Talent Sourcer

 

Role Purpose:

The Talent Sourcer is tasked with developing innovative and proactive methods to source, evaluate, and pipeline candidates. 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 where appropriate and Staffing Consultant’s, to understand fully the role or business that you are sourcing for. Identify any gaps in the talent supply for Microsoft situated in your area of focus

·         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

·         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 requirement based sourcing will be set specific productivity targets

·         Deliver requisite volume of candidates that flow through to interview and offer stage

·         Meet team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as reduction in agency usage, % female hires etc

·         Staying within budget, maximizing utilization of sourcing resources

 

Skills and Experience (Qualifications)

Essential:

·         5+ yrs 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 and web2.0

Desirable

·         BA/BS degree in business, communications, human resources or related discipline.