Associate/Talent Business Partner

Job Title: Associate/Talent Business Partner Job Description: A Packt Talent Business Partner takes up challenges, uses creative methods to spot talent andhas the ability to engage with potential candidates across functions. As part of our TalentAcquisition team, your core responsibilities will be to handle the end-to-end recruitmentprocess for junior and mid-level hires across our businesses. If this has excited you so far, readon.Have you ever had to negotiate with someone? Had to adapt your approach depending on youraudience? Ever had to push yourself to achieve the best results?The ability to be compelling and persuasive, develop relationships and work as part of a team,meet hiring targets and compete for the best results, is what will set you apart as a successfulTalent Acquisition team member here at Packt.We're looking for a candidate with 2+ years of experience of working in the Talent Acquisitionteam of a corporate, or a recruiter in a placement agency. You should have excellentcommunication, interpersonal and client servicing skills, with the ability to clearly communicatein discussions and written documents, and the ability to deliver regular updates and feedbackclearly and tactfully. Being part of a creative, aggressive and growth-driven team, your majorgoal will include connecting dots between manpower requirements and business goals.And we all know that recruitment can be tough; so, you must be able to overcome adversity.If you feel you've got what it takes, and this still excites you, read further on Experience Range:1 - 5 years Educational Qualifications:Any graduation Job Responsibilities: JOB RESPONSIBILITIESYou will make your impact in Packt by supporting the talent acquisition function as below:1. Global Sourcing & Recruitment● Manage the interview process including - sourcing and screening resume, selectingcandidates for interviews, conducting interview kick-offs and debrief sessions, managethe offer approval process, negotiate offers, extend offers and reject candidates.● Make global outgoing candidate calls & qualify relevant candidates. Through thoroughtelephonic and personal interviews, determine and gauge employment factors like workexperience, educational qualifications, technical skills, role-specific competencies,achievements & other pertinent data to make qualitative shortlisting decisions.● Leverage on innovative and efficient global sourcing methodologies like ,LinkedIn, Facebook, and other global crowdsourcing tools.● Demonstrate success in global headhunting and mapping, to source candidates withniche skills.● Fulfill business hiring requirements as per assigned monthly targets.● Handle communication within the team, and aid in preparing schedules for recruitmentactivities and their execution.● Prepare hiring managers for interviews, and transition relevant candidate-specificinformation. Verbally extend offers of employment, and leverage on fellow seniorrecruiters for guidance around complex negotiations.● Plan, conduct and participate in post-offer pursuits of candidates (communication,email/telephonic queries).● Provide exemplary hiring manager as well as external candidate experience.2. Managing Relationships● Manage ongoing candidate relationships, all through the recruitment life-cycle.● Keep others apprised of, and involved in work, by communicating information and statusto senior recruiters and the Talent Business Manager. Coordinate work cross-functionallyand influence peers and/or managers.● Continuously build and strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders.● Partner with the business and act as an advisor, creating synergy and agility ofdecision-making.● Partner with senior recruiters to leverage on sourcing channels to build a pipeline ofboth active and passive candidates, so as to meet hiring demand and monthlyproductivity targets.● Network within the recruitment marketplace, so as to understand competitive landscapeand compensation practices. Gain market intelligence by talent mapping and performingcompetitor analysis for business teams.3. Analytics & Reporting● Maintain timely and accurate data in the Applicant Tracking System.● Leverage analytics for identifying and correcting lags within the current recruitmentprocesses.● Ensure weekly, monthly & quarterly trackers and reports are updated consistently.● Ensure regular attendance at weekly and monthly individual & team meetings.● Assist the Head of Talent Acquisition with MIS reporting.● Track and update the Recruitment Planner on a daily basis.4. Performance Metrics● Role targets will be reviewed and set quarterly. A minimum of 85% closures (offers, notjoiners) are to be achieved every month.● Every role filled should clear probation to be considered a successful closure at the timeof review.As a recruiter, you know that today's fast-paced, global competitive talent market makes it hardto land excellent candidates. To get the best of the best, you and your hiring managers need tobe on the same page. Expectations need to be set ahead of time, candidates need to move fastthrough the interview process, and decisions need to be made quickly.But, as I'm sure you'll agree - it rarely happens that wayBut here's the good news - we have the power to solve all hiring problems, while also turningourselves into a valuable resource and employer-of-choice for candidates.How?By transforming yourself from a recruiter … into a strategic Talent Business Partner. Skills Required: Recruitment ,Global Sourcing ,Global Talent AcquisitionJob Code: KL-NV8NX3YQAbout Us Founded in 2004 in Birmingham, UK, Packt is a developer skills platform that supports software professionals in learning the skills they need to stay relevant in their field.Packt aims to put software to work in new ways by delivering effective learning and information services to IT professionals, whether that's specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.Working closer to that vision, we have published >7000 videos, books, and courses on a spectrum of technologies, including Big Data, Cyber-security, AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud. With our author network of 6500+ experts, we have the unique ability to publish on emerging technologies faster than any other publisher, giving us the edge on providing relevant content that updates as quickly as technology moves. This translates into >50 fresh learning content pieces each month (within Explorer, our target is to publish around 25 books per month across the four categories, namely Data Science, Admin & Cloud, Coding & Tools, and Programming).Covering both emerging and established tools and trends through a variety of learning formats, we have a growing ecosystem of resources and products that we want every developer to explore and utilize in their lives.Our videos, courses, eBooks, and bespoke-to-your-business training services deliver effective and concise learning, coupled with guides and tutorials to help you through your digital transformation. Companies embracing our content stay competitive and relevant in this fast-changing landscape of latest technologies.Why Us? A job at Packt is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity. So whether you're looking for an internship, graduate opportunities, or a full-time job opening to progress your professional career, at Packt you can shape your own path as you work with the products and people that drive our rapid business growth.Our vision and values are part of our open culture in which a personal approach is central to achieving optimum performance. They guide our daily decisions and actions. They underpin everything we say and do.Our VisionTo be the most trusted developer skills service that developers rely on to stay relevant.Our ValuesRelentless: We don't stop when it comes to supporting developers. And we don't let up in supporting each other to remain creative and driven in how we work.Reliable: People can trust Packt. All our actions and our language are driven by a shared understanding that someone always depends on the work we do.Responsive: At every moment, we're actually aware of what's important to both our customers and colleagues. Because we're responsive, we don't let things happen to us - we make things happen.