About the job
The Red Hat Talent Acquisition team is looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist - Contractor to join us. In this role, you will contribute to a team that is servicing Red Hat's growth at an impressive pace, and, as we transform our business model into an industry leader in cloud solutions and a true multi product solutions provider for enterprise IT, you'll play an instrumental role in achieving our business success. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will represent Red Hat to the external talent market, developing relationships with top talent, and building talent pipelines in the local market, while marketing the Red Hat employment brand in a competitive candidate market. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do

• Build long standing relationships and network with top talent in local markets
• Draft market maps and populate the new talent acquisition customer relationship management (CRM) Connect system to proactively cultivate candidate pipelines
• Create and launch a regular stream of innovative marketing campaigns for select talent communities
• Market and sell the Red Hat's message in a compelling way to top talent
• Effectively deploy drip marketing to key talent pipelines
• Develop and maintain relevant networks in your recruitment areas
• Create and implement outbound recruiting plans to proactively approach prospective candidates and talent pools
• Source candidates using a variety of creative, cost-effective, and diverse methods including direct sourcing, networking, internet research, and employee referrals
• Use analytical, data-driven sourcing strategies to produce effective and efficient search results
• Develop the Red Hat employment brand in the external marketplace
• Cultivate and advocate the Red Hat employee referral program
• Act as an expert and innovator in the talent acquisition industry and use social media in unique, creative, and comprehensive ways
• Understand business strategies and problems and underlying talent strategies
• Maintain an outstanding level of candidate assessment and presentation to the business managers in culture fit and other key competencies
• Continually develop a true understanding of the Red Hat culture
• Act as the main point of contact with our business managers of market intelligence and external benchmarking
• Act as an evangelist in the technology candidate marketplace
• Understand and monitor our competition and be able to report market recruitment trends

What you will bring

• 7+ years of experience as a recruitment operator with a passion for recruiting excellence
• Experience with a variety of interviewing techniques, particularly in competency-based interviewing
• Ability to think like a marketer and create unique and effective drip marketing campaigns to select talent communities
• Excellent business insight and success in presenting a company's business model
• Solid experience with professional social media tools like LinkedIn
• Demonstrated success in influencing key decision makers in the assessment and selection process
• Ability to thrive in a team-based, dynamic, collaborative, and fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to handle high-touch, multilocation recruitment
• Proactive attitude with a demonstrated ability to influence people with a consultative approach

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.