Talent Acquisition Specialist - Market Entry, EOR

Talent Acquisition Specialist- Market Entry, EOR, GCC

Location: Gurugram

Company: T&A Consulting

Experience: 2–3 years

About T&A Consulting

T&A Consulting is an international market-entry and business advisory firm helping global companies, economic development organisations, and international universities enter, establish and grow in India and other strategic markets.

Since 2006, we have worked with international organisations across sectors, supporting them with market-entry strategy, business development, talent acquisition, Employer of Record (EOR), in-market representation, investment attraction, and education advisory services.

With teams and a growing international presence across India, the UK, UAE and Canada, T&A works at the intersection of global business and local market expertise. Our engagements often begin at an organisation's market-entry stage and continue as we help clients identify opportunities, build local teams, establish partnerships and scale their operations.

Talent Acquisition plays an important role in this journey. From identifying a company's first senior hire in India to building wider teams and supporting employees through EOR arrangements, recruitment at T&A is closely connected to our clients broader business and market-entry strategy.

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About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, supporting hiring for T&A as well as international clients entering or expanding in the Indian market.

The role will involve sourcing and assessing candidates across different sectors and seniority levels, coordinating recruitment processes with clients and hiring managers, and supporting EOR-related employee onboarding.

This position would suit someone who enjoys recruitment in a consulting environment, where every mandate can be different and requires strong research, sourcing, stakeholder management and candidate engagement skills.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from understanding the mandate to candidate joining.
• Work closely with hiring managers and clients to understand role requirements, business context and candidate profiles.
• Draft and refine job descriptions and identify appropriate sourcing strategies.
• Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job portals, professional networks, referrals and targeted headhunting.
• Build talent maps and identify professionals working with relevant competitors and industries.
• Conduct initial screening and structured candidate assessments.
• Prepare candidate summaries and recommendations for hiring managers and clients.
• Coordinate interviews, feedback, offer discussions and candidate follow-ups.
• Maintain strong candidate engagement throughout the recruitment process.

Client Recruitment & Market Entry Hiring

• Support recruitment mandates for international companies establishing or expanding operations in India.
• Develop an understanding of the client's business, market-entry strategy and organisational requirements before initiating recruitment.
• Support hiring for early-stage market-entry teams, including Country Managers, Business Development professionals, functional specialists and leadership positions.
• Conduct industry and competitor mapping to identify relevant talent pools.
• Provide clients with recruitment market insights including candidate availability, compensation benchmarks and talent trends.
• Manage multiple client recruitment assignments simultaneously while ensuring timelines and service quality.

EOR Recruitment & Employee Onboarding Support

• Support recruitment requirements for clients using T&A's Employer of Record services.
• Coordinate with HR, payroll and operations teams for smooth onboarding of selected employees.
• Collect and coordinate employment documentation required for onboarding.
• Support preparation and coordination of offer letters and employment documentation.
• Ensure candidate information is accurately shared with relevant internal teams for payroll and HR administration.
• Act as a coordination point between candidates, clients and the internal EOR team during the hiring and onboarding process.

Internal Hiring

• Manage recruitment requirements across T&A's consulting, education, market-entry, research, business development and support teams.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for frequently hired positions.
• Support internship and entry-level hiring initiatives where required.
• Contribute to employer branding and candidate engagement initiatives.

Recruitment Operations

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, candidate databases and hiring reports.
• Track hiring metrics including pipeline status, turnaround time and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Ensure timely communication and follow-up with candidates and clients.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone with:

• 2–3 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Consulting or Executive Search.
• Experience managing the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle.
• Strong sourcing and headhunting capabilities, particularly through LinkedIn.
• Ability to understand different industries and quickly identify relevant talent pools.
• Experience handling multiple recruitment mandates simultaneously.
• Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Confidence interacting with senior candidates and international clients.
• Strong follow-up, coordination and documentation skills.
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel / Google Sheets and recruitment tracking systems.

Preferred Experience

Experience in one or more of the following would be advantageous:

• Recruitment consulting or executive search firms.
• Market-entry or consulting organisations.
• Hiring for international or multinational clients.
• Employer of Record Hiring and Management.
• Leadership or niche hiring.
• LinkedIn Recruiter and proactive talent mapping.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate should be:

• Research-oriented – able to understand unfamiliar industries and identify relevant talent quickly.
• Consultative – capable of understanding the business need behind a recruitment mandate rather than simply matching CVs to a JD.
• Proactive – comfortable with direct sourcing and headhunting.
• Organised – able to manage multiple roles, candidates and clients simultaneously.
• Candidate-focused – able to build strong relationships and maintain a professional candidate experience.
• Commercially aware – able to understand how recruitment supports a client's wider market-entry and business strategy.

Why Join T&A Consulting

At T&A, recruitment goes beyond simple talent acquisition. You will have the opportunity to help international companies build their teams as they enter and grow in India, giving you exposure to hiring decisions that are directly linked to business expansion and market-entry strategy.

If you enjoy recruitment but want exposure beyond a conventional corporate TA role, T&A offers an opportunity to combine Talent Acquisition, consulting and international business exposure in one role.