Talent Acquisition Specialist
Proactively source passive candidates and build long-term talent pipelines for key accounts and hard-to-fill roles.
Candidate Sourcing (Passive talent)
Search, screen and build talent pipelines for active roles.
Candidate Management
Manage candidate relationships through the process.
Coordination & Compliance
Schedule interviews and complete compliance checks.
Client & Account
Own account health and client relationship day to day.
Payroll & Timesheets
Process contractor payroll and timesheets.
Five reasons clients stay past the first hire
One resource, only yours
No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.
25 years of Australian market experience
Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.
You always know what your team is doing
Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.
No more "That's not my job."
Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.
Capacity without the hiring squeeze
Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.
The outcome this role is built for
A ready pipeline for hard-to-fill roles — because passive talent is being mapped and nurtured before the brief lands, not after.
What this role owns day to day
Core responsibilities
- Proactively source passive candidates for hard-to-fill roles
- Build and nurture long-term talent pipelines for key accounts
- Conduct initial screening calls with promising candidates
- Map market talent for strategic client relationships
Works inside
Reported on weekly
| Qualified candidates sourced | Candidates matching key-account needs |
| Time to shortlist | Speed from brief to shortlist |
| Pipeline quality | Candidates progressing to interview |
| Screening completion | Initial screens completed on schedule |
Works your hours. Picks up the work.
Australian business hours
Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.
9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster
Extended coverage
Stretch shift start/end times around candidate availability and urgent briefs.
Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement
Peak-volume scaling
Additional dedicated resources during high-volume hiring campaigns.
Scale up seats for campaigns, scale back down after
What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a market has very few qualified candidates — it still gets mapped thoroughly and nurtured over time instead of giving up after one search.
What stays with your authorised staff
Final selection and client negotiation remain with authorised consultants. This role sources and screens — it doesn't decide.
The market backdrop for talent acquisition hires
job vacancies were recorded across Australia in May 2026 — 293,800 of them in the private sector.
Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.
of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.
Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.
The same skillset, wherever candidates or cases need managing
Strip away the ATS-specific tools and this role is a recognisable shape: search, qualify, coordinate, and keep a pipeline moving against a deadline.
Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party
- Passive sourcing competes with reactive brief-filling
- Long-term pipelines don't get built
- Key accounts wait longer for hard-to-fill roles
A dedicated talent acquisition specialist, outsourced to us
- One resource whose only job is proactive sourcing
- Reports to your own recruitment manager, not a third party
- Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Digital Marketing & Agencies
Lead generation and prospect research follow the same search-and-qualify discipline.
LinkedIn · CRMReal Estate & Property Management
Property lead sourcing and database building mirrors candidate sourcing closely.
CRM · portalsMortgage Broking
Referral and lead database management uses the same sourcing and qualification skillset.
Aggregator CRMProfessional Services & Consulting
Business development research mirrors this role's search-and-shortlist discipline.
CRM · research toolsNo guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Recruitment page →
Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.
You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.
Questions about hiring a dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist
Ready to add this role to your team?
Tell us your key accounts and hard-to-fill role types — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.