GSS - Tech Sourcing Recruiter , WWAS TA C Sourcing

This is a contract work from home role.

About Amazon

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history by joining the North American Operations recruiting team at Amazon.

Role Overview

We need an exceptionally talented Sourcer Recruiter to help us find the best talent in the US market to support our growth. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers. The Recruiter will work with a team of recruiting professionals focusing on finding the best distribution and operations professionals across the country, fostering a collaborative team environment and a strong service-oriented culture that ensures delivery of efficient, effective, quality-driven service to internal customers.

Key Requirements

The candidate must be able to successfully manage, prioritize and close searches against a timeline and have experience setting benchmarks, metrics, and understand how to prioritize to hit all customer SLAs. They thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, have fun, and get the job done. The best candidates will have a reputation for being exceptional at candidate generation in a high volume environment and possess strong verbal and written communication skills. They will need to demonstrate an ability to prioritize their time, demonstrate pushback and a sense of urgency, and understand the value of providing amazing customer service.

Core Responsibilities

Recruit passive candidates with the mentality to "profile people and gauge chemistry of candidates for fit and understand their motivation" rather than sell a role

Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management

Conduct in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios

Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company

Implement new processes and fine-tune standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer

Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process

Sourcing and Candidate Engagement

Proactively source passive candidates using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X-ray search/Open web and other sourcing channels for remote sites

Conduct candidate outreach and engagement to build interest and assess right fit

Filter the right candidates during recruiter phone screen

Screening and Evaluation

Conduct on-phone and virtual candidate screening process to assess qualification and skill alignment

Use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub and other sourcing tools

Boolean and Advanced Search

Create targeted Boolean strings to identify candidates with niche technical skills across LinkedIn, X-ray search/Open web, GitHub, trade forums and specialized job boards

Candidate Engagement for Passive Talent

Skilled at requirement gathering, sourcing and screening candidates in specialized technical fields

Articulate role-based value proposition to the candidate

Build strategies and brainstorm to create efficient and creative sourcing solutions for stakeholders