Technical Sourcer (Contractor) - remote

TaxJar
Posted 3 years ago
TaxJar is the leading technology solution for busy eCommerce sellers to manage sales tax and is trusted by more than 20,000 businesses.

Our core values:
  • We do the right thing for our customers.
  • We're a team, built on trust.
  • We're proud to be remote.
  • We're in control of our own destiny

Details:

TaxJar’s remote-only team of 160+ people is growing quickly. We have an immediate opening for an experienced Talent Sourcer.

We're looking for an entrepreneurial, creative and analytical Sourcer who can come onboard and assist our Candidate Experience team find the best talent out there!

*This is a full-time remote position available to folks located in the US.


As a Technical Talent Sourcer (Contractor) for TaxJar you will:

Technical Talent Sourcer responsibilities include using various channels to look for potential candidates, contacting passive candidates and building talent pipelines for future hiring needs. If you have solid networking skills, know how to source on social media and enjoy learning about different roles, we’d like to meet you.

Ultimately, you will proactively identify our hiring needs and help us fill our vacancies with qualified employees.


Responsibilities:

  • Interact with potential candidates on social media and professional networks (e.g. LinkedIn Recruiter/ Recruiter Lite, Slack, Stackoverflow and Github)
  • Knowledge of various technologies
  • Strong background sourcing engineering and product roles.
  • Craft and send recruiting emails
  • Coordinate with recruiters and hiring managers to determine position requirements
  • Identify qualified candidate profiles using various sourcing techniques (e.g. Boolean search)
  • Partner with the candidate experience team, and fully 
  • Develop talent pipelines for future hiring needs
  • Ability to find creative ways to find talent
  • Source for technical and non-technical candidates
  • Measure conversion rates, including numbers of passive candidates who turn into applicants, get invited to interviews, get offers and get hired
  • Ask for referrals from current employees and external networks
  • Promote our employer brand online and offline
  • Maintain candidate databases (e.g. via our Applicant Tracking System, Greenhouse)
  • Communicate with past applicants regarding new job opportunities

Requirements:

  • Proven work experience as a Talent Sourcer or similar role
  • Hands-on experience with sourcing techniques (e.g. recruiting on social platforms and crafting Boolean search strings)
  • Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) and Candidate Management Systems (CMSs)
  • Solid verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to positively present our company and open roles to potential candidates
  • Effective time-management abilities

You’ll be a great fit on our team if you:

  • Only want to work remotely
  • Are a PRO at communicating and collaboration
  • Highly value working with people you like and respect
  • Are accountable
  • Are confident in your skills and a solid team player (We’re peers here, no egos please) but also comfortable working asynchronously
  • Are hungry to play an impactful role and not afraid to fail

We’re a happy team and we all really love what we do. We've created a space where high-achievers can succeed, but are also safe to fail. We're profitable and focused on growing TaxJar sustainably. We're always learning how to make TaxJar the best place to work for all of us, and not just another tech startup. We’re always looking for an amazing new teammates to come share in the excitement of solving real-world problems with technology.

If you're not the perfect fit for this position, but you know someone who is, we'll pay you $1,000 if you refer us to the person we hire.