Monday, August 27, 2012

[KITlist] Sourcing Specialist | Elance Headquarters (Mountain View, CA)

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You are ambitious, focused and are looking to make an immediate and lasting impact on your next career project. You're looking for a position where you can have huge impact on the business and greatly contribute to the success of our team. Elance is pioneering a new way to work, helping businesses gain instant access to great talent in the cloud. As a Sourcing Specialist at Elance, your mission is to recruit the world's top talent to join our rapidly growing community of online workers while focusing on job fulfillment as a top priority.

Your Responsibilities:

•Leverage recruiting techniques to connect Elance talent to project openings on the Elance platform
•Introduce and sell the Elance model and career value proposition to prospects not familiar with Elance
•Qualify, pre-screen and interview prospective talent, both on and off the platform
•Perform research, industry calibration and identify industry trends on an on-going basis
•Proactively build a talent pipeline for future and anticipated roles across the Elance platform
•Track and report on recruiting efforts, including number of contacts, fulfillment rate, and other key metrics and deliverables
•Collaborate and partner with clients to understand hiring needs
•Evaluate supply and demand trends to identify skills gaps and opportunities to improve job fulfillment on the Elance platform
•Optimize recruiting strategies for efficiency and scalability
•Manage and maintain superb communication with candidates to keep them updated and engaged through the hiring process

Desired Skills & Experience

•3-5 years of experience sourcing, screening and closing talent in a world-class, results-oriented organization; contingent staffing and/or high volume, agency recruiting experience is a plus
•Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
•Excellent follow through skills
•Proven ability to initiate action and accomplish goals across a wide range of teams and projects in the face of multiple demands
•Strong organizational skills, program management and multitasking abilities
•Entrepreneurial and results-oriented; you move mountains to get things done
•Creative problem solver
•Highly adaptable; you thrive in a fast moving environment
•Tech savvy and intellectually curious
•Working knowledge of domestic and foreign employment laws a major plus
•Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred

Company Description
Elance, the world's leading platform for online employment, helps businesses hire and manage in the cloud.
Why do great people and innovative companies come to Elance? They do what they love, work on what´s important and want to embrace a new way to work that is transforming businesses and careers all over the world. If you want to join a company that is making a difference in people´s lives every day, Elance is for you.
We're always looking for bright and talented people to join us in building the world´s leading online employment platform. We provide an easy, cost-effective solution to match up employers with a qualified and ready workforce that represents some of the best in technical, creative, administrative and business talent.
For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to qualified professionals who work online. Elance provides the tools to hire, view work as it progresses and pay for results. Elance is faster and more cost-effective than job boards, staffing firms and traditional outsourcing.



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