Facebook App Looking For Technical Sourcer, Product at Seattle, WA

Sourcing is a core strategic driver of Facebook’s success. As a member of our team, the Sourcer works closely with our Recruiters and hiring managers to develop strategies to find untapped candidates. We conceive practical and creative ways to surface leading talent, and we invest a lot of time activating passive candidates through a highly engaged and diversity driven approach. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional experiences, and that starts with the first conversation a candidate has with us, which is more often than not with a member of our Sourcing team. The Technical Sourcer works closely with our Recruiters and hiring managers to develop strategies to find candidates for our GPS Organization (Global Product and SWE). We have multiple openings on various teams within GPS. Within the SWE pillar, the teams hiring for sourcers are: Machine Learning, Mobile, Leadership, General Software Engineering, and Diversity. Within the Product pillar, the teams hiring for sourcers are: Product Design, Product Marketing, Data Science, Data Engineering, Content Strategy, Product Management, UX/UI, User Research, Diversity, Technical Product Management, Leadership, and Growth & Analytics. We conceive practical and creative ways to surface talent, and we invest a lot of time activating passive candidates through a highly engaged approach. We’re passionate about delivering an awesome candidate experience, and that starts with the first conversation a candidate has with us, which is more often than not with a member of our Sourcing team. We’re seeking a dynamic Sourcer who brings a level of motivation, curiosity and scrappiness to our team. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for building and cultivating talent pipelines for our hiring needs and will be instrumental in our ability to scale our business, working towards our mission to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. More broadly, the chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and testing facilities.

Responsibilities:
Work closely with Recruiters and hiring managers to deeply understand requirements of the role, the function and how it fits into the organization

Partner with Coordinators and Recruiters to manage an efficient model of operation

Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, referral generation, events and sourcing campaigns

Find, engage and activate passive candidates through the use of Boolean, LinkedIn and alternative search techniques

Screen resumes and interview candidates to determine basic qualifications

Regularly track pipeline activity to share with internal stakeholders

Recommend and drive improvements that impact local pipeline areas

Build and share knowledge of skills, target companies, conferences, and open source communities with recruiters and hiring managers

Innovate and drive diversity sourcing strategies using various tools to help influence clients

Utilizes Data for reporting and influencing hiring decisions, while maintaining data integrity

Minimum Qualifications:
2+ years sourcing experience with a search firm or in-house recruiting team

Experience working with and building sourcing strategies with hiring managers

Experience developing and executing candidate generation and research techniques

Experience screening resumes to match qualifications

Experience approaching passive candidates

Preferred Qualifications:
2+ years sourcing experience with a search firm or in-house recruiting team

Experience working with and building sourcing strategies with hiring managers

Experience developing and executing candidate generation and research techniques

Experience screening resumes to match qualifications

Experience approaching passive candidates

Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities – we’re just getting started.

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