What does a Technical Sourcer do?
Technical sourcers are responsible for sourcing and hiring candidates for highly technical and specialized positions and work as part of a human resources team and create candidate funnels for challenging jobs to fill. They coordinate with hiring managers to determine position requirements and descriptions and draft and send recruitment emails and inquiries. They interact with potential candidates on professional networks and social media and contact industry partners for appropriate candidate referrals.
Technical sourcerers identify and screen potential candidates and organize and conduct interviews but in person and online. They create talent pipelines for current and future hires and actively manage the company's candidate database. They measure and record conversion rates and set up candidate interviews with hiring managers. Technical sourcerers need a bachelor's degree in human resources management or related fields and previous experience as a technical sourcer or recruitment agent.
- Develop and execute a sourcing strategy to build a strong talent pipeline of candidates.
- Research and utilize the latest sourcing techniques to identify candidates.
- Consistently maintain a high-volume, quality and diverse candidate pipeline that results in hires every quarter.
- Screen candidates and attract top talent to interview for open roles.
- Recommend and drive improvements that impact local pipeline areas.
- Guide stakeholders through unique situations, sensitivities, and competing priorities using thoughtful business-backed and empathetic solutions.
- Work closely with recruiters and hiring managers to deeply understand requirements of the role, the function and how it fits into the organization
- Bachelor's Degree in business or engineering or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated superior talent sourcing abilities.
- A confident, natural leader and problem solver with demonstrated critical thinking and collaboration skills.
- Requires meticulous attention to detail.
- Displays strong work ethic.
Technical Sourcer Salaries
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Technical Sourcer Career Path
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Technical Sourcer Insights
evolvetalent“This company is extremely toxic and I would advise anyone who is starting their career to go anywhere else.”
JetBridge Software“One of its core values is to grow by conducting a worldwide search hiring the best talents and creating a new marketplace platform.”
Randstad Sourceright“Training was not helpful but high expectations”
Amazon“leadership is not the best”
Signature Consultants“Nice people to work with”
Riviera Partners“Compensation is competitive in industry”
ByteDance“Pay/ compensation was good for me”
RTM (United Kingdom)“Great team to work with”
Frequently asked questions about the role and responsibilities of a Technical Sourcer
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