TechBlocks

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

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Senior level

Information Technology • Consulting

The Role

Manage full-cycle technical recruitment across North America, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate engagement, and onboarding. Partner with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies, assess technical candidates, maintain ATS records, and report on recruitment metrics. Conduct market research on talent trends and salary benchmarks while ensuring a positive candidate experience.

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Vaughan, ON - Hybrid

Onsite Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

About the Role

TechBlocks is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Talent Acquisition Team. This role involves implementing effective recruiting strategies, sourcing and screening talented IT professionals while ensuring a positive candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruitment: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding technical candidates across various roles.

Sourcing Candidates: Utilize various sourcing techniques, including job boards, social media, networking, and employee referrals to identify potential candidates.

Collaboration: Partner with hiring managers to understand job requirements, develop effective recruitment strategies, and set clear expectations for the hiring process.

Screening and Interviewing: Conduct thorough screenings and interviews to assess candidates’ technical skills, experience, and cultural fit.

Candidate Engagement: Maintain ongoing communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process to ensure a positive candidate experience.

Market Research: Stay updated on industry trends, salary benchmarks, and talent acquisition best practices to attract top talent.

Data Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all recruitment activities in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Reporting: Provide regular reports on recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, candidate pipeline status, and sourcing effectiveness.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience: 6+ years of experience in technical recruitment, with mandatory hands-on recruitment experience across North America, preferably in a fast-paced environment.

Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with software development, IT roles, and related technologies.

Skills: Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills; ability to build relationships with candidates and hire managers.

Tools: Proficient in using ATS, job boards, and sourcing tools.

Skills Required

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
6+ years of experience in technical recruitment
Hands-on recruitment experience across North America
Familiarity with software development and IT roles
Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to build relationships with candidates and hiring managers
Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, job boards, and sourcing tools
Experience in a fast-paced environment

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The Company

HQ: Vaughan, Ontario

345 Employees

Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

@TechBlocks we power the software defined industries (SDI) of today and tomorrow. We are a software engineering and consulting firm. We build modern digital value chains and businesses reimagined to create frictionless experiences for innovative monetization methods and drive unforeseen efficiencies. We are known to build world class custom platforms and products that are cloud native for some of the worlds largest brands. We are the go to technology partners for born in digital businesses that grew with us from "Concept to Commercialization" and have revenues between $100M - $10B. We help modern businesses transition just from a technology outsourcing mentality to help create globally distributed digital COEs and mature them. Our converged COEs that we create in partnership with our clients help power software factories that are extremely dynamic. We have created modern digital COEs and factories that are created with a single minded goal to future proof our clients businesses. Everything we do is centred around two philosophies and practices - Design Thinking and Lean Engineering. Whether it is building digital commerce platforms, marketplace for worlds largest retailers or smart utilities applications and products or digital health products/platforms that power wearables, patches or devices across healthcare landscape; we do it all with speed and sophistication that is unmatched in the industry