Part-time Talent Sourcer responsible for finding, screening, and shortlisting candidates across marketing, sales, creative, and operations. Source 30–50 qualified candidates weekly using LinkedIn, Wellfound, job boards and communities, perform 15-minute pre-screen calls, send personalized outreach, maintain tracking sheet, and hand off qualified leads with written summaries to the internal recruiter.
Location: Remote- US-based preferred
Compensation: $25–35/hour, 15–20 hours/week
Type: 1099 contractor
We're hiring a part-time Talent Sourcer to feed our recruiting pipeline. You'll spend your week on LinkedIn Recruiter, Wellfound, and niche communities — finding qualified candidates for marketing agency roles and passing warm leads to our internal recruiter.
This is a high-ownership role. You'll source, screen, and shortlist candidates across marketing, sales, creative, and operations roles - and you'll build a pipeline so we're never hiring reactively.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN -
- Source 30–50 qualified candidates per week across LinkedIn, Wellfound, Indeed, and Slack/Discord communities
- Send personalized outreach
- Pre-screen via 15-minute intro calls when candidates respond -
- Hand off interested candidates with a written summary - Keep a clean tracking sheet of every candidate touched
Requirements
YOU'RE A FIT IF YOU HAVE
- 1+ year of sourcing experience, ideally for marketing, creative, or remote-first roles
- A portfolio of personalized outreach that actually gets responses
- Capacity for 3–4 hours per day, weekdays - Strong organization and minimal need for oversight
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