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ㅣ Job Summary
Bring the recruitment expertise you have built in a focused environment and apply it across a broader scale of hiring, more complex talent markets, and a wider stakeholder network. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will lead end-to-end recruitment for SGS Korea, an organization of more than 1,000 employees, while expanding your exposure to difficult-to-hire and business-critical positions and global recruitment across the SGS network of more than 100,000 employees. Working directly with business leaders, Regional and Global TA teams, and overseas Hiring Managers, you will help define the talent the business needs, translate those needs into compelling opportunities, and personally find and engage the right candidates for domestic and global positions. This role offers the ownership and exposure to deepen your capabilities in Hiring Manager partnership, strategic sourcing, and candidate engagement, while broadening the scale, complexity, and stakeholder scope of your recruitment career.
ㅣ Essential Functions & Accountabilities
• Act as a strategic partner to Hiring Managers by understanding business priorities, challenging and clarifying hiring needs, defining target talent profiles, and developing compelling job descriptions that align organizational needs with candidate motivations.
• Collaborate on domestic and global recruitment with Regional and Global TA teams and overseas Hiring Managers, including recruitment intake, talent search, candidate communication, interview coordination, and discussion of senior-level or business-critical hiring needs.
• Build and execute sourcing strategies by selecting relevant channels, directly identifying and approaching qualified talent, and closely managing pipeline quality, progress, and follow-up until suitable candidates are secured.
• Deliver a compelling candidate experience through timely and transparent communication, thoughtful assessment, and well-managed offer discussions that help candidates understand the value of SGS and make a confident decision to join.
• Own and lead the full-cycle recruitment process for assigned positions from recruitment intake through joining and early onboarding, taking direct responsibility for the full range of activities required for each hire while working closely with TA team members, Regional TA, and Shared Services throughout the process.
• Develop sustainable talent pipelines and employer visibility through job fairs, campus recruiting, recruitment events, professional communities, content, and long-term relationships with universities and industry contacts.
• Improve recruitment effectiveness by applying recruitment tools, data, and insights to strengthen sourcing, pipeline management, candidate engagement, analytics, and overall hiring efficiency.
ㅣ Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Required: Fluent in Korean, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Required: Legally authorized to live and work in Korea without visa sponsorship.
• Required: 7 to 10 years of total HR experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on experience in Recruitment or Talent Acquisition.
• Required: Demonstrated experience owning the full recruitment lifecycle from recruitment intake through joining, including direct experience working with Hiring Managers or clients to understand and clarify recruitment needs.
• Required: Ability to communicate effectively in English with global stakeholders through meetings and written communication, and to work comfortably in an environment involving frequent global collaboration.
• Preferred: Experience working in a multinational company or collaborating with overseas Hiring Managers, Regional TA, or Global TA teams.
• Preferred: Proven success in filling difficult-to-hire, niche, senior-level, or business-critical positions.
• Preferred: Hands-on experience in direct sourcing and pipeline management across multiple recruitment channels.
• Preferred: Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to develop and expand professional talent networks.
• Preferred: Learning agility and motivation to broaden business understanding and build capabilities relevant to a future Human Resources Business Partner career.
ㅣ Work Environment
• Regular, full-time position based at the SGS Korea Seoul office.
• Standard working schedule: Monday through Friday.
• Frequent collaboration with business leaders, candidates, external partners, and regional or global stakeholders through in-person and virtual meetings.
ㅣ Experience
• 7 to 10 years of total HR experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on Recruitment or Talent Acquisition experience, with demonstrated ownership of multiple recruitment
processes from hiring intake and candidate sourcing through assessment, offer acceptance, and joining.
• Candidates from in-house recruitment, RPO, or executive search backgrounds are welcome where they have independently managed recruitment needs, sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder communication, offer discussions, and joining.