Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist

Dahl Consulting; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 92,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Dahl Consulting is seeking a Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist to develop proactive sourcing strategies for corporate roles across multiple functions. You will build pipelines, engage senior-level candidates, and deliver data-driven insights to recruiting partners.

The role requires advanced sourcing techniques, market intelligence, and the ability to map talent across competitive landscapes while collaborating with recruiters and hiring managers in a hybrid Minneapolis environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in talent sourcing, talent acquisition research, executive research, or a related candidate identification discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies for assigned corporate and headquarters positions.
• Identify and engage qualified candidates across multiple functions, disciplines, and experience levels, including specialized and senior-level roles.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines aligned with current and anticipated recruiting needs.
• Use advanced sourcing techniques, professional networks, market research, digital platforms, and approved sourcing technologies to identify talent.
• Develop personalized candidate outreach strategies using approved information about available opportunities.
• Adjust sourcing approaches based on recruiter feedback, candidate availability, and changing market conditions.
• Conduct talent mapping, competitive research, and labor market assessments.
• Deliver data-driven insights regarding talent availability, candidate qualifications, competitive landscapes, and sourcing opportunities.
• Prepare market intelligence summaries and sourcing recommendations for recruiting partners.
• Identify sourcing challenges and recommend alternative candidate search strategies based on market research.
• Collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and other stakeholders to understand position-specific sourcing requirements and priorities.
• Participate in sourcing calibration discussions and provide research-based insights regarding candidate availability and qualifications.
• Present pipeline updates, sourcing results, and market intelligence findings to stakeholders.
• Track sourcing analytics, including pipeline development, candidate engagement, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Manage multiple sourcing initiatives while meeting established timelines and deliverables.
• Document sourcing activities, research findings, candidate pipelines, and relevant metrics within approved systems.
• Use approved sourcing technologies and AI-enabled tools in accordance with established guidelines.
• Follow applicable information security, privacy, and candidate data-handling requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing techniques and share research-based recommendations with recruiting partners.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Acquisition research

Executive research

Candidate identification

Tools

Sourcing platforms

Talent intelligence tools

Candidate research technologies

Job description

Title: Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid - onsite: T, W, Th)

Job Type: Contract (3 Months)

Compensation: $30.00 - $67.00/hr

Industry: Retail ---

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist on behalf of our client, a large, nationally recognized organization in the retail and consumer services industry.

Schedule

Hybrid, with on-site work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Job Description

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies for assigned corporate and headquarters positions.
• Identify and engage qualified candidates across multiple functions, disciplines, and experience levels, including specialized and senior-level roles.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines aligned with current and anticipated recruiting needs.
• Use advanced sourcing techniques, professional networks, market research, digital platforms, and approved sourcing technologies to identify talent.
• Develop personalized candidate outreach strategies using approved information about available opportunities.
• Adjust sourcing approaches based on recruiter feedback, candidate availability, and changing market conditions.
• Conduct talent mapping, competitive research, and labor market assessments.
• Deliver data-driven insights regarding talent availability, candidate qualifications, competitive landscapes, and sourcing opportunities.
• Prepare market intelligence summaries and sourcing recommendations for recruiting partners.
• Identify sourcing challenges and recommend alternative candidate search strategies based on market research.
• Collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and other stakeholders to understand position-specific sourcing requirements and priorities.
• Participate in sourcing calibration discussions and provide research-based insights regarding candidate availability and qualifications.
• Present pipeline updates, sourcing results, and market intelligence findings to stakeholders.
• Track sourcing analytics, including pipeline development, candidate engagement, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Manage multiple sourcing initiatives while meeting established timelines and deliverables.
• Document sourcing activities, research findings, candidate pipelines, and relevant metrics within approved systems.
• Use approved sourcing technologies and AI-enabled tools in accordance with established guidelines.
• Follow applicable information security, privacy, and candidate data-handling requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing techniques and share research-based recommendations with recruiting partners.

Qualifications Required

• Significant experience in talent sourcing, talent acquisition research, executive research, or a related candidate identification discipline.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing across multiple corporate functions, job families, and levels of organizational complexity.
• Advanced proficiency with sourcing methodologies, talent research, candidate engagement, and market intelligence.
• Experience developing qualified candidate pipelines for specialized and senior-level positions.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate talent market research into clear, actionable sourcing recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting sourcing findings to senior stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar roles, industries, and functional areas.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple sourcing assignments while meeting established timelines and deliverables.
• Experience using sourcing platforms, talent intelligence tools, and candidate research technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting talent sourcing within a large, complex corporate environment.
• Experience sourcing for director-level and above positions.
• Demonstrated expertise in talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and specialized candidate identification.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled sourcing technologies, talent intelligence platforms, and advanced search techniques.
• Experience documenting sourcing methodologies and sharing research-based sourcing best practices.

Benefits

Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.

Equal Opportunity Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!