Are you passionate about recruiting and find the thrill in identifying the purple squirrels of the

Tech Industry?

If you are looking out to leverage & hone your sourcing skills and hire the best talent in the industry for
some of the key Tech development roles in a fun filled, people centric, good learning ecosystem :
then this might just be THEopportunity for you

TALENT SOURCER @ MICROSOFT FULL TIME ROLE

Work Location: Hyderabad

Role Purpose

A fantastic opportunity exists to join the India Talent Sourcing team. This Talent Sourcer is tasked with leading
key sourcing initiatives across the region and developing innovative and proactive methods to source, evaluate,
and pipeline candidates for Microsoft with a view to conversion to offer.

This person should foster and cultivate relationships with market leading external candidates and develop high
quality, qualified talent pools to deliver upon both immediate short-term and strategic long-term needs.

If this opportunity matches with your aspirations then apply on this portal & answer the questionnaire or use your
recruiting skills and reach any of our Talent Sourcers at Microsoft to know more.

Job Responsibilities :
 Implement a variety of candidate generation techniques, strategies, and programs, and stay ahead
of new innovations in sourcing
 Gain a deep understanding of the talent landscape both locally and globally; build a competitive
intelligence knowledge base of companies and candidates residing within those companies
 Mapping: Use research tools including Social Media, Networking, Microsoft Intelligence, Articles
and Publications to seek out the best talent
 Pipelining: To engage with the best external talent in conversations about how they can further
their careers at Microsoft
 Engage with Hiring Managers to understand fully the role or business that you are sourcing for,
share market insights and talent pool research based on your knowledge and expertise.
 Cultivate relationships with key candidate and specific talent pools, defined according to long-term
initiatives and direction of the organization - turn applicants from non-active to active by
developing strong candidate relationships
 Build and engage with a talent community that includes a high quality of targeted candidates
 Utilize Microsoft candidate applicant tracking systems to accurately record and update candidate
profiles so that they are in ready now, user friendly format at all times
 Actively source diverse candidates from a variety of sourcing channels.
 Screen and make initial assessments of candidates so they can be compared to others on shortlist
in an ordered and consistent manner
 Evaluate your own productivity and effectiveness of methods used to deliver results. Work to
specific KPIs including productivity and offer targets.
 Take an active role in building talent sourcing community across Asia region.

Requirements
 Technical Sourcing / Recruiting experience of 7 to 11 yrs
 Good communication & Presentation skills
 Education : Any Graduation or Post Graduation with a bit of inclination towards technology.
What we are looking in the ideal candidate for this role :

 Technical Recruiting / Sourcing Functional knowledge

 Attention to detail
 Business acumen
 People acumen
 Systems thinking
 Trusted advisory
 Drive for Results
 Cross-boundary collaboration
 Impact and influence
 Ideal candidate will have well developed experience as a Sourcer / Researcher in a search firm,
contingency recruitment organisation or in an in-house position
 Recruiting experience demonstrating capability in creative sourcing techniques
 Effective strategic thinking and problem solving with a growth mindset
 Deep knowledge regarding specific disciplines and technologies
 Passion for and significant experience in identifying and screening candidates
 Ability to understand, articulate, and sell Microsoft culture and business initiatives
 Track record of innovation and creativity
 Evidence of building candidate relationships and managing a network of talent
 Demonstrated ability for effective cross-group collaboration and project leadership
 Active participation in a positive teamwork environment
 Extremely strong oral and written communication skills
 Ability to deliver results with little supervision, and to effectively manage multiple projects and
candidates
 Successful Project Management abilities, delivering upon work streams within high-priority
projects with both short- and long-term deliverables.