Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist

For HR Europe

Location: Weybridge, UK

We are looking for a hard-working and dynamic Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Talent Acquisition team. In this dual-role, you will play a crucial part in crafting the future of our company by attracting top early careers talent (graduates and interns), while also contributing to the overall recruitment efforts across various departments. This is a phenomenal opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, developing relationships, and contributing to a growing and diverse organization.

The role will be split between managing and improving our Early Careers Program and performing full-cycle recruitment across the business.

You Will

• Lead our early careers programs, including graduate and intern hiring, from job posting to offer stage and oversight of the program framework, learning, and employee experience.
• Partner with business leaders, line managers, universities, career services, and external organizations to build a strong talent pipeline.
• Manage and oversee the Early Careers Program, capturing feedback from employees and line managers to continuously improve program efficiency.
• Collaborate with line managers, Country HR, and Learning and Development to ensure successful onboarding, development, and retention of talent.
• Organize and participate in career fairs, assessment centres, and other early careers events (i.e.: reflection presentations and projects).
• Track, analyze, and report on key performance metrics and seek opportunities to promote accomplishments and results.
• Assist with full-cycle recruitment activities across various functions within the company, including sourcing, interviewing, and selecting candidates.
• Establish relationships with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs and provide strategic support.
• Apply creative sourcing techniques to attract top talent for open positions across multiple levels.
• Contribute to broader talent acquisition projects and initiatives as needed (i.e.: newsletters, announcements, and maintenance of intranet).
  
  

You Will Bring

• Demonstrable experience in a recruitment role, ideally within early careers or campus recruitment, where familiarity with employer branding and university partnerships is a plus.
• Understanding of human resources, careers programs, recruitment, and talent development.
• Excellent communication and social skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in full-cycle recruitment with an understanding of sourcing strategies and assessment techniques with ability to prioritise in a fast-paced environment.
• Creative problem-solver with a passion for delivering a high-quality candidate experience.
  
  

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.