Talent Sourcer

As a Talent Sourcer at Helion, you'll be responsible for leveraging outbound strategies to build a diverse pipeline of technical talent crucial for our mission. This involves transforming hiring managers' requirements into persuasive opportunity messages, applying innovative sourcing strategies, and maintaining strong engagement with potential candidates to secure interviews. Your success will hinge on the quality of candidates progressing through the interview stages, ensuring that Helion attracts high-value hires.

To thrive as a Talent Sourcer at Helion, you should have at least 3 years of experience in engaging passive candidates. Experience in performance-based interviewing and the innovative application of market data for sourcing is essential. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, proactive, and skilled at using competitive intelligence to find top talent in the industry.

Success for the Talent Sourcer at Helion is defined by your ability to create a strong pipeline of qualified candidates. This includes achieving high engagement rates in outreach efforts, maintaining a favorable hiring manager passthrough rate, and efficiently securing on-site interviews and offers. Ultimately, your contributions will accelerate Helion's mission in creating a groundbreaking energy future.

At Helion, the work culture embraces urgency, rigor, and ownership — each team member is encouraged to be bold in their roles. As a Talent Sourcer, you can expect an environment that values innovative ideas and collaboration, driving a collective mission to solve challenges in the energy sector. Moreover, Helion promotes an inclusive atmosphere, welcoming diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

The benefits package for a Talent Sourcer at Helion is comprehensive. It includes medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families, generous PTO policies, and 401(k) matching. Moreover, Helion supports work-life balance with parental leave, wellness stipends, and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

When answering this question, highlight specific strategies you've employed in the past, such as leveraging social media, networking events, or industry-specific forums to find passive candidates. Be specific about the tools used and the outcomes of your efforts to emphasize your ability to adapt and innovate in sourcing.

Discuss techniques that resonate with candidates, such as personalizing outreach messages, clearly communicating the role's benefits, and emphasizing the mission of Helion. Illustrate your understanding of how to build relationships over time, even with candidates not currently looking for new opportunities.

Focus on your familiarity with these techniques and how they differ from traditional interviewing methods. Provide examples of how you've used this approach to assess candidates' potential for success, showing how effective it was in making hiring decisions.

Mention specific ATS or CRM tools you've used in past roles, along with how they helped streamline your sourcing process and improve candidate experience. Highlight your proficiency with using data to drive decisions and assess the effectiveness of your outreach.

Share the resources you leverage, such as industry reports, networking events, or webinars. Mention how continually learning about emerging trends helps you adapt your sourcing strategies to remain competitive in attracting high-quality candidates.

Emphasize the importance of open communication, regular engagement, and providing value to the community members. Share strategies such as newsletters, webinars, or social media interactions that keep candidates informed and interested in future opportunities with Helion.

Use this opportunity to showcase your problem-solving skills by walking the interviewer through the situation. Detail the challenge, your approach to overcoming it, and the outcome, focusing on the skills you employed that align with Helion's values.

Talk about your process for assessing candidates not just for skills but for cultural fit and alignment with Helion's goals. Discuss the importance of understanding Helion’s mission and how you evaluate a candidate's passion and potential for contribution.

Discuss specific metrics such as response rates, the number of candidates moved to interviews, and hires made as a result of your efforts. Ensure your answer reflects an understanding of how these metrics contribute to the overall hiring success and the health of the talent pipeline.

Express enthusiasm for Helion's mission of clean energy and innovation in the energy sector. Discuss how the values of the company align with your personal beliefs and how you believe your skills can contribute to their groundbreaking work.