Senior Recruiter

Role of a Senior Recruiter

A Senior Recruiter is responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, particularly for mid-level and senior-level positions. The role involves understanding hiring requirements, sourcing and evaluating candidates, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring successful closures.

Key Responsibilities

1. Understanding Hiring Requirements

• Work closely with clients or hiring managers to understand the job description, required skills, experience, and cultural fit.
• Define the ideal candidate profile and recruitment strategy.

2. Candidate Sourcing

• Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, internal databases, headhunting, networking, and other channels.
• Build a strong pipeline of active and passive candidates.

3. Screening & Assessment

• Conduct initial screening and detailed interviews.
• Assess candidates on experience, skills, job stability, compensation, communication, and role suitability.

4. Client / Hiring Manager Coordination

• Share relevant profiles and coordinate interviews.
• Take regular feedback and manage the recruitment process until closure.

5. Interview & Offer Management

• Prepare candidates for interviews.
• Handle offer discussions, salary negotiations, counteroffers, and joining formalities.
• Ensure candidates join successfully.

6. Team Support & Mentoring

• Guide junior recruiters and support them with sourcing strategies and candidate evaluation.
• Share market intelligence and best practices.

7. Recruitment Targets & Closures

• Achieve monthly/quarterly hiring and revenue targets.
• Focus on turnaround time, quality of profiles, conversion ratio, and successful closures.

8. Database & Market Mapping

• Maintain an updated candidate database.
• Conduct competitor mapping and talent research for critical roles.

Key Skills Required

• End-to-end recruitment
• Head Hunting & Passive Candidate Sourcing
• LinkedIn Recruiter / Naukri / Job Portals
• Boolean & X-Ray Search
• Client and stakeholder management
• Candidate assessment and interviewing
• Salary negotiation and offer management
• Team coordination and mentoring
• Strong communication and follow-up skills

Typical KPIs for a Senior Recruiter

• Number of positions closed
• Revenue / billing generated
• Submission-to-interview ratio
• Interview-to-offer ratio
• Offer-to-joining ratio
• Turnaround time (TAT)
• Candidate and client satisfaction
• Database and pipeline development