Executive Recruiting Researcher
This role will help conduct in-depth searches to find the best and brightest candidate the industry has to offer. Accordingly, this position is responsible for the requisition-oriented research function for the Executive Recruiting team.
As an Executive Researcher this role will build and maintain a competitive intelligence database, qualifying and extracting information from multiple data sources (corporate/in house databases, web research, trade shows, diversity organizations, professional associations, etc) to provide crisp candidate target lists for focused req-based recruitment. This role will also maintain general industry, candidate and company databases, library information, and develop highly efficient methodologies of extracting and automating access to information.
Similarly, it will manage outside research vendors and budgets, and make 'build/buy' decisions about what should be performed in-house vs. outside, and managing those projects to completion. Critical thinking skills will be used to work with the other members of the Executive Recruiting team to create effective and targeted candidate sourcing strategies.
It is important to be extremely web-savvy with significant web research techniques in addition to seasoned phone research skills. To find many of these candidates, one must have the ability to think outside of the box. This role will be responsible for producing new search methodologies, analyzing their value to recruiting efforts, and making recommendations as to whether or not the company would benefit from investing in them for the future.
Qualified candidates will have strong experience in sourcing techniques. They must also have strong presentation skills and the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to an executive-level audience. This is vital to the success of the team as well as the long-term success of the company's recruiting department.
Candidates must possess strong analytical skills, the ability to make quick decisions, an extreme attention to detail and a relentless desire to seek out the best candidates. At least six years of recruiting/research experience, including more than three years of Internet recruiting is required for consideration; experience at the executive level and at an Executive Search firm is highly preferred.
Candidates must be proficient in applicant tracking systems (web-based or database) and multiple office technology tools (e.g. Excel, Access, etc) A strong working knowledge of HTML, and a BS/BA is preferred.
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