Talent Acquisition Specialist

What the role involves

• Design and run structured hiring processes that are fair and evidence-based
• Partner with hiring managers on role definition, scorecards and decisions
• Own candidate experience measurement and improve it systematically
• Develop sourcing strategy across channels and build talent pipelines
• Report hiring metrics and identify where the funnel is losing people

Core skills

• Hiring Process Design (level 4/5)
• Structured Interviewing & Scorecards (level 4/5)
• Talent Pipelining & Sourcing Strategy (level 4/5)
• Candidate Experience Management (level 4/5)
• Hiring Metrics & Funnel Analysis (level 3/5)
• Employment Law & Fair Hiring (level 3/5)

Preferred skills

• Employer Branding
• Workforce Planning
• DEI & Inclusive Hiring Practices

Tools

Experience expected

3-6 years in talent acquisition with process ownership

Projects that prove the role

• Structured interview programme that improved hiring quality and reduced bias
• Pipeline build for a role that had never been filled
• Candidate experience overhaul that raised offer acceptance

Evidence to collect

• A hiring funnel report showing where you improved it
• A scorecard or process document you designed and used
• Metrics from a debrief or post-mortem you ran

What the interview covers

• Redesigning a hiring process and measuring the effect
• A disputed hiring decision and how you handled it
• Reducing bias in a selection process
• Handling a role that has been open for a year

How the role progresses

• Recruiter
• Talent Acquisition Specialist
• Senior TA Specialist
• TA Manager
• Head of Talent Acquisition

Certifications that carry weight

• SHRM-SCP
• SHRM-CP
• LinkedIn Certified Recruiter
• Certified Talent Acquisition Professional (CTAP)

Related roles

• recruiter
• hr-business-partner
• people-operations-specialist

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