Talent Sourcer (6 month contract)
Bonsai, Canada
Job Description
Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. We began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app. Now we’re leading the market shift to content-driven commerce. We are helping publishers launch e-commerce as a new line of business. We already do this for over 200M+ monthly unique visitors on some of North America’s leading publishers, including BuzzFeed and Complex. We’ve been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider for leading the charge in a new wave of native commerce, but the opportunity is still largely untapped.
Our technology allows users to transact natively while browsing content. We make the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Our vision is to make this possible everywhere you discover products. For publishers, we provide a powerful revenue alternative to ads that also improves the user experience. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed.
We’re looking for a Talent Sourcer for at least 6 months to help us uncover and attract the best technical talent from across the globe and support Bonsai’s scaling plans. The people team at Bonsai exists to support the people and the business. We’re responsible for finding world-class talent for the Bonsai team and helping to look after them once they start with us. We’re a team of specialists who care about the employee amp; candidate experience, empowering teams to offer an amazing hiring process and employee journey at Bonsai. We facilitate this through feedback cycles, data, research and experience.
The role (in a nutshell):
- Building out talent pipelines, such as sourcing through different mediums to find the best talent and getting our postings out into varied communities to get more eyes on them and cover a diverse audience.
- Conducting phone screens and assessing talent against hiring managers criteria and telling Bonsai's story, and convincing potential talent on the opportunity.
- Sourcing and headhunting great talent, you can go beyond Linkedin and flex your x-ray amp; boolean skills, source from Slack communities, Facebook etc.
- Source and screen for various roles across the business, from technical through to business development across Canada and the US.
- Accelerate our talent pipelines to support our time to hire OKR.
Your background:
- A couple of years of experience as a technical recruiter or in a sourcing role either in-house or at a recruitment agency. You know your Java from your Javascript, your MEAN to your MERN, and can talk to and evaluate technical candidates.
- Sourcing is your jam, and you can find new and diverse places to headhunt candidates from.
- A proven track record of placing junior to senior-level in the technology space.
- With fantastic communication skills, both verbal and written, you can sell a company and a role.
- Passionate about diversity and inclusion, you understand its importance and seek to educate yourself consistently and use inclusive language.
Nice to have:
- Experience finding talent in both Canada and the US.
- Any experience in the publisher affiliate space would be a big bonus.
What to expect:
- Review - you’ll hear from us regardless.
- Intro Call - a quick call with the Head of People to discuss the role and learn who you are!
- An interview with some of the team - 45 minutes to go over your background, the role and Bonsai. Also, an excellent time for you to ask any questions you have.
- Offer - Ideally, this is the part where we make the offer, you accept, and we all celebrate!
At Bonsai, we are committed to building and fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where our employees feel valued, heard, and supported. We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging enables us to do the best work of our lives - building the future of content and commerce! We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experience, and perspectives regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, citizenship, disability, and national origin.
Bonsai welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the hiring and selection process. If you require accommodations or have any questions, please email us at .