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Technical Recruiting Sourcer (6-Month Contract) (Remote)

Yelp, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

Connecting people with great local businesses

Duration: Contract


Yelp connects people with great local businesses. Here on the Technical Talent team, we connect people with great opportunities!

Our recruiting team embodies Yelp’s ‘Play Well With Others’ value as we build lasting relationships with our hiring teams as well as candidates, and with organizations throughout the industry. We are fortunate to partner closely with Yelp’s technical leadership team, enabling us to move quickly and provide industry-leading candidate experiences. We are continuously re-evaluating our processes and procedures to ensure we remain ahead of the curve in our competitive industry.

As a contract Technical Sourcer, you will be a crucial part of our team’s success. You will be involved in qualifying our hiring partner’s needs by identifying the key skills and experiences they value. You will be empowered to develop new and innovative ways of locating and engaging candidates while striving to advance our diversity initiatives. You will have the opportunity to do all this in a wonderfully collaborative and supportive environment. 

This is a fixed term role for 6-months. 

We’d love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

This opportunity is fully remote and does not require you to be located in the Toronto area. We welcome applicants from throughout Ontario.

Where You Come In:

  • Partner with Technical Talent recruiters and hiring managers on Yelp’s Product & Engineering orgs to identify and engage top-talent.
  • Strong focus on finding & attracting candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted campaigns and creative sourcing channels.
  • Conduct engaging prescreens with the qualified candidates you've sourced.
  • Document and share the latest sourcing techniques, methods, and tools with our team.
  • Bring your expert knowledge of the competitive landscape of Canada’s technical market.
  • Work with members of Technical Talent To track goals, metrics and performance.
  • Communicate professionally, tactfully, and with the utmost diplomacy at all times, treating all candidates with dignity and respect.
  • Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.
  • Be an advocate for Yelp and why it’s a great place to build a career.

What It Takes To Succeed:

  • Commitment to hiring people from underrepresented groups and creating a diverse workforce.
  • Preference to work independently without oversight in a self-driven environment.
  • Exceptional customer service focus combined with exemplary follow-through.
  • Proven ability to quickly adapt in a fast-paced and changing work environment.
  • 2+ years of experience in a technical sourcing or recruiting role preferred.
  • Proven success sourcing candidates with a high submittal to onsite ratio preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience executing sourcing techniques preferred.
  • Flexibility to take on special projects as needed.

At Yelp, we believe that diversity is an expression of all the unique characteristics that make us human: race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, and education — and those are just a few. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our teams and our product. The foundation of our diversity efforts are closely tied to our core values, which include “Playing Well With Others” and “Authenticity.”

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other protected status.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations-recruiting@yelp.com or 415-969-8488.

Note: Yelp does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Yelp is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

About Yelp

Yelp connects people with great local businesses. Our users have contributed approximately 127 million cumulative reviews of almost every type of local business, from restaurants, boutiques and salons to dentists, mechanics, plumbers and more. These reviews are written by people using Yelp to share their everyday local business experiences, giving voice to consumers and bringing “word of mouth” online.

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