CareerDev4AI

Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Specialist

Finds and secures the people an organisation needs, from defining the right profile to closing the offer and onboarding the hire.

People & Human Resources Entry-Mid level $45,000 - $80,000 / year

What the role involves

  • Partner with hiring managers to define the role, profile and interview plan
  • Source candidates through targeted outreach, networks and job boards
  • Screen applicants against defined criteria and keep the pipeline moving
  • Coordinate interviews, communicate decisions and manage candidate experience
  • Negotiate and close offers, then hand over for a smooth onboarding

Core skills

  • Sourcing & Boolean Search (level 4/5)
  • Candidate Assessment & Screening (level 4/5)
  • Interview Coordination (level 4/5)
  • Candidate Experience Management (level 4/5)
  • Offer Negotiation & Closing (level 3/5)
  • ATS / Recruitment Software (level 4/5)
  • Market Salary Benchmarking (level 3/5)

Preferred skills

  • Employer Branding & Social Recruiting
  • HRIS / ATS Administration
  • Workforce Planning

Tools

GreenhouseLeverWorkdayLinkedIn RecruiterBreezyCalendlyIndeed

Experience expected

1-4 years recruiting or talent acquisition, ideally including technical hiring

Projects that prove the role

  • Filled a hard-to-recruit engineering role with a sourcing strategy that worked
  • Rebuilt the candidate experience to raise offer acceptance rates
  • Internship programme that converted a meaningful share of participants to hires

Evidence to collect

  • A hiring plan with the funnel metrics you tracked
  • A sourcing strategy that you can explain and defend
  • Candidate feedback you improved based on actual responses

What the interview covers

  • A hard-to-fill role and how you sourced it
  • A candidate you wanted but the panel did not
  • Handling a candidate who has two competing offers
  • Red flags you spot in a CV or screening call

How the role progresses

  • Recruiting Coordinator
  • Recruiter
  • Senior Recruiter
  • Talent Acquisition Manager
  • Head of Talent

Certifications that carry weight

  • SHRM-CP (SHRM Certified Professional)
  • SHRM-SCP
  • LinkedIn Certified Recruiter
  • Indeed Certified Recruiting Sourcer

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