Summary
Amazon is a global company focused on being the most customer-centric company on earth. The Tech Sourcing Recruiter will source, engage, screen, and evaluate passive technical candidates for U.S. distribution and operations roles while building talent networks and improving recruiting processes. The role also involves using advanced sourcing tools, managing candidate pipelines, and delivering against recruiting timelines and customer SLAs.
Responsibilities
- Recruit passive candidates with the mentality to "profile people and gauge chemistry of candidates for fit and understand their motivation" rather than sell a role
- Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management
- Conduct in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios
- Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company
- Implement new processes and fine-tune standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer
- Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process
- Proactively source passive candidates using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X-ray search/Open web and other sourcing channels for remote sites
- Conduct candidate outreach and engagement to build interest and assess right fit
- Filter the right candidates during recruiter phone screen
- Conduct on-phone and virtual candidate screening process to assess qualification and skill alignment
- Use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub and other sourcing tools
- Create targeted Boolean strings to identify candidates with niche technical skills across LinkedIn, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub, trade forums and specialized job boards
- Skilled at requirement gathering, sourcing and screening candidates in specialized technical fields
- Articulate role-based value proposition to the candidate
- Build strategies and brainstorm to create efficient and creative sourcing solutions for stakeholders
- Proven ability and sharp on the feet to proactively source passive candidates using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X-ray search/ Open web and other sourcing channels for remote sites
- Experience in conducting candidate outreach and engagement to build interest and assess right fit, with ability to filter the right candidates during recruiter phone screen
Skills
- The candidate must be able to successfully manage, prioritize and close searches against a timeline and have experience setting benchmarks, metrics, and understand how to prioritize to hit all customer SLAs
- The best candidates will have a reputation for being exceptional at candidate generation in a high volume environment and possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- They will need to demonstrate an ability to prioritize their time, demonstrate pushback and a sense of urgency, and understand the value of providing amazing customer service
- Create targeted Boolean strings to identify candidates with niche technical skills across LinkedIn, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub, trade forums and specialized job boards
- Skilled at requirement gathering, sourcing and screening candidates in specialized technical fields
- Articulate role-based value proposition to the candidate
- Build strategies and brainstorm to create efficient and creative sourcing solutions for stakeholders
- • 1+ years of corporate or search firm progressive recruiting or research experience
- • Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of full-time Amazon experience
- • Experience with contact management system/applicant tracking system for sourcing, tracking and managing candidates
- • Ability to curate market intel for saturated markets
- Market Intelligence: Understand the talent market to source the right talent from targeted organizations
- • Experience managing high volume as well as niche hiring
Qualifications
Must Haves
- The candidate must be able to successfully manage, prioritize and close searches against a timeline and have experience setting benchmarks, metrics, and understand how to prioritize to hit all customer SLAs
- The best candidates will have a reputation for being exceptional at candidate generation in a high volume environment and possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- They will need to demonstrate an ability to prioritize their time, demonstrate pushback and a sense of urgency, and understand the value of providing amazing customer service
- Create targeted Boolean strings to identify candidates with niche technical skills across LinkedIn, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub, trade forums and specialized job boards
- Skilled at requirement gathering, sourcing and screening candidates in specialized technical fields
- Articulate role-based value proposition to the candidate
- Build strategies and brainstorm to create efficient and creative sourcing solutions for stakeholders
- • 1+ years of corporate or search firm progressive recruiting or research experience
- • Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of full-time Amazon experience
- • Experience with contact management system/applicant tracking system for sourcing, tracking and managing candidates
- • Ability to curate market intel for saturated markets
Nice to Haves
- Market Intelligence: Understand the talent market to source the right talent from targeted organizations
- • Experience managing high volume as well as niche hiring
Benefits
- Remote role in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Gurgaon