Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract - 6 months)

Forbes Advisor; Mumbai; On-site; INR 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3rd Friday off

Job summary

Forbes Advisor is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist on a contract basis for 6 months in Mumbai. The role requires hands-on management of end-to-end recruitment for digital & tech roles, including executive hiring, from sourcing through to offer and joining.

The candidate will partner with business teams, build campus connections, and leverage platforms like LinkedIn, Naukri, Glassdoor, and GitHub to attract top talent.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of in-house recruitment or executive search experience.
• Hands-on with end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to offer.
• Strong experience in sourcing platforms like Naukri, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment from sourcing to offer and joining.
• Partner with business to understand talent needs and deliver recruitment strategies.
• Build campus connections and employer branding to attract talent.
• Provide market intelligence on role availability, compensation, and job titles.

Skills

Executive hiring

Candidate sourcing

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Campus engagement

Market benchmarking

Tools

ATS

HRIS

Smart Recruiters

Job description

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract - 6 months)

Forbes Advisor is a new initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance, health, business, and everyday life decisions. We do this by providing consumers with the knowledge and research they need to make informed decisions they can feel confident in, so they can get back to doing the things they care about most.

Forbes Advisor is looking to hire a Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract - 6 months). We are seeking top talent to become members of this team. If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a startup, with the benefits of a seasoned and successful company, then read on:

Responsibilities :

• Very strong hands on experience in working for digital & Tech roles mandates.
• Should have experience in executive hiring.
• Completely hands-on with the end-to-end recruitment cycle right from sourcing to pipeline management, to negotiations, offer rollouts, etc.
• Partner with the business to understand talent needs and deliver strategies and solutions for recruiting.
• Ability to build strong campus connect & engagement.
• Very strong experience in candidate search & sourcing platforms like Naukri, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, career pages, Social & tech platforms (including GitHub, Facebook).
• Experience with HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools (Smart recruiters will be a plus).
• Manage all the communication and status updates between hiring managers & candidates.
• Very strong follow-up and feedback management and documentation.
• Advise hiring managers on Job Description, Market outlook & Benchmarking.
• Provide market intelligence on the new role from the availability of talent pool, comp, job title perspective.
• Provide a high-touch experience to all candidates from the application stage to the offer and eventually joining.
• Take entire ownership of communication, follow-ups, and candidate engagement during the offer acceptance to the joining period.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• The ideal candidate will have 1+ years of in-house recruitment and/or executive search firm experience.
• A self-starter learner and team player, an innovator with curiosity and agility to learn and adapt, not afraid of piloting new approaches/methods to make improvements.
• Day off on the 3rd Friday of every month (one long weekend each month)