Graduate recruitment and sourcing specialist – SGS

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  SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. We are recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, we operate a network of more than 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

As a Graduate recruitment and sourcing specialist, you will work closely with SGS’s Head of TA and with SGS’s European Recruitment teams to build graduate and young Talent communities to help SGS meet critical business of our largest European affiliates.

Working as part of the Global HR team, you will combine your ability to build communities with high level sourcing techniques using various media channels to engage with and attract talent. We are forward thinking, client-centric and turn demanding business requirements into reality.

You Will:

• Partner with local Business, TA and HR teams to identify local business needs and translate these into attraction strategies to attract and mobilize young and graduate Talent.
• Build networks with European universities and Alumni groups and engage with them to ensure SGS is seen as an employer of choice.
• Leverage social media and market data to target the appropriate locations to build talent pipelines and communities to ensure business continuity.
• Think out of the box and identify how technology can ensure graduate recruitment becomes a recognized source of Talent across SGS in Europe.
• You do not believe in the post and pray approach to resourcing candidates. You are proactive in finding talent;
• Help us to develop our direct sourcing strategy and reduce business unit dependence on external suppliers;

What Can We Offer You?

• The opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, global company.
• We will guide you on your journey to becoming a best-in-class graduate recruiter and sourcer that knows how to sniff out outstanding talent in challenging locations to recruit in;
• We want to develop graduate recruitment into a critical part of our global Centre of Excellence. You can grow with us and help us turn this into reality;
• We will put you on e-learning courses but the best training we can provide is exposing you to some tough but fun recruitment projects;

You will thrive in this role if you are not afraid to collaborate with colleagues who may have conflicting agendas and resistance to change, with a view of solving some of the most predominant resourcing challenges that our industry is facing.

To be successful, you should rely on your curiosity as well as on your ability to influence and build networks and communities.

• Having a degree is beneficial but not a must-have. You must be keen to learn, develop and a have a thirst for delivering while you grow;
• Approx, 5 years graduate recruitment experience, preferably gained in a delivery-focused RPO, inhouse or agency role. ;
• A good understanding of LinkedIn and how it functions. You should be comfortable using the Recruiter search function;
• Proven background of directly sourcing candidates using methods such as networking, Boolean and x-ray searches;
• Knowledge of social media sites such as Facebook, Snapchat, Github, Xing, or WeChat and Research Gate desirable;
• Good technological skills and an interest in how data can help you work better;
• Proven interest in people and what makes them tick; Ability to speak other languages desirable;
• Team player – we all stick together when times get tough. We will do our best to shield you but that will only work if we function as a team.