Associate Recruiter (6-Month Fixed Term)

Remote, Philippines

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

About the People Team

The People Team’s vision is to power the success of the business through the success of our people. We strive to build a top place to work through our values-driven culture and virtual-first working model, to enable Thumbtack’s success with our high-impact team and to prepare for the future by building scalable infrastructure. Join us to be part of an impact-oriented team that believes in the power of its people and actively fosters an environment where you can learn and grow, while building the future.

About the role

As an Associate Recruiter, you’ll be our talent acquisition expert who handles full cycle recruiting and knows the Philippines talent market inside and out. You’ll find exceptional candidates for roles as diverse as customer support specialists to experienced subject matter experts and leaders.

What you'll do 

  • Meet and exceed hiring targets (headcount and timeline) by effectively managing the hiring process from the initial intake of job requirements through to presenting job offers, and facilitating the pre-ONB process in partnership with People Operations.
  • Conduct data-driven analysis to solve hiring-related bottlenecks and issues as they arise.
  • Develop a strong talent pipeline, either in partnership with the Sourcer and/or directly sourcing candidates through job portals, networking, researching, and other non-traditional search tools and methods.
  • Screen or interview potential candidates to help determine job skills, culture and team fit.
  • Maintain accurate reports capturing the recruitment cycle, as well as other administrative tasks required by the recruitment process such as but not limited to scheduling, pre-onboarding, etc.

In order to be successful, you must bring

  • 3–5 years of professional experience in recruitment/talent acquisition, with a strong understanding of tech, shared services, outsourcing or similar industries, as well as experience with volume hiring.
  • Advanced traditional and non-traditional sourcing skills, including leveraging employees for referrals, boolean sourcing, talent mapping, headhunting, vendor and external partnerships and effective networking skills.
  • Knowledge and experience leveraging sourcing and social media platforms, including Jobstreet, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Facebook, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience with stakeholder management and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Impeccable English communication.

Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, the Ontario region of Canada or the Philippines.* Learn more about our virtual-first working model here. #LI-Remote

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law. 

Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: recruitingops@thumbtack.com

If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack’s Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/ .

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