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Microsoft· Talent Acquisition
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Redmond, WA, Washington, DC, Mountain View, CA, Atlanta, GA, Reston, VA, New York, NY$70.5k - $139.7kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Recruiter in the Global Talent Acquisition Team at Microsoft, focusing on hiring for Americas and supporting business groups like Microsoft Security, Copilot Engineering, and AI Experiences in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

  • Interprets client’s business and requirements to drive a staffing process to promote an optimal internal and external talent mix.
  • Executes a hiring plan within aligned business groups. Balances multiple timeframes and expectations for budget, scope, and time.
  • Identifies differentiated and alternative types of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) and provides recommendations to business area.
  • Reviews data and market research and consults with the business to recommend and implement a hiring plan that addresses both business demand and talent availability.
  • Reviews and analyzes data to improve staffing performance.
  • Elicits interest in active and potential candidates by using business stories that represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards.
  • Maintains candidate satisfaction at all phases of the relationship by leveraging motivators and incentives to engage candidates and prepare them for next phases of the process.
  • Identifies approaches to enhance candidate experience throughout hiring plans.
  • Uses an understanding of talent markets and complex candidate profiles to identify and engage candidates for immediate and future talent needs.
  • Develops strategies to generate differentiated talent in emerging roles or highly competitive talent pools to meet long-term business needs (e.g., industry, technical recruiting).
  • Leverages tools and assessment frameworks to assess candidates.
  • Executes initial screening and assessing of candidates. Identifies and gathers information to qualify talent pool.
  • Educates clients on appropriate processes and policies to ensure compliance.
  • Maintains current documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in appropriate systems, capturing data to inform insights.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years talent acquisition experience (recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or related role OR equivalent experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years talent acquisition experience OR Master's Degree AND 3+ years talent acquisition experience OR equivalent experience.
  • LinkedIn Certification.

Skills

Required:Stakeholder managementData analysisCandidate sourcing & attractionCandidate assessment & screening
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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