Talent Engagement Specialist
Drive talent sourcing and pipeline building for Hilti, identifying and engaging top external talent through strategic search, networking, and relationship building. Partnering closely with Talent Acquisition Business Partners, you'll play a key role in delivering Hilti's Lead 2030 hiring strategy by attracting diverse talent across Global IT, Marketing, Finance, HR, Logistics, Legal, and After-Market Services.
What You'll do
- Work with your Talent Acquisition Business Partner to take a detailed brief on a role, asking the right questions to understand hiring manager requirements and translate this into a sourcing strategy
- Proactively identify high caliber diverse external talent via direct sourcing, market mapping and advanced research, including complex internet search, database mining and monitoring, social media search and contacts, internal/external networking, white papers, publications, and other informational sources.
- Utilize CRM to identify candidates from the relevant talent pools and referrals who are a match for open vacancies and managing the candidate journey of these people
- Conduct job/industry market intelligence, candidate/competitor analysis and utilize tools to open doors to passive and active candidates. Keep abreast of trends, developments and industry activity; know the competitive landscape and provide relevant information feeds to the business. You will share insights to keep us relevant and current, bringing the outside in and ensuring Hilti remains competitive in the talent landscape
- Craft engaging and personalized approaches to prospective candidates using tools such as email extractors and browser extensions, as well as the ability to sell Hilti over multiple ap-proaches, delivering a warm pipeline of candidates to the business
- Conduct in-depth screenings of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences and selling the Hilti proposition to passive candidates who may not be aware of us
- Screen and shortlist direct applications for your designated areas, managing your stakeholders effectively and working in close partnership with the hiring managers and Talent Acquisition BPs for your area
- Focus on delivering top results for your area, utilizing all available system reporting to identify search priorities based on days open, application numbers, conversions of search to interview and conversion of interview to offer and adjusting the search strategy to deliver the best result in the shortest timeframe
- Initiate, build and maintain strong networks with candidates, the TA team and the wider business and maintain a strong external network in the sourcing community, sharing innovation and best practice internally
- Raise our profile as an employer of choice, promoting vacancies through LinkedIn and other social media platforms and creating and sharing regular, relevant and engaging communication
What You’ll Bring
- Deep understanding of search methodology and proven experience using advanced searching techniques and data mining of the appropriate platforms for your market/sector to identify senior, specialist or hard to find profiles – you can do a lot more than Boolean
- Experience of driving a diverse candidate pipeline and the ability to champion this with hiring managers, together with the recruiter
- Proven focus on delivering an exceptional candidate experience and developing a true understanding of the candidate market
- Excellent prospecting and networking skills, especially via online social networks
- Experience working with an ATS and a CRM – we use Avature
- Passion for talent acquisition and desire to help create a best in class function
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Resilience to deal with rapidly changing and, at times, competing priorities and able to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders whilst delivering a high service level to all
What’s In It for You
We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:
A caring and performance-oriented culture.
A recognized Great Place to Work 2025, which celebrates our commitment to a culture that values care, performance, and innovation for our greatest strength, our people.
Competitive rewards and comprehensive career development opportunities that ensure your success is our priority
Why Hilti
Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.
Commitment to Inclusion
At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.
