Executive Search Talent Insights Advisor (Contract Role)

Job Summary:  

The Executive Talent Intelligence Advisor (contract role) is responsible for developing proactive talent strategies to meet organizational goals. This contract role involves collaborating with various teams to build talent networks, utilizing sourcing channels, providing insights into talent supply and demand, and delivering reports on market trends to stakeholders. The Talent Intelligence Advisor is responsible for building and growing VF’s proactive leadership talent networks to generate high caliber prospects and candidates in support of strategic talent initiatives. Combines expertise in strategic sourcing, talent intelligence, and recruiting, aimed at shaping talent engagement efforts and influence business decisions through data-driven insights and an engaged pipeline of passive and active talent for critical hiring needs. They are an expert on the talent landscape to help make informed decisions regarding succession planning, workforce planning and proactive recruiting efforts by analyzing talent trends and supply/demand dynamics to identify potential talent pools and optimize hiring practices. 

How You Will Make a Difference:   

• Market research and analysis: Conduct deep dives into industry trends, competitor analysis, and emerging talent pools to understand the talent market landscape.  

• Data-driven insights: Utilize talent intelligence tools and data analytics to generate actionable insights on talent availability, tracking job changes and promotions, compensation benchmarks, and skill gaps. Serve as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, and sourcing talent. 

• Talent pipeline development: Proactively identify potential candidates through strategic sourcing techniques to create a robust talent pipeline and share with Executive Recruiters. Utilize a variety of sourcing channels including external jobs boards, social media, internet search, database search, etc. that are in line with the organization’s branding and social media policies with a focus on direct sourcing of passive candidates. Create a notification tool to track job changes and promotions. 

• Stakeholder engagement: Collaborate closely with Executive Recruiters, hiring managers, HR leaders, and business units to align talent strategies with organizational goals and priorities.  

• Reporting and presentation: Develop comprehensive reports and presentations to effectively communicate talent insights to senior executives, highlighting key findings on talent movement within the industry and recommendations on connection strategies for key individuals to engage with. Develop and deliver clear, actionable reports and presentations that convey complex talent insights to executive and cross-functional stakeholders. 

Contract Position Requirements:   

• 7+ years talent sourcing, talent acquisition, talent intelligence, talent strategy, or a similar role with a focus on market analysis, business intelligence, and/or strategic advisory required 

• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques. 

• Expertise in talent acquisition strategies, sourcing methods, market mapping and recruitment best practices. 

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