Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description Summary

Coordinate KLA Taiwan’s university relations, campus recruiting, and talent-engagement activities to increase qualified resume volume and build sustainable candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

Alongside this ownership, independently manage full-cycle recruitment for one assigned division. This is a hands-on role combining external partnership development, event execution, candidate generation, and recruiting deliver.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Independently own recruitment for one assigned division, from intake and sourcing through interviews, offer negotiation, acceptance, and onboarding handoff.
• Partner with hiring managers to clarify requirements, prioritize openings, and deliver agreed hiring timelines.
• Drive timely feedback and decisions, resolve hiring barriers, and maintain a positive candidate experience.
• Keep Workday records accurate and balance requisition delivery with university and event commitments.

University Relations & Campus Recruiting

• Develop and execute a university engagement plan aligned with hiring demand, technical disciplines, locations, and recruiting timelines.
• Build lasting relationships with career centers, faculty, laboratories, student organizations, and alumni networks.
• Lead campus talks, career fairs, technical sessions, department visits, and company visits that generate applications and qualified resumes.
• Maintain year-round engagement to build candidate pipelines before hiring peaks.

Recruiting Events & Talent Engagement

• Identify and deliver opportunities to engage both early-career and experienced talent, including open houses, interview days, industry networking, referral events, and virtual career sessions.
• Own event planning and execution, including candidate outreach, registration, business participation, vendors, budgets, logistics, and follow-up.
• Establish qualified-resume targets for each activity and convert participant interest into recruiting-ready candidate profiles.
• Evaluate results and expand activities that consistently generate relevant candidates.

Qualified Resume & Pipeline Development

• Increase qualified candidate supply through university partnerships, events, referrals, professional networks, and proactive sourcing.
• Screen profiles against agreed hiring requirements and capture candidate interests, availability, and location preferences.
• Maintain organized, searchable candidate pools and promptly connect qualified candidates with the appropriate recruiter.
• Track source effectiveness and maintain appropriate candidate consent and data privacy.