Talent Sourcing & Research Specialist - Business Services

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

The Business Services Recruiting Specialist - Talent Sourcing & Research is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for supporting individual business services search efforts as well as workforce planning initiatives at the departmental, functional, and office level through a collection of best-in-class market research, data, pipelining, and direct outreach services, while conducting talent market mapping across a multitude of levels (with those levels often overlapping) including, but not limited to: competency, technical skillset, role, level, industry, function, department, and region. This role will be located in our Global Services Office in Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Leveraging LinkedIn product suite, iCIMS product suite, pre-existing market maps, and other talent pipelining tools and strategies to create talent pipelines for active searches
• Analyzing and sharing talent market data with Business Services Recruiters and/or Hiring Managers to influence and augment go-to-market strategy
• Predictively pipelining talent for searches that appear at a regular frequency based on an analysis of firm hiring data
• Generating, or leveraging pre-existing market maps and talent pipelines to create a pool of passive candidate targets for individual searches based on discussions with Business Services Recruiters and/or Hiring Managers
• Pitching Latham opportunities to passive candidate targets and in-network (“warm”) targets, and conducting initial discussions with pre-application potential candidates to validate interests and qualifications
• Generating competitive intelligence reports within and outside of the legal industry to understand Latham’s position relative to active searches, role and team buildouts, titling, levelling, organizational structure, compensation, and other talent trends impacting organizations with whom we compete for talent
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Insights
• Display comprehensive knowledge of Boolean search logic and Microsoft Office Suite
• Possess a strong ability to source within an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Possess a strong ability to distill and communicate complex information tailored to the relevant audience 

And have:

• A bachelor's degree, preferably, with a focus in Human Resources or Data Analytics
• A minimum of three (3) years’ of experience as a sourcer, talent market researcher, or recruiter, in a global professional services environment

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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