Talent Advisor

As a Talent Advisor you will be a strategic and consultative partner to our client’s Key Stakeholders and Hiring Managers with the responsibility of developing a talent strategy that best suits the client needs and market conditions. The position is ultimately responsible for the fulfillment of requisitions with their client. If there is a gap in the ability to fulfill a requisition, the person in this role needs to adjust their course of action to ensure fulfillment is met, taking full accountability and ownership of results.

You will be responsible for building strong relationships with hiring managers and ensuring overall sourcing strategies and plans are developed and executed in a timely fashion. Therefore, understanding of sourcing methodologies and how to execute them to effectively develop a candidate pipeline is essential.

The ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment, where you will manage and participate in the daily activities of the recruiting team to facilitate the recruiting cycle is vital.

This role allows you to partner with multi-location and/or global colleagues, including Randstad Sourceright’s Talent Sourcing Specialists, Talent Assessment Specialists, Recruiting Coordinators and Centers of Expertise, to develop and execute talent strategies that produce quality hires for our clients.

Responsibilities include:

Fully responsible and single point of contact for Hiring Managers on all assigned requisitions. Collaborates with Manager and appropriate internal team members to ensure that adequate sourcing and screening support is provided based on requisition needs to meet client expectations

Advises on processes to raise new requisitions and suitable supplier strategies

Distributes requisitions and facilitates intake calls for hiring managers, suppliers and sourcers

Reviews and submits shortlists based on recruiter/supplier input but does not interact with candidates

Facilitates feedback and notifies suppliers and sourcing recruiters of interview selection

provides guidance on offer process and shares offer details with suppliers and sourcing recruiters

Provides market intelligence and talent trends to support hiring activity

Performs intake call with Hiring Manager on assigned requisitions- seeks to clarify the position, specific requirements, and the opportunity beyond the job description and serves as a consultative partner who appropriately manages expectations and communicates sourcing plans and recruiting timelines.

Acts as an advisor to client hiring managers on appropriate sourcing strategy

Proactively gather market intelligence and shares with internal team and hiring managers

Meets or exceeds assigned daily/weekly account hiring goals and regularly monitors performance scorecard to ensure all SLAs and KPIs are being met

Evaluates, reprioritize, and is responsible for the overall execution of the employment branding strategy

Manages the candidate pool for each requisition including internal candidates, ad response candidates and direct sourced candidates. Uses independent judgment to determine potential candidate eligibility based on resumes, professional profiles and interview notes

Interfaces with and develops strong relationships with client partners as a hiring consultant and provides innovative solutions to solve recruiting challenges and influence hiring decisions

Define and participate in special projects as necessary to enhance our service offering to existing and anticipated clients

Promotes positive relationships and strong partnerships to protect the candidate experience

Develops strategic relationship with RSR peers and leaders to maintain quality client delivery and solve client challenges

Position Requirements:

Basic qualifications include:

Bachelor’s Degree or 4 years equivalent work experience required

Minimum three (3) years of account management, requisition management and/or a consultative recruiting role as the direct, primary hiring manager point of contact

Minimum five (5) years in a candidate generation role, producing candidate pipelines and having a proven track record of hiring success

Preferred qualifications include:

College degree preferred

Coursework or certification such as: AIRS, Adler Group, Recruitment Juice, NextLevel Exchange or Art of Recruiting

Demonstrated track record of understanding clients’ functional/technical hiring needs and translating those into effective candidate generation strategies (passive and active)

Demonstrated ability to efficiently and effectively screen candidates to evaluate their eligibility for candidacy and consultatively present to hiring teams

Proven ability to understand candidate motivations and effectively sell the opportunity to the candidate to ensure offer acceptance if made

Experience in a high pressure, urgent recruiting environment supporting external clients (e.g. RPO, Search Firm, or Agency)

May require experience in a specific area of expertise depending on client need (ex: Engineering, Finance, etc.)

Proven ability to take initiative and build strong productive relationships across boundaries, interacting and consulting with all levels of the organization

Microsoft Office [Excel / PPT / Word / Outlook]

Applicant Tracking System proficiency

CRM System proficiency

What’s in it for you:

Largest global staffing leader

Competitive salary + bonus

Excellent benefits package

Education and professional development

Rapid career growth

Referral reward program

At Randstad, we love to celebrate our hardworking diverse teams demonstrated through our ongoing commitment and diversity awards. Ranked as a 2021 DiversityInc Top 50 company, a 2021 Top 10 Global Champion for Supplier Diversity & Inclusion, a Military Friendly company for Veterans, Military Spouses & Suppliers, 2021 Staffing Industry Analyst Top 50 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Influencer to name a few. We are proud of our collaborative culture which is at the heart of Randstad. When you join Randstad you will receive opportunities for competitive & robust benefits, flexible schedules, and the assurance that everyone can be their authentic selves. We are seeking candidates from all backgrounds and demographics and a variety of industries to join a winning team

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