Recruiting Specialist

Job Description

About Thumbtack

Thumbtack connects millions of people in the US with local professionals for their projects. With almost 1,000 different services to choose from, you’ll find pretty much anyone you’re looking to hire. A contractor to remodel your kitchen. A tutor to teach you French. A dog trainer to save your furniture from puppy accidents. An officiant, florist, caterer (and every other vendor you might need) for your perfect wedding.

Thumbtack has officially opened its first global office in the Philippines and we’re ready to start hiring. If joining one of Silicon Valley’s top tech startup company and being part of a pioneering team in the Philippines sounds like a good career move for you, then come check out this job role we’re hiring for.

About the People Team

Our People team believes in the power of our people. We know that with the right culture, development and support, our people can achieve anything; and we are inspired by this everyday.

We do this by crafting an employee experience that starts from hiring incredible people, investing in their development, and providing a holistic approach to benefits from fully-paid health insurance, to providing top-notch food from our in-house culinary team.

About you

Our Recruiting Specialist is our talent acquisition expert who handles womb-to-tomb recruiting: this person knows the Philippines talent market inside and out and can find exceptional candidates for roles as diverse as data entry specialists to experienced subject matter experts. The Recruitment Specialist brings a creative and thoughtful approach to finding, attracting, engaging and ultimately onboarding the right people at the right time.

What you'll do

• Meet and exceed hiring targets (headcount and timeline) by developing a strong talent pipeline. This can be achieved by sourcing candidates through online job portals, referrals, networking, research, and non-traditional search tools and methods.
• Manage the hiring process effectively and efficiently from the initial intake of job requirements through to presenting contract offers, and help facilitate the pre-ONB process.
• Screen or interview potential candidates to determine job skills, culture- and team-fit.
• Assist the hiring team in coming up with an objective hiring decision through the different assessment methods we’ve put in place as part of our standard hiring process.
• Endeavor to provide stellar recruitment experience for both the hiring team and the candidates.
• Provide timely and consistent hiring progress updates, bottlenecks and feedback to both the hiring team and the candidates.
• Update hiring plans, job descriptions, trackers and other docs related to recruiting.
• Maintain accurate reports capturing the recruitment cycle, as well as other administrative tasks required by the recruitment process.

What will make you a perfect fit for this role

• Must have at least 5 years of professional experience in recruitment/talent acquisition, with a strong understanding of tech, shared/services, outsourcing or similar industries.
• Sourcing skills both using traditional and non-traditional methods
• Knowledge in tracking and recruitment management tools