Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the Company: 

Our client is a leader in the production of high-quality steel and is motivated by the philosophy of producing safe and sustainable steel. They are involved with projects for rail, roads, bridges, ports, airports, defense, and energy, as well as in various infrastructure segments like urban development and irrigation. They are now setting up a construction-tech start-up with an omnichannel B2B and B2C platform.

About the Role: 

We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team and help us recruit top-tier talent for our client’s manufacturing firm's corporate office. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of experience in talent acquisition, with experience in hiring for manufacturing firms. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will work closely with HR partners to identify and attract top talent for various corporate functions, including finance, operations, sales, and marketing. You will also be responsible for developing and executing effective recruitment strategies, including job postings, social media outreach, and networking.

Location: Kolkata

Job Description:

• Partner with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies

• Source, screen, and interview candidates for various corporate functions, including finance, operations, sales and marketing, and other support functions

• Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future openings

• Manage the full recruitment cycle, from job posting to offer acceptance

• Collaborate with HR partners to ensure a smooth onboarding experience for new hires

• Develop and maintain relationships with external recruiting resources, including staffing agencies and job boards

• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in talent acquisition

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in talent acquisition

• Strong knowledge of recruitment strategies, techniques, and tools

• Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruitment technologies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong organizational and project management skills

• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism

Have a good understanding and experience in IT Recruitment

Experience handling Vendor Management

Co-ordination with the Client for their requirement

Co-ordination, sorting, and sourcing, candidates as per Client’s requirements

Mailing and coordination

Crafting recruiting emails to attract passive candidates.

Design and update job descriptions

Screen incoming resumes and applications and forms

Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media, etc.

C2H Role - 6 months

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build talent pipelines for current and future job openings
• Lead all sourcing strategies
• Manage our external partnerships with colleges, job boards and HR software vendors
• Implement online and offline employer branding activities
• Prepare and review our annual recruitment budget
• Oversee all stages of candidate experience (including application, interviews and communication)
• Forecast hiring needs based on business growth plans
• Manage, train and evaluate our team of recruiters
• Participate in and host recruitment events to drive awareness of our company
• Develop a network of potential future hires (e.g. past applicants and referred candidates)
• Measure key recruitment metrics, like source of hire and time-to-hire

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven work experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist or similar role
• Demonstrable experience managing full-cycle recruiting and employer branding initiatives
• Solid understanding of sourcing techniques and tools (e.g. social networks)
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) and HR databases
• Good team-management abilities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster long-term relationships (with internal teams, external partners and candidates)
• BSc/MSc in Human Resources Management or relevant field

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.

Job Skills & Qualifications (REQUIRED)

• Bachelors degree.
• Negotiation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong social aptitude and ability to build relationships.
• Technical knowledge to be able to talk to job prospects and understand qualifications.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop recruiting strategies that meet anticipated staffing needs.
• Review job orders and employment applications to match applicants with job requirements.
• Search for job candidates using various sources such as databases, internet recruiting resources, networking, job fairs, media advertisements, recruiting firms or employee referrals.
• Interview job applicants as part of the screening process to get information on their work history, job skills, training and education, and inform them of the positions duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits and working conditions.
• Analyze employment data related to the position and create reports based on your findings.
• Contact applicants to inform them of their application statuses and conduct background or reference checks on job applicants, particularly those who will be given job offers.

ABOUT VOLKS CONSULTING:

Designs, builds and delivers market-leading HRMS solutions for its customers around the world. We

help drive the revolution with unmatched insight and unrivalled technology, connecting front-end

revenue and relationships with back-end execution and efficiency optimized on a common technology

platform. This platform-based approach is enabling leading companies across the globe to get closer to

their customers and achieve real-world results.

PRIMARY ROLE:

We are looking for a Technical Recruiter to join our Product Hiring team for our clients. Technical

Recruiter responsibilities include sourcing, screening and providing a shortlist of qualified candidates

for various technical roles for our clients. You will also network online and offline with potential

candidates to promote the employer brands, reduce time-to-hire and attract the best professionals.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Understand our clients & become a domain expert for them.

• Understand the client’s requirements & source potential candidates from niche platforms like

stack overflow, GitHub, LinkedIn, etc.

• Parse specialized skills & qualifications to screen resumes.

• Perform pre-screening calls to analyse applicants’ abilities which includes a project based

technical screening.

• Interview candidates combining various methods (eg. – structured interviews, technical

assessment & behavioural assessment)

• Craft & send personalized recruiting emails to candidates.

• Facilitate & finalize the candidate offers & timely follow-up to ensure their joining.

SKILL SETS:

• Proven work experience as a Technical Recruiter (1-3 years).

• Sound knowledge on SDLC &various technologies.

• Passion for learning client domains, technical skills & extensive screening methodologies.

• Excellent resume sourcing skills from various platforms like job boards, LinkedIn, stack

overflow, GitHub, etc.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills including ability to write quality

professional emails.

• Ability to change oneself in a highly productive & fast paced environment.

• Excellent people skills & coordination skills.

• 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.