Sourcer (RPO)

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

The Sourcer is responsible for bringing in “best in class” talent into our customer’s organization. You will be tasked with developing innovative and aggressive methods to source, evaluate, and pipeline candidates to support our client’s hiring needs. Youwill collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Partners or Recruiters to maintain a clearunderstanding of the client’s business and culture, as well as define the positions, functions and selling points for all positions being sourced.

This role requires exceptional sourcing and communication skills, both oral and written. You will consult with the Talent Acquisition Partners or Recruiters about any issues related to sourcing. Skill sets for this position include knowledge of sourcing techniques, demonstrated proficiency with the Internet, MS Office applications and applicant tracking systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops, influences, and executes sourcing strategy for passive and active candidates

• Develops relationships with key candidates and large-scale talent pools

• Engages with Talent Acquisition Partners to understand profiles for role-based sourcing

• Builds a substantial competitive intelligence knowledge base of functional roles

• Sources for passive and active candidates from internal ATS, Job Boards and other appropriate media outlets

• Tracks all sourcing activities in the CRM (Greenhouse) tool for all pipelines, conversions, and hires

• Identifies new methods and approaches for sourcing of candidates

• Shares creative sourcing skills among the broader sourcing team

• Conducts outbound calls to potential candidates

• Drives applicants through sourcing activities to apply for open requisitions

• Provides daily updates to keep team apprised of sourcing efforts Assists in other markets/countries as needed

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 2-4 years’ extensive sourcing experience

• 2-4 years’ in a client management role working across a variety of stakeholders

• 2-4 years’ experience with a web-based applicant tracking system

• 2-4 years’ knowledge of functional recruitment best practices

• Has Market Research/Insights experience

• Strong sourcing knowledge

• Boolean, Google X-ray, etc.

• Knowledge in sourcing through different job boards and social media channels

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Has RPO or IT Technical Recruitment experience