Recruiter

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 4+ years
Location: Delhi, India, New Delhi, Delhi, India
JobType: full-time

We are looking for a driven and experienced Recruiter to manage end-to-end recruitment delivery and build strong partnerships with client hiring managers. This role requires a combination of strategic talent acquisition, proactive sourcing, stakeholder management, and candidate relationship management to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality talent.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) environments or other complex recruitment setups, with the ability to manage multiple hiring requirements, understand business priorities, and deliver measurable recruitment outcomes. The role offers an opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, influence hiring decisions, and contribute to building scalable talent acquisition processes.

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from understanding hiring requirements and developing sourcing strategies to screening, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding coordination.
• Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies aligned with client requirements, business objectives, and hiring timelines.
• Source, identify, and engage qualified candidates through job portals, professional networks, referrals, databases, and other relevant channels.
• Screen candidates for skills, experience, cultural alignment, and suitability for the role.
• Maintain a high standard of candidate quality while ensuring an efficient and positive recruitment experience.
• Coordinate interview schedules, collect feedback, manage candidate expectations, and facilitate timely hiring decisions.
• Lead offer discussions and negotiations to improve offer acceptance rates and successful closures.

2. Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with hiring managers and senior client stakeholders.
• Understand business requirements, role expectations, team structures, and hiring priorities to deliver relevant talent.
• Advise hiring managers on candidate availability, market trends, compensation expectations, and recruitment timelines.
• Partner with internal sourcing, research, insights, and administrative teams to ensure seamless recruitment delivery.
• Communicate recruitment progress, challenges, and recommendations proactively to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage expectations effectively and address hiring-related concerns while maintaining service quality.

3. Talent Pooling and Market Intelligence

• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring requirements.
• Proactively identify and engage high-quality candidates for future opportunities.
• Maintain updated candidate databases and ensure accurate tracking of candidate interactions and recruitment status.
• Monitor talent market trends, candidate availability, competitor hiring activity, and relevant industry developments.
• Use market insights to refine sourcing strategies and support future workforce planning.

4. Recruitment Operations and Compliance

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, applicant records, interview feedback, and candidate status updates.
• Monitor recruitment progress against agreed timelines, service expectations, and delivery targets.
• Identify changes in hiring scope and communicate potential impacts on recruitment capacity and delivery.
• Follow applicable employment legislation, client policies, data privacy requirements, and recruitment compliance standards.
• Ensure transparent communication, proper documentation, and consistent adherence to recruitment processes.
• Manage competing priorities effectively while maintaining quality, accountability, and timely delivery.

Must-Have Skills

• Talent Acquisition: Strong understanding of talent acquisition strategies, candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring practices.
• Recruitment: Proven ability to manage recruitment requirements in fast-paced and dynamic environments.
• End-to-End Recruitment: Experience handling the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, stakeholder management, and offer closure.
• Strong stakeholder partnering and relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, prioritization, and capacity management abilities.
• A results-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Ability to manage multiple open positions and deliver against recruitment timelines.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): Prior experience working in an RPO setup or client-facing recruitment delivery environment.
• Talent Pooling: Experience developing proactive candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Offer Negotiations: Ability to manage compensation discussions, address candidate concerns, and improve offer acceptance rates.
• Experience supporting senior hiring managers and complex stakeholder environments.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment dashboards, and hiring metrics.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new client cultures, business requirements, and evolving recruitment priorities.