THE OPPORTUNITY:

The OP Talent Scout is responsible for driving all of our internal hiring activity. As a talent solutions firm, we’re always looking for experience and junior recruiters to add to our team. Our Talent Scout is the ultimate recruiter for recruiters. We’ll work together to best support you in identifying the key characteristics and competencies of the talent we want to keep building our team with. The Talent Scout will hire people to support our three unique service offerings as well as our other corporate positions. 

Additionally, our clients are often asking us to help them hire exceptional recruiters too. So this person will have an opportunity to earn commissions making placements at our clients as well! 

The things you’ll be responsible for:

• Developing a killer recruiting strategy that is aligned with OP’s goals

• Generate candidate pipelines using networking, creative outbound messaging, and smart research

• Qualify candidates by conducting phone, zoom and in-person interviews to obtain professional goals, competencies, work history, education and salary expectations

• Own the candidate experience and inspire each person we connect with to want to work with us here at OP

• Prepare and deliver weekly status reports to management and hiring stakeholders

• Represent the firm at Talent Acquisition and HR based networking events

The support you will have includes:

• Our internationally recognized Sourcing and Research Team

• Our Leadership Team which will help to create strategies to accomplish your goals

• Access to all the tools and technologies you’ll need to crush your goals

Your growth opportunities include:

• The ability to refine and develop new processes from scratch

• Learning more about interviewing and assessments than you ever thought you’d need to know

• Developing killer presentation skills

• You will know how to use metrics and analytics to inform your decision making

We think you’ll be best prepared for this role if you have:

• At least 2 years of experience recruiting - ideally for a contingency placement agency, contract services, and/or executive search firm

• Relentless desire to achieve your goals

• The creativity and resilience to overcome obstacles and objections

• The persistence and enthusiasm to successfully manage candidates through a recruiting process 

• Solid time management and prioritization skills 

• You have a knack for using social media to create some buzz

• You can productively work with autonomy and in ambiguity 

• An entrepreneurial spirit - willingness to work towards the growth of the firm even when the duty stretches outside your job description

• BA/BS in a business-related academic major is preferred