Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced IT Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team in Ortigas, Philippines. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in technical recruitment, candidate sourcing, screening, stakeholder management, and end-to-end recruitment.
The recruiter will be responsible for identifying and attracting qualified IT professionals for various technology roles and building a strong talent pipeline to support current and future hiring requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and initial screening through offer negotiation and onboarding.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, job specifications, and hiring priorities.
- Source candidates through LinkedIn, JobStreet, Indeed, referrals, social media, job portals, and other sourcing channels.
- Develop effective Boolean and X-Ray search strings to identify passive candidates.
- Screen resumes and conduct initial recruiter interviews to assess technical experience, communication skills, availability, compensation, and overall suitability.
- Recruit for various IT positions, including:
- Software Developers
- Java / .NET / Python Developers
- QA / Automation Engineers
- DevOps / SRE Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
- Data Engineers / Data Scientists
- Business Analysts
- Project / Program Managers
- Cybersecurity professionals
- Infrastructure / Network professionals
- Other niche technology roles
- Build and maintain active talent pipelines for current and upcoming requirements.
- Coordinate technical interviews with candidates and hiring managers.
- Follow up with candidates throughout the recruitment process and ensure a positive candidate experience.
- Manage offer discussions, salary negotiations, counteroffers, and joining formalities.
- Maintain accurate candidate information and recruitment activity in the ATS/recruitment database.
- Track and report recruitment metrics such as submissions, interviews, selections, offers, joining ratios, and time-to-fill.
- Conduct market research to identify talent availability, salary trends, and competitor hiring activity.
- Maintain strong relationships with candidates and develop a long-term technical talent network.
- Ensure recruitment activities are completed within agreed SLAs and hiring targets.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, IT, or a related field.
- 3–6 years of experience in IT/Technical Recruitment.
- Strong understanding of technical roles and IT skill sets.
- Hands-on experience with Boolean search and candidate sourcing techniques.
- Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and job portals.
- Experience working with an ATS/recruitment management system.
- Strong candidate screening and interviewing skills.
- Good understanding of recruitment metrics and hiring targets.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple requirements in a fast-paced recruitment environment.
- Strong follow-up and candidate closure skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience recruiting for US / APAC / global technology clients.
- Experience with niche and hard-to-find technology skills.
- Experience handling high-volume IT recruitment.
- Experience working with IT staffing / consulting organizations.
- Knowledge of technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, DevOps, Java, Python, .NET, React, Angular, Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Cybersecurity.
- Experience working with recruitment KPIs and SLA-driven hiring.
Key Performance Indicators
- Number of quality profiles submitted within SLA
- Resume-to-interview conversion
- Interview-to-selection conversion
- Offer-to-joining ratio
- Time-to-fill
- Candidate response and engagement rate
- Candidate drop-off rate
- Quality of hire
- Hiring manager satisfaction
