Recruitment Researcher

Role Description

As a Recruitment Researcher, you will work closely with hiring managers, clients and other stakeholders to understand recruitment needs and support successful recruitment processes across Sweden and international markets. The role combines recruitment research, proactive talent sourcing, market mapping and pipeline development with candidate assessment, stakeholder management and recruitment coordination.

You will independently develop sourcing strategies, identify and engage relevant talent, and provide market insights to support recruitment across different functions and levels of seniority, including specialist, senior specialist and leadership positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and clients to understand recruitment requirements, business needs, competencies and candidate profiles.

• Independently develop and execute search and sourcing strategies for recruitment assignments.

• Proactively identify and engage candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, recruitment databases and other sourcing channels.

• Conduct talent research and market mapping across Sweden, EMEA and other international markets to identify relevant talent, skills availability and sourcing opportunities.

• Build and maintain talent pipelines and candidate networks for current and future recruitment needs.

• Support recruitment across specialist, senior specialist and leadership-level positions in different functions and industries.

• Screen candidates and conduct initial interviews to assess experience, competencies, motivation and suitability.

• Prepare candidate profiles and shortlists and present suitable candidates to hiring managers and clients.

• Coordinate interviews and maintain professional communication with candidates and stakeholders throughout the recruitment process.

• Provide hiring managers and clients with talent-market insights, including candidate availability, sourcing possibilities, market conditions and relevant salary-market information.

• Apply inclusive sourcing practices and contribute to building diverse candidate pools across different markets.

• Contribute to recruitment process improvement, employer branding, sourcing methodologies, recruitment tools and reporting.

Qualifications and Experience

• Professional experience in recruitment research, talent sourcing, recruitment or talent acquisition.

• Experience developing and executing proactive sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter and other relevant sourcing tools.

• Experience in talent research, market mapping and candidate-pipeline development.

• Experience working with international talent markets or international stakeholders.

• Good understanding of recruitment processes and candidate assessment.

• Strong communication, stakeholder-management and organisational skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple recruitment assignments.

• Professional working proficiency in English, written and spoken.

• Relevant university education in Human Resources or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Employment Details

Employment type: Permanent employment

Employment scope: Full-time, 100%

Working hours: 40 hours/week

Location: Remote within Sweden. The company is based in Kalmar, but the position can be performed remotely from anywhere in Sweden.

Start date: As agreed

Salary: Fixed monthly salary

Apply by 24 September 2026 via email to adrian@your-source.se.