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Talent Acquisition Specialist jobs in Boston, MA
Talent acquisition specialists focus on the hiring pipeline. They build sourcing strategies, manage employer branding, and improve how a company attracts and lands the candidates it needs.
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position based in our Boston office; this is an hourly role and will be paid through an external partner. We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Professional to join our recruiting team as a Senior Recruiter in our Bost…
ensure the timely placement of qualified professionals. You will play a key role in supporting hospital operations by connecting top talent with critical sterile processing positions and maintaining a pipeline of future…
hire qualified caregivers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to support the company’s growing operations. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will partner with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to understa…
personalized, and dignified care. To help share our mission and expand our community impact, Vitra Health is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist who is passionate about community engagement and helping people access…
$51.3k - $68.4k
Together we change lives. Kelly is a team of experts driven by our belief that the impact of the right person in the right job is limitless. No matter where you are in your career journey you can apply your knowledge and…
$70k - $80k
you ready to accelerate your career? Join Cielo as a Senior Talent Administrator & Coordinator! A career at Cielo will give you the... ...traditional assumptions of what it means to work in talent acquisition. Cielo is t…
$28 - $36 per hour
Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Coordinator We are currently seeking candidates for a Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Coordinator role with a highly successful investment management firm located in Boston, MA. This posit…
$36k - $150k
Overview: Gpac has grown from a small, family-owned company into a top recruiting firm in the nation over our 30+ years in business. With a reputation for excellence, we are dedicated to providing the best service to our…
$30k - $36k
Work from home opportunity! gpac, a family-owned executive search firm, is looking for highly motivated individuals to partner with as fully remote Search Consultants. Our company was founded over 35 years ago and has be…
Gpac offers an excellent, remote work-life balance, in a fast-paced work environment. This is a position that allows you to help transform people's lives by placing them in their ideal positions with clients, while trans…
$36k - $300k
nation's premier executive search and recruiting organizations. Our success is built on one simple mission: connecting exceptional talent with outstanding companies to create long-term success for both. We are expanding…
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What talent acquisition specialists earn in Boston
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $31–$42 | $64k–$87k |
| Mid level | $42–$57 | $87k–$118k |
| Senior | $54–$74 | $113k–$154k |
Adjusted for the Boston market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Sourcing strategyEmployer brandingATS and CRM toolsTalent market researchStructured interviewingRecruiting analyticsCandidate experience designStakeholder partnership
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
How is talent acquisition different from recruiting?
Frame TA as the longer game — pipelines, branding, and workforce planning — while recruiting fills today's openings. Show you operate at both levels.
How would you build a pipeline for a role we hire repeatedly?
Describe an evergreen approach: talent communities, nurture campaigns, past-candidate re-engagement, and a source-of-hire analysis to invest where hires come from.
What have you done to improve employer brand?
Give concrete work — careers page content, review-site responses, hiring-manager interview training — and a signal that it moved, like more inbound applicants.
Which recruiting metrics do you use to improve the funnel?
Go beyond time to fill: pass-through rates by stage, source quality, and candidate NPS, with one example of a funnel fix the data prompted.
How do you approach diversity in your sourcing strategy?
Talk about widening where you look, structured criteria to keep evaluation fair, and measuring pipeline composition by stage rather than quotas at offer.
Tell me about a hard search you turned around.
Explain what was failing — the pitch, the channel, the requirements — what you changed, and the eventual hire. Show diagnosis, not just effort.
How do you partner with hiring managers who are new to interviewing?
Describe running real intake sessions, building scorecards together, and coaching on interview technique so the loop evaluates consistently.
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Resume tips that move the needle
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Show funnel results, such as improved pass-through rates or source-of-hire shifts, not just requisitions closed.
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Include an employer branding artifact you shipped, like a careers page revamp or a candidate content series, with its effect.
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Quantify pipeline building: talent community size, response rates on outreach, or hires from nurtured pools.
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Name your stack — ATS, CRM, sourcing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter or Gem — since TA work is tool-heavy.
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Call out roles or markets where you developed real sourcing depth, such as engineering, healthcare, or hourly hiring.
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Typical progression
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