Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Senior TA Specialist is a driven professional with wide experience hiring within the tech-design field, He/she also knows how to treat hiring managers, while also providing the best recruitment process experience to our candidates.

We expect this individual to build a network online and offline with potential candidates to promote our employer brand, reduce our time-to-hire, and ensure we attract the best professionals. Ultimately, he/she will build a strong tech-design talent pipeline and help hire skilled employees for all of our positions.

Job Location: Costa Rica

You will:

• Write and post technical/design job descriptions.
• Source potential candidates on niche platforms, like LinkedIn and others.
• Parse specialized skills and qualifications to screen IT/design resumes.
• Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants’ abilities.
• Interview candidates combining various methods (e.g. structured interviews, technical assessments, and behavioral questions).
• Book interviews between candidates and HM as needed.
• Coordinate with IT team leaders to forecast department goals and hiring needs.
• Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates.
• Participate in tech/design conferences and meetups to network with IT/design professionals.
• Compose job offer letters.
• Aid in onboarding new hires tasks if needed.
• Promote the company’s reputation as a great place to work
• Conduct job and task analyses to document job duties and requirements
• Keep up-to-date with new technological trends and products
• Constantly join update video calls and meetings to provide input and updates about the current open positions to HMs and directors.
• Elaborate reports about recruiting-related matters (pipelines, salary expectations, general updates about recruiting processes).

 

You have:

• Advanced English level (B2+/C1)
• At least 3 years of experience as a Technical Recruiter, hiring positions like Frontend, Backend, and Full stack Development, Project Managers, and similar/related roles.
• Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, videocall, and structured) Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements for IT roles.
• Ability to measure candidate’s English level during phone screens.
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases (e.g. Greenhouse, WorkDay, Taleo, or others).
• Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g., social media recruiting and Boolean search).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of HR practices and labor legislation.

 

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, mentorship, and employee experience possible!  CM new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.  The ask stems from our want to:

• Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
• Improve collaboration and team relationships.
• Increase employee engagement

We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.