Junior Recruitment Specialist

This is a remote position.

Locations: Skopje, MK/ Varna, BG/ Bucharest, RO
About the company: We are an international company specializing in the provision of services in the area of information systems and technologies, outsourcing solutions, and application development services to government and non-government organizations. Being part of a group of SMEs with brands and offices across the following countries, USA, UK, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and North Macedonia.
Context of the position: As a Junior Recruitment Specialist, you will be given the opportunity to work with experienced Recruitment professionals who have extensive experience in their specialized sector. Through a combination of training and ongoing development, you will learn how to network, generate leads, headhunt, and qualify candidates.

A Junior Recruitment Specialist's responsibilities include connecting with potential candidates online and offline, screening applications, and supporting hiring managers.
Skills required/ Experience:
Essential experience and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Human Resources or Technical field (Preferred)

- 6-12 months of work experience (ideally in an administrative role)

- Strong knowledge of MS Office

- Foreign languages: English (advanced level)

- Affinity for the IT industry and good knowledge of technology

Personal skills:
- Strong negotiation skills

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong decision-making skills

- Organized and able to prioritize

- High level of professionalism

- Focused on confidentiality

- Commitment and ownership attitude

- Quick learner, reliable, positive, team player attitude

Desirable experience and qualifications:
- Previous experience working within an international/ recruitment environment

- Previous experience working with government organisations at national or international level

- Knowledge of additional foreign languages other than English

Responsibilities, duties, and tasks:
- Assist in formatting and updating job descriptions and job specifications

- Assist in preparing recruitment materials and posting jobs to appropriate job boards, websites, etc.

- Source and recruit candidates by using databases, LinkedIn, job boards, social media, etc.

- Attract applicants by placing job advertisements, contacting recommendations, using different methods and job sites

- Screen candidates' resumes and job applications

- Determine applicant qualifications by interviewing applicants, analyzing responses, verifying references, and comparing qualifications to job requirements

- Evaluate applicants by discussing the applicant’s qualifications with senior recruiters and managers

- Conduct preliminary interviews

- Work closely with the candidates to obtain the relevant information/ documents in order to increase the compliance level and be able to present the candidates to customers

- Negotiate offers with the selected candidates

- Receive all internal and external candidates’ applications and search in the database for the existence of a previous application that corresponds to the mentioned criteria in the candidate’s profile and job description

- Prepare the CVs’ in the necessary format for candidates to be submitted/ included in an offer

- Update the databases, internal reports, candidate files, project files, etc.

- Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process

- Keep constantly in contact with candidates and share/ obtain relevant information

- Provide feedback to candidates, regardless of the outcome of the recruitment process

- Participate in team and project meetings

- Provide information to the Team Leader and draft weekly reports

- Participate in company/ group and recruitment events (job fairs, conferences, etc.

Originally posted on Himalayas