Sourcing Specialist
The Sourcing Specialist owns the front end of the hiring pipeline, moving quickly to identify, engage, and deliver strong candidates for open roles. The Sourcing Specialist coordinates with the Staffing Specialists and TA Managers to actively source candidates for openings using a variety of resources, including but not limited to job boards, resume databases, news outlets, social media websites, colleges/universities, and community organizations. This role takes a highly analytical, data-driven approach to managing our sourcing partners, aggressively tracking performance metrics and holding partners accountable for results. The Sourcing Specialist will work closely with representatives from our recruitment marketing agency to monitor ad placement and performance between campaigns, identify underperforming channels, and drive improvements.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Source prospective candidates using Applicant Tracking System, job boards, and community-based organizations
- Builds applicant sources by researching and contacting community services, colleges, employment agencies, recruiters, media, and internet sites; providing organization information, opportunities, and benefits; making presentations; maintaining rapport
- Attracts applicants by placing job advertisements; contacting recruiters, using newsgroups and job sites
- Proactively build talent pipelines for high-volume and hard-to-fill roles before openings occur
- Reviews resumes for appropriate skill sets to qualify candidates
- Evaluates candidates against job requirements, engages candidate in the opportunity, and presents qualified candidates to the Staffing Specialist or TA Manager
- Aggressively track, analyze, and report on sourcing partner performance metrics, including applicant volume, applicant quality, cost per applicant, cost per hire, conversion rates, and time to fill
- Hold sourcing partners and our recruitment marketing agency accountable to performance expectations; proactively escalate underperformance and push for corrective action
- Analyze campaign and channel data to identify trends, gaps, and areas of opportunity, and recommend reallocating spend toward the highest-performing sources
- Continuously identify, test, and evaluate new sourcing channels and strategies, bringing recommendations to TA leadership
- Understand and demonstrate safe work practices at all times to ensure a safe work environment
- Comply with all company policies and procedures
- Complete special projects and other duties as assigned by your supervisor
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong analytical skills with a data-driven mindset and the ability to turn metrics into actionable recommendations
- Assertive and results-focused, comfortable challenging vendors and partners when performance falls short
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively
- Great interpersonal skills
- Excellent problem-solving abilities
- Able to independently research new and trending practices in the industry
- Able to work to agreed deadlines and targets
- Attention to detail and accuracy in work
- Service-oriented with a history of building excellent customer and candidate relationships
Experience and Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Previous experience using ATS systems or other recruitment software
- Experience tracking and analyzing recruitment metrics or vendor/partner performance
- Proficient with the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Good knowledge of HR procedures and best practices
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
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