Talent Sourcing Specialist

Talentoma; South Carolina; Remote; USD 47,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid leave

401(k)

Maternity leave

Stipends

Job summary

Talentoma in the United States is seeking a Talent Sourcing Specialist responsible for identifying and engaging candidates aligned with active hiring needs. This fully remote role is based in South Carolina, with a 40-hour weekly commitment and collaboration with recruiters and stakeholders.

You will build talent pools, craft outreach messages, and maintain clean records in iCIMS, Calendly, and Excel. Opportunistic growth and ongoing onboarding support are included.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years in talent sourcing or recruiting coordination.
• Experience using an ATS like iCIMS or similar.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work fully remote from South Carolina with US work authorization.
• Proficient in Excel and scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Review the sourcing queue, recruiter requests, emails, and candidate replies to understand open role priorities and next actions.
• Meet with recruiters to clarify target backgrounds, required capabilities, location considerations, and outreach approach for assigned searches.
• Research potential candidates through approved professional networks, job boards, referrals, and publicly available career information.
• Build search strings and filters that identify relevant talent while reflecting recruiter direction and role requirements.
• Review candidate profiles for relevant experience, career history, and stated interest before beginning outreach.
• Create personalized outreach messages, respond to candidate questions, and share accurate role information approved by the recruiting team.
• Update candidate profiles, outreach activity, search notes, and status changes in an applicant-tracking system such as iCIMS.
• Coordinate candidate availability and recruiter conversations using a scheduling and calendar such as Calendly, confirming details with all participants.
• Maintain search trackers and organize sourcing activity using spreadsheets and data entry such as Microsoft Excel to support recruiter visibility.
• Follow up on pending candidate responses and expedite unclear role details, candidate concerns, or priority changes to the assigned recruiter or sourcing team lead.
• Measure work quality through accurate profile updates, timely outreach and follow-up, complete notes, and useful candidate matches for each search.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Candidate research

Outreach

Scheduling

Excel

iCIMS

Calendly

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

iCIMS

Calendly

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Monthly Pay: $4,220 - $5,731 USD per month

Summary:

Each shift begins with the open sourcing queue, where new role priorities, recruiter requests, and candidate responses are reviewed in order. The Talent Sourcing Specialist identifies and engages potential candidates whose backgrounds align with active hiring needs, helping recruiters build thoughtful candidate pools and move searches forward. This role sits on the recruiting team and works under a sourcing team lead while partnering closely with recruiters, hiring stakeholders, and candidates. Work is fully remote and work from home in South Carolina, United States. The role requires a 40-hour weekly commitment. Working days and shift times may vary. Throughout the shift, the specialist balances research, outreach, profile updates, and recruiter follow-up so search activity remains organized and useful.

Job Responsibilities

• Review the sourcing queue, recruiter requests, emails, and candidate replies to understand open role priorities and next actions.
• Meet with recruiters to clarify target backgrounds, required capabilities, location considerations, and outreach approach for assigned searches.
• Research potential candidates through approved professional networks, job boards, referrals, and publicly available career information.
• Build search strings and filters that identify relevant talent while reflecting recruiter direction and role requirements.
• Review candidate profiles for relevant experience, career history, and stated interest before beginning outreach.
• Create personalized outreach messages, respond to candidate questions, and share accurate role information approved by the recruiting team.
• Update candidate profiles, outreach activity, search notes, and status changes in an applicant-tracking system such as iCIMS.
• Coordinate candidate availability and recruiter conversations using a scheduling and calendar such as Calendly, confirming details with all participants.
• Maintain search trackers and organize sourcing activity using spreadsheets and data entry such as Microsoft Excel to support recruiter visibility.
• Follow up on pending candidate responses and expedite unclear role details, candidate concerns, or priority changes to the assigned recruiter or sourcing team lead.
• Measure work quality through accurate profile updates, timely outreach and follow-up, complete notes, and useful candidate matches for each search.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• About 1-2 years of related experience in talent sourcing, recruiting coordination, candidate research, or a similar desk-based role preferred.
• Knowledge of candidate search methods, professional networking sites, job boards, and respectful outreach practices preferred.
• Experience using an applicant-tracking system such as iCIMS to update candidate activity and search status preferred.
• Familiarity with a scheduling and calendar such as Calendly for arranging recruiter and candidate conversations preferred.
• Ability to use spreadsheets and data entry such as Microsoft Excel to maintain organized search trackers preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for clear, professional interactions with candidates, recruiters, and hiring stakeholders.
• Sound judgment when comparing candidate backgrounds with recruiter-provided search criteria and identifying questions for follow-up.
• Reliable computer, high-speed internet, and a quiet private workspace, with availability for the 40-hour weekly commitment and agreed working days and shift times.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Fully remote work from a desk-based home workspace in South Carolina, United States.
• Structured onboarding and training on the named systems, including iCIMS, Calendly, and Microsoft Excel.
• Regular check-ins with the sourcing team lead to review search priorities and development.
• Opportunities to build candidate research, outreach, search strategy, and recruiting coordination skills.

• Health coverage, paid leave, a 401(k), maternity leave, and stipends.