Technical Sourcing Recruiter, Amazon

• The ideal 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
• They thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, have fun, and get the job done
• The best candidates will draw on extensive knowledge of Talent Acquisition and functional areas of the business, forging dynamic relationships with business leaders, hiring managers and HR business partners
• They have a reputation for being exceptional at candidate generation, organization, possess strong verbal and written communication skills, have an ability to prioritize their time, demonstrate push back and a sense of urgency, and value providing amazing customer service
• 3+ years of recruiting mid to high-level tech talent in competitive markets experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required or 2+ years of full time Amazon experience
• 3+ years of specialized recruiting experience sourcing and hiring technical professionals in Software and Hardware Engineering domain
• Ability to build and develop strong sourcing strategies through the use of various recruiting channels/platforms
• Contact Management System/Applicant Tracking System experience with sourcing, tracking and managing candidate

Desirable

• We need a talented Sourcing Recruiter to help us find the best talent in the world to support our growth
• Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers
• The Sourcing Recruiter will work with a team of peers including Client Leads and Recruiting Coordinators focusing in the areas of candidate talent search and placement, process improvement and strategy development
• They will foster a collaborative team environment and a strong service-oriented culture that ensures delivery of efficient, effective, quality driven service to internal customers and meets customer service level agreements
• Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment
• Recruit passive candidates and gauge candidate skill sets against open roles
• Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management
• Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine-tuning 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
• Interview candidates within the framework of the position specification. Possess strong ability to screen, interview and prepare a candidate slate within an appropriate and consistent timeline
• Participate in special projects/recruiting initiatives, including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent and identification of top performers for senior-level openings
• Partner with cross functional teams to deliver a pipeline of both internal and external candidates