Website Google
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in sourcing/lead generation and/or recruitment.
- Experience in consulting and/or project management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with market research and talent mapping.
- Expertise in advanced talent search techniques including Boolean, ATS sourcing tools and online niche resources.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively organize, prioritize, and handle multiple assignments/projects simultaneously.
- A sense of focus and excellent attention to detail while working in a fast-paced environment. Ability to innovate and work with ambiguity.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication and facilitation skills.
About the job
Our Channels Sourcing Specialists tell the story of Google to the world. They care deeply about cultivating relationships, have lively, thoughtful conversations with their candidates, and know our organization and its products well enough to articulate life-changing opportunities. As an expert in the talent needs of our business, you’ll be an adviser to the extraordinary people you find, engage, and guide through Google’s hiring process. By the time you’ve introduced a would-be Googler to our partners in recruiting, they are comfortable, well informed, and excited about the possibilities that await them here. The demands of our company, as it continues to grow and transform the industry, are great. Your analytical mind, curiosity, and sincere approach to your work make you exceptional enough to meet them.
The Channels Sourcing team in London is made up of creative problem solvers, who provide candidate pipeline and pipeline strategy across the business. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you;ll become a subject-matter expert on an assigned job family domain, while working directly with the business and GPS partners as a trusted advisor to build and improve hiring processes to deliver top technical talent.
Great just isn’t good enough for our People Operations team (you probably know us better as “Human Resources”). Made up of equal parts HR professionals, former consultants, and analysts, we’re the advocates of Google’s colorful culture. In People Ops, we “find them, grow them, and keep them”. We bring the world’s most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.
Responsibilities
- Become a search expert for a functional area (e.g., Cloud, Leadership, Tech) by understanding hiring needs, position specifications and search requirements.
- Generate talent for Google’s business needs by leveraging existing talent pools and creating new ones through market intelligence and various sourcing methods.
- Develop and leverage deep subject matter expertise in relevant focus locations to ensure pipeline is representative of our markets.
- Partner with Staffing teams and Hiring Managers to generate ideas, leverage resources and share information that facilitates an effective and innovative sourcing strategy.
- Manage candidate processes at early stages, act as a candidate advocate, evaluate skill level and make recommendations based on knowledge of our client group. Provide coaching and connect candidates to the business and recruiting partners.