IBM jobs - Talent Acquisition Partner

Introduction
Ready to help build IBM’s biggest asset - its talent? As a Recruitment Professional, you serve an integral role as the main point of contact for both candidates and hiring managers, guiding them through the full recruiting lifecycle. Work with a team using the most innovative approaches to attraction, sourcing, selection, interviewing, offering, and closing. This is an opportunity to shape IBM’s future. Start your journey now!


Your Role and Responsibilities
Who you are:

IBM Talent Acquisition team is responsible for the end-to-end recruiting experience, strategy, and execution. The Talent Acquisition Partner is the main point of contact for our candidates and hiring managers across the full recruiting life-cycle, leveraging innovative approaches to attraction, sourcing, selection, interviewing, offering, and closing.

In addition, the Talent Acquisition Partner works closely with the business to establish and maintain relationships as trusted advisor, providing domain subject matter expertise. He/She also consults the business how to deliver outcomes by leveraging data analytics and market intelligence to attract diverse, qualified, top talent.

If you are a passionate Talent Acquisition expert, eager to source top diverse candidates, love the dynamics of the hiring domain, eager to work with talented people in a face changing environment, want to generate an excellent candidate experience and grow your skills, then you should join us!

What you will do:

• Responsible for end-to-end recruitment cycle of the of the business unit ensuring he/she conducts strategic planning, attraction, sourcing, selection, and conversion of candidates for both specific requisitions, building a diverse pipeline of highly skilled resources, effectively managing candidate relationships, and selling IBM as an employer of choice – all to ensure the right talent is available when needed.
• Execute sourcing strategies to create a diverse candidate pool for management consideration. Conduct in-depth resume/candidate review and screening.
• Handle recruitment activities from gathering the requisitions, sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, follow up till the candidate joins. Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process/reporting/metrics
• Develop a solid working relationship with the Business / Hiring Manager. Provide advice and counsel on job descriptions. Manage Hiring Manager expectations through a deep understanding of business. Work with hiring managers of business units to understand immediate and future requirements in business units to regulate direction of efforts
• Interview candidates within the framework of the position specification. Possess strong ability to screen, interview and prepare an ideal candidate slate within an appropriate and consistent timeline
• Concentrating on effective networking methods to reach the greatest number of potential candidates through internet sourcing, direct mailing, LinkedIn, industry leads & sources, key contacts, portals, etc
• Must be able to understand how to recruit passive candidates and possess the mentality to 'profile people and gauge chemistry of candidates for fit and understand their motivation' rather than sell a role
• Participate in special projects/recruiting initiatives including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent

How we’ll help you grow:

• You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.
• You’ll learn directly from expert developers in the field; our team leads love to mentor.
• You have the opportunity to work in many different areas to figure out what really excites you.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 – 8 years of demonstrated knowledge and experience in full life cycle recruitment, including management of multiple high-volume roles simultaneously.
• Prior experience of working with Product Development Company
• Knowledge of the Information technology industry. Ability to learn technical information.
• Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues
• Advanced knowledge of a variety of recruitment tools and technologies.
• Comfortable making decisions independently
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Ability to manage workload to meet requirements.
• Experience in conducting screening interviews and applying a wide range of selection techniques.

About Business Unit
IBM Sales & Distribution develops, integrates, sells and distributes IBM's unparalleled array of products and services. IBM offers its products through its global organizations. Consistent with IBM's focus on business values, the company's global team of account representatives combines a deep understanding of each client's organizational and industry specific needs with comprehensive knowledge of the products, technologies and services offered by IBM and its network of business partners.


Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.


About IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.


Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.


Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.