Introduction
Recruitment specialist is responsible for the execution of recruiting plans for applicable business units, employing traditional sourcing strategies as well as leveraging new innovative recruitment approaches. This position plays a critical role in ensuring that the best possible talent will be hired through a partnership with the Business Leaders and Talent Acquisition.

You will be a partner to aligned client groups, designing creative sourcing strategies to recruit top talent, and managing the hiring processes from initiating searches through onboarding.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Support candidates throughout all stages of the application and hiring process and ensure a signature candidate experience
• Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders and business leaders to understand hiring forecasts and recruiting priorities and to fill hiring needs in a timely manner
• Deliver comprehensive support and consultation to business hiring groups in full life cycle recruitment process
• Identify and manage stakeholders and influencers to accelerate and manage recruitment process.
• Drive recruiting activity for aligned client groups for their external hiring needs
• Develop and build a candidate generation strategy which includes industry/competitive research and sourcing tactics to attract passive and active candidates
• Execute diversity recruiting strategies to attract a diverse workforce to IBM by hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles
• Effectively leverage social media tools in alignment with IBMs Social Media and Branding Strategy.
• Meet/exceed key recruiting performance metrics
• Set high recruitment standards ensuring operational excellence and compliance

• Demonstrated recruiting experience including full life cycle recruiting
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively in meetings, email and in formal discussions
• Proven ability to build and maintain candidate pipelines for both short and long term hiring needs
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to juggle multiple demands without missing deadlines
• English language

• Experience with direct sourcing methodologies and channels
• Ability to build deep domain expertise
• Understand business strategy and drive innovation