The TA Associate Specialist is a driven professional with knowledge in hiring within the tech-design field. Someone who can collaborate with hiring managers and will provide the best recruitment process experience to our candidates and internal teams.
We expect this individual to help build a network online and offline with potential candidates to promote our employer brand, reduce our time-to-hire, and ensure we attract the best professionals. Ultimately, he/she will help build a strong tech-design talent pipeline and help hire skilled employees for all of our positions.
This is a contract for 6 months
You will:
- Write and post technical/design job descriptions.
- Source potential candidates on niche platforms, like LinkedIn and others.
- Parse specialized skills and qualifications to screen IT/design resumes.
- Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants’ abilities.
- Interview candidates combining various methods (e.g. structured interviews, technical assessments, and behavioral questions).
- Book interviews between candidates and HMs as needed.
- Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates.
- Participate in tech/design conferences and meetups to network with IT/design professionals.
- Compose job offer letters.
- Aid in onboarding new hires tasks if needed.
- Promote the company’s reputation as a great place to work
- Keep up-to-date with new technological trends and products
You have:
- Advanced English level (B2+/C1)
- 1-2 years of experience as a Technical Recruiter, hiring positions like Frontend,Backend, and Full stack Development, Project Managers, and similar/related roles.
- Experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, videocall, and structured).
- Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements for IT roles.
- Ability to measure candidate’s English level during phone screens.
- Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases (e.g. Greenhouse, WorkDay, Taleo, or others).
- Knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g., social media recruiting and Boolean search).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Understanding of HR practices and labor legislation.
What We Offer:
- Maternity and parental leave extra days
- Competitive benefits packages
- Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
- Access to free online services for families and new parents
- Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
- Internal learning and development programs
- Enterprise-wide employee discounts
- And more…
At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!
The Talent Team at Critical Mass focuses on providing the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.
Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.
The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.
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