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www.comscorecareers.comJob Title: Technical Recruiter
Reports To: Senior VP of Human Resources
Location: Reston, VA
You will be responsible for leading the full life cycle recruiting efforts for the technology and analytic talent needs of comScore, Inc., a global top 25 market research firm. You should have a strong understanding of new technologies, and be able to reach candidates using a variety of traditional and emerging recruitment methods. We need someone who will develop and maintain excellent relationships with hiring managers and the company’s senior management to identify hiring needs and develop recruiting plans to identify, screen, offer, and negotiate with both active and passive job seekers. Additionally, you will partner with other key members of the Human Capital team to design and implement new recruiting strategies, as well as track and analyze key recruiting metrics and trends.
In the end, you’ll want to bring an agency-like mentality of speed, delivery and results to the corporate side, while focusing on the superior customer service that has always made you successful. By incorporating your industry expertise, you’ll help to recruit and hire the future leaders of comScore.
What You’ll Do Day to Day:
• Work with hiring managers and other key decision makers to identify staffing needs, position requirements and to achieve success in recruiting objectives. Build relationships with these groups by attending department meetings and working one on one with decision makers. Technology positions will range from database application developers and data analysts to software engineers at the entry level to VP and above.
• Establish and maintain aggressive pipeline of viable candidates for comScore’s technology organization, by developing networks around common skill sets that comScore hires
• Utilize online recruiting sources such as major and niche job boards, professional networking sites, user groups and list-serves, blogs, social media, and direct sourcing to identify and recruit qualified passive and active candidates.
Review applications and interview and screen applicants to assess their qualifications related to work history, education, training, job skills, and salary expectations and overall fit for the organization
• Stay abreast of new technologies and processes that are impacting our industry, including utilizing social media and direct sourcing methodologies, and working with Marketing where opportunities exist to implement branding strategies
• Develop, write, and edit job descriptions and coordinate design and placement of employment advertising to maximize effectiveness of company’s recruiting efforts
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant recruiting procedures and practices in compliance with State and Federal laws and regulations
• Stay current on new technologies, and processes that are impacting our industry, including utilizing social media and direct sourcing methodologies
• Assist with the management of the comScore college recruiting program and devide new strategies for attracting top engineering and technical talent
• Perform reference and background checks for potential candidates
• Coordinate administrative tasks such as travel and lodging for out-of-town candidates, filing and maintenance of employment records, and various tasks as needed
Skills That Will Help Contribute To Your Success:
• You have the ability to solve problems effectively, you are results oriented, possess strong time management skills and think strategically
• Bachelor’s degree in business, psychology, human resource management, communications, or other relevant field. AIRS or other recruiting certifications are an added bonus
• 3-5 years experience in a fast paced, full life cycle recruiting environment. Applicants with staffing industry, recruiting agency, or corporate recruiting experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience recruiting in related industries strongly preferred, such as Market Research, Software Technology, Data Analytics or Online Media
• You use advanced search methods, such as AIRS methodologies, Social Media and other emerging techniques to attract and qualify candidates
• You have the experience working in a high volume recruiting environment, and are seasoned in filling critical technical positions for technical business units
• You prioritize and multi-task autonomously well in an extremely fast-paced environment, and can easily switch those priorities
• Ability to collaborate with peers in a team-oriented structure, and be a true team-player
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent skills in MS Office, and in-depth experience with Applicant Tracking Systems is required
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital marketing intelligence. comScore helps its clients better understand, leverage and profit from the rapidly evolving digital marketing landscape by providing solutions in the measurement and evaluation of online audiences, advertising effectiveness, social media, search, video, mobile, e-commerce , and a broad variety of other emerging forms of digital behavior. comScore's capabilities are based on a global panel of approximately 2 million Internet users who have given comScore explicit permission to confidentially capture their browsing and purchase behavior. These data can also be combined with census-level Web site or telecom carrier data to provide the most comprehensive and unified measurement of digital activity. comScore’s recent acquisition of ARSgroup adds one of the industry’s most validated measurement of the persuasive power of advertising in TV and multi-media campaigns. comScore services are used by more than 1,300 clients around the world, including global leaders such as AOL, Baidu, BBC, Best Buy, Carat, Deutsche Bank, ESPN, Facebook, France Telecom, Financial Times, Fox, Microsoft, MediaCorp, Nestle, Starcom, Terra Networks, Universal McCann, Verizon Services Group, ViaMichelin and Yahoo!. For more information, please visit www.comScore.com.
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