Employment: Talent Sourcing Specialist, Lagos

 Employment: Talent Sourcing Specialist, Lagos

Our client, a professional services firm with a proven track record of business success for over a decade,
seeks to employ a Talent Sourcing Specialist in order to strengthen her team of professionals.


Job Title:  Talent Sourcing Specialist

Job Description Reporting to the Lead, Human Resources, the Talent Sourcing Specialist is responsible for the sourcing and pre-screening of candidates with the ultimate goal of developing and maintaining a robust candidate pool available for client placement on short notice.

Essential Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):

• Effectively utilize tools such as search engines, job boards, LinkedIn and social channels to source candidates.
• Maintain accurate and thorough documentation within the company's candidate database.
• Demonstrate success in direct sourcing techniques to include cold calling and internet searches.
• Develop candidate talent pipelines through sourcing channels, recruitment campaigns, internet searches, networking groups, social media, database search, and referrals.
• Build relationships with potential candidates and professional networks.
• Conduct initial phone interview screens to assess candidate's skill level, interest and cultural fit.
• Sourcing using innovative search techniques to uncover undiscovered talent using social networks, and other advanced tactics.
• Gaining market intelligence including and understanding of the talent landscape in targeted geographic locations.
• Making initial candidate contact and building relationships with the primary focus on lead generation and development of new candidate prospects.

Qualifications Education & Experience:

• Must have a B.Sc. or its equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years of recruiting/sourcing experience.
• Must be technically proficient with all aspects of Internet sourcing and recruiting. Familiarity with relational databases, Outlook and Microsoft Office applications.

Additional Required Skills:

• Significant experience sourcing "passive" and "active" candidates through Social Recruiting Networks (i.e. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
• Experience with advanced search and sourcing techniques to source top talent is an advantage.
• Ability to build strong candidate relationships.
• Flexible and Adaptable

Additional Information

• Salary is Negotiable.
• Candidate availability for resumption on short notice is key.

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