Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist at KLA – Kaohsiung | Jobyssey

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA's Human Resources team drives business success by mobilizing our global talent to achieve both short- and long-term objectives. Our strategic areas of focus encompass HR business partnerships, learning and development, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, inclusion, and HR systems and operations.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Position Summary

The Senior Recruiter is responsible for managing full-cycle recruitment activities from sourcing through offer acceptance. This role partners closely with hiring managers to understand talent needs, develop effective recruiting strategies, and attract high-quality candidates in a competitive market.

The successful candidate combines strong sourcing capability, candidate assessment skills, and talent market knowledge to manage multiple requisitions, build talent pipelines, and deliver timely hiring results. This role requires a proactive, results-oriented recruiter who can independently drive hiring activities while providing an exceptional experience for both candidates and hiring teams.

Key Responsibilities and Recruitment Delivery

Manage end-to-end recruitment activities from requisition intake through offer acceptance.
Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring requirements and develop effective recruiting strategies.
Source, screen, interview, and assess candidates through a variety of channels.
Build and maintain qualified talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
Manage offer development, negotiations, and candidate closing activities.
Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

Stakeholder Partnership

Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to hiring managers throughout the hiring process.
Provide guidance on talent availability, labor market trends, and competitive hiring practices.
Facilitate interview and selection processes to support quality and timely hiring decisions.
Build effective relationships with hiring managers, HR partners, and business leaders.

Talent Sourcing & Market Intelligence

Utilize direct sourcing, networking, referrals, social media, and recruiting tools to identify top talent.
Conduct talent mapping and market research to support recruiting strategies.
Develop and maintain talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill positions.
Stay informed about industry trends, talent market conditions, and competitor hiring activities.

Process Excellence

Maintain accurate recruiting data and activity tracking within Workday and other recruiting systems.
Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable employment regulations.
Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes and efficiency.
Support employer branding, recruiting events, employee referral programs, and talent attraction initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
Experience recruiting technical, engineering, manufacturing, or professional talent.
Strong sourcing, interviewing, and candidate assessment skills.
Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities simultaneously.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Proficiency in English and Mandarin.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting semiconductor, technology, or multinational organizations.
Knowledge of Taiwan talent market trends and recruiting landscape.
Experience using Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing tools.
Experience with direct sourcing and passive candidate engagement.

Success Profile

Independently manages moderate to complex requisitions.
Demonstrates strong sourcing and talent assessment capability.
Builds strong partnerships with hiring managers and HR stakeholders.
Uses talent market insights to influence recruiting strategies.
Balances quality, speed, and candidate experience effectively.
Contributes to recruiting process improvements and talent attraction initiatives.
Operates with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities.
No direct people management responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
Experience recruiting technical, engineering, manufacturing, or professional talent.
Strong sourcing, interviewing, and candidate assessment skills.
Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities simultaneously.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Proficiency in English and Mandarin.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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