$90k - $120k
Help Brands Win on Amazon - Love Where You Work Role: Sr Advertising Strategist (Amazon Marketplace) Location: San Diego, CA 92101 (Onsite at Symphony Towers) Compensation Range: $90,000-$120,000 DOE At Luminize, we help…
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Talent Acquisition Specialist jobs in San Diego, CA
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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$28–$68/hr
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$125k - $175k
Help Brands Win on Amazon - Love Where You Work Role: Principal Advertising Strategist (Amazon Marketplace) Location: San Diego, CA 92101 (Onsite at Symphony Towers) Compensation Range: $125,000-$175,000 DOE At Luminize,…
Impellam Group is a connected family of global workforce and STEM talent solutions brands, helping organizations future-proof their business through access to deep technical talent communities and industry‑leading workfo…
$24 - $26 per hour
Are you looking to make a POSITIVE IMPACT helping older adults? Do you want to work for a company that cares about you and values your ideas? Do you want to “Be the Reason Someone Smiles or gets a job?" If you answered “…
$30,000 per day
4AM Media owns and operates 3 DTC brands across health, cleaning, and pets. We're full-stack brand builders — supply chain, creative, custom funnels, media buying, analytics, and customer service all happen under one roo…
$800 - $2,000 per week
Work From Home Truck Driver Recruiter – Earn $800–$2,000+/Week – Leads & Ad Support Provided Location: 100% Remote – Work from anywhere Schedule: Flexible Inquire about our hire own bonus About the Role: Are you a motiva…
$120k - $140k
SR Human Resources Business Partner w/ Talent Acquisition $120,000 - $140,000/ Year DOE ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring a Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to own and elevate how we attract, assess, and hire exceptional ta…
SimulStat Incorporated is looking for a motivated, energetic, and focused recruiter to join our growing team. SimulStat provides contract statistical programmers, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists to the pharmaceutic…
$70k - $75k
established Legal Practice. In this role, you will partner with law firms and corporate legal departments to identify and place top legal talent. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with legal recruiting experie…
Talent Consultant – Engineering & Technical Recruiting (Embedded RPO / Talent Acquisition Consultant) Position Overview Ignite Human Capital is seeking an experienced Talent... ...Sustainability & Energy Sustainability S…
Talent Consultant (Embedded RPO / Talent Acquisition Consultant) Position Overview Ignite Human Capital is seeking an experienced Talent Consultant to... ...Directors Regulatory Affairs Professionals AML/KYC Specialists…
Talent Consultant – Biotech & Life Sciences Recruiting (Embedded RPO / Talent Acquisition Consultant) Position Overview Ignite Human Capital is seeking an experienced Talent... ...Professionals Medical Information Specia…
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What talent acquisition specialists earn in San Diego
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $28–$38 | $59k–$80k |
| Mid level | $38–$52 | $80k–$109k |
| Senior | $50–$68 | $104k–$142k |
Adjusted for the San Diego 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
For talent acquisition specialists specifically — generic advice costs you here
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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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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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Recruiting Coordinator
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Talent Acquisition Specialist
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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
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Talent Acquisition Manager
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Head of Talent
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