or similar field
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems

We are looking for a Sr Manager- Talent Acquisition for our client which is a Construction Tech start-up backed up by renowned group.

Roles & responsibilities:

- In this role, you will be responsible for achieving the Company's talent acquisition objectives by sourcing, evaluating and hiring candidates.

- You will work to locate and attract the best and brightest talent to the company.

- You will be leveraging on technology and data to make smart business decisions and be the subject of hiring for all levels in the business.

- Stakeholder management

- Plan and implement Talent Acquisition strategy for the company.

- Design, develop and maintains the recruitment process and metrics

- Identify the skills and competencies required to support current and future business activities

- Utilize recruitment media, job fairs, and e-recruiting tools as required to attract qualified candidates

- Source and evaluate resumes and interview candidates to ensure that their skills and abilities meet the requirements for open positions

- Competition mapping: Identify competition companies and gather key insights about their team structures and profiles

- Builds a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies

- Ensure timely delivery of HR processes through the employment lifecycle

- Responsible for smooth pre-boarding & onboarding of all the selected candidates

- Drive assigned HR projects with rigour and accountability

Requirements :

- 16+ years of recruitment experience (Non-IT hiring) from Manufacturing sector.

- Masters Degree in HR from a reputed institute

- Planning & Organizing - prioritizes & plans work activities, well organized & methodical approach

- Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Ability to prioritize, multitask and meet deadlines and targets

• Design and update job descriptions
• Source potential candidates from various online channels (e.g. social media and professional platforms like StackOverflow and Behance)
• Craft recruiting emails to attract passive candidates
• Screen incoming resumes and application forms
• Interview candidates (via phone, video and in-person)
• Prepare and distribute assignments and numerical, language and logical reasoning tests
• Advertise job openings on company’s careers page, social media, job boards and internally
• Provide shortlists of qualified candidates to hiring managers
• Send job offer emails and answer queries about compensation and benefits
• Participate in job fairs and host in-house recruitment events
• Collaborate with managers to identify future hiring needs
• Act as a consultant to new hires and help them onboard

• Proven work experience as an HR Recruiter or similar role
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases
• Experience with sourcing techniques
• Understanding of referral programs
• Solid verbal and written communication skills

Purpose of the Job:

Will be the face of the organization in terms of attracting talent, the incumbent will be handling entire recruitment life cycle – sourcing, screening, interviewing, selecting, salary negotiation an on boarding. The goal is to understand the ongoing hiring mandates and strategically hire to ensure the business continuity. Flexible and versatile to diversified hiring.

Key Deliverables:

• Would be responsible to lead entire TnA cycle
• To identify prospective candidates using a variety of channels.
• Assessing candidate and their suitability in terms of the experience, technical knowledge and the organizations culture.
• Research and develop a sustainable strategy pertaining to diversity hiring.
• Research into competitors and market place
• Define job description and document specifications for business and corporate positions.
• Adhere to the company’s recruitment metrics, such as time-to-hire and cost-per-hire.
• Identify areas where there can be improvement and pitch in strategies that will help in making the recruitment process much more efficient.
• Follow-up references and check credits.
• Manage Recruitment Partners and maintain a healthy source mix.
• Will be responsible in monitoring hiring for centers PAN India

Skills / Competency required:

• 7+ years of experience in talent acquisition with excellent understanding of recruitment processes
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal in English, Tamil and Hindi
• Well versed with latest sourcing tools and good knowledge of candidate selection methods
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.  
• Good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Strong planning and execution skills
• Negotiation skills
• Strong in Head Hunting and Industry mapping.

• Atleast 2 years experience in exclusive tech hiring, preferably for product startups.
• Expertise in leveraging the Internet, ATS/CRM applications and sites such as LinkedIn, Stackoverflow, Github to find candidates.
• You should be a pro at X-Ray searches and complicated Boolean search strings.
• Ability to devise innovative ways of sourcing candidates who are generally not available to most on the internet.

At Talenticate, you will get to partner with high growth Product Startups, as you use your recruiting skills to help them identify the right people for their team.

It’s not going to be easy – EASY doesn’t EXCITE us!

You will need to use your full understanding of: technologies, human psychology, and product startup culture to zero-in on just the right person for every mandate that you handle.
You will not be in the business of just “placing candidates”, your work would involve “networking and building relationships” with talented and smart people in the tech industry.