Talent Researcher (Contract)

Riverbed. Empower the Experience

Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, helps organizations optimize their user’s experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improve IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences.

Position

Title: Talent Researcher (3-6 month Contract)

Location: Remote/Home Office

The Talent Researcher will play a pivotal role in identifying, engaging, and attracting top talent. Partnering with Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and Business Leaders to build a robust talent pipeline for business-critical roles.

What you will do

• Identify top talent across targeted geographies, companies, and job functions.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of strategic sourcing strategies, aimed at building talent pools and enhancing the Company’s employer brand.
• Use LinkedIn, search engines, social media platforms and other resources to identify potential candidates.
• Drive targeted outreach campaigns that attract active and passive job seekers, while maintaining relationships within our future job seeker network.
• Leverage LinkedIn to gather and analyze talent trends, such as organizational structures, competitor hiring strategies & patterns, talent supply and demand, talent movement trends, etc.
• Partner with internal stakeholders – Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and Leadership – to align on hiring needs and strategy.
• Deliver candidate pipeline progress updates to internal stakeholders, help to maintain accurate records in our applicant tracking system (ATS).

What makes you an ideal candidate

• Experience in talent research (sourcing), helping to improve hiring timelines by building and maintaining a robust talent pipeline.
• Familiarity with sourcing platforms (i.e., LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.), Boolean search techniques, and applicant tracking systems.
• Analytical mindset that uses data-driven insights to understand the competitive talent landscape. Able to translate data and provide reporting that allows for actionable insight on industry trends and talent movement, while helping to optimize the Company’s recruitment strategies.
• Organized, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.

Benefits & Perks vary by Country.

About Riverbed

With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile, yet proven, and we are disrupting the market with differentiated solutions that enable our customers to deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance. While we are a ‘customer-first’ company, we are all about our people with a shared commitment to creating a global impact. We bring our best selves to work and pursue excellence, trust, and respect for one another. We welcome diversity and value and encourage transparency and open communication throughout the company. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace for our people globally and care about their wellbeing. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It’s the Power of WE that binds us together.

We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. We understand that when people can be themselves, more is possible. We would love to have more people on board to join us on our journey to be better every day! So, come speak with us about career possibilities at Riverbed.

Riverbed is an equal employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or child birth (including breast feeding), sexual orientation, genetics, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Riverbed encourages all of its U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, but does not presently require its U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated unless such vaccination is required by applicable law or the duties of the specific position. If a specific position requires an employee to be fully vaccinated because of either applicable law or the duties of the position, then the offer of employment will be expressly conditioned on the individual being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on or prior to their start date and providing proof of such vaccination unless the individual is legally exempt.

Check us out on: www.riverbed.com @LifeAtRiverbed

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