Skilled Labor Talent Acquisition Specialist

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

**Job Summary**

As a Talent Advisor supporting Equinix's Operations organization you will find, nurture, and hire the talent that operates Equinix’s world-class data centers and interconnection platform equating to the frontline of the Equinix customer experience.

This is a contract opportunity, supporting skilled labor roles in Canada and the US.

**Responsibilities**
- Be a Talent Advisor: Partner with hiring teams to develop and drive effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies with an ability to manage expectations and influence hiring decisions based on recruiting expertise and shared business goals. Demonstrate strong business acumen, leverage the business strategy to attract talent and ensure high review-to-interview ratios
- Be a Market Expert: Demonstrate excellent knowledge of the tech talent market, work on market mapping and analysis together with the Data and Analytics team to enhance predictive recruiting; support hiring managers outside of Europe to understand the dynamics of the European talent market and recruiting practices; support development of short, mid and long-term strategies to overcome talent shortages

**Qualifications**
- Talent Acquisition experience across high volume, skills labor Operations sectors is required
- Ability to advocate, educate and influence business leadership to adopt diversity recruitment strategies, processes and philosophy
- Experience in a full-lifecycle recruitment gained within a complex and fast-paced corporate (ideally one of the Big Tech companies), RPO or agency environment
- Understanding of recruiting compliance in Canada and the US, data privacy, and the importance of data accuracy
- Strong communication skills, excellent relationship-building skills, and eagerness to succeed
- You will thrive in working with business leaders and should be comfortable taking insight into the business, and challenging to status quo
- Ability to support roles in Canada and the US across all time zones.
- French/English language skills are strongly preferred.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.