Job Description

Research & Operations Executive – Executive Search

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Experience: 2–5 Years

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Industry: Executive Search & Recruitment

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Company: Core Sync

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About Core Sync

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Core Sync is an Executive Search and Recruitment firm specializing in talent acquisition across the legal industry. We partner with leading law firms, corporate legal teams, and in-house legal departments to identify and connect with professionals across different levels and practice areas.

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We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, and confident Research & Operations Executive to support our executive search and recruitment operations. This is a hands-on role involving market research, talent mapping, candidate outreach, cold calling, database management, market intelligence, and operational coordination.

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The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with large volumes of data as well as communicating directly with candidates, Partners, senior professionals, and other stakeholders.

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Key Responsibilities

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Research & Talent Mapping

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- Conduct detailed research for ongoing executive search and recruitment mandates.
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- Map relevant professionals across law firms, companies, industries, locations, and practice areas.
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- Identify potential candidates using LinkedIn and other research platforms.
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- Conduct market and competitor research to support different search assignments.
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- Gather and maintain relevant market intelligence for the recruitment team.
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Candidate Outreach & Calling

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- Conduct regular cold calling and candidate outreach for active mandates.
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- Speak confidently and professionally with candidates, including Partners and senior-level professionals.
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- Conduct initial conversations to understand candidates' experience, current roles, practice areas, interest levels, compensation, notice periods, and career expectations.
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- Follow up consistently with prospective candidates and maintain engagement throughout the process.
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Database & Excel Management

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- Build, maintain, and continuously update large candidate databases and market-mapping sheets.
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- Work extensively on Microsoft Excel to organize, filter, maintain, and track large volumes of information.
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- Ensure candidate information, call status, follow-ups, and recruitment progress are updated accurately.
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- Maintain clean, structured, and reliable data for ongoing and future search mandates.
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- Regularly review databases to identify missing, outdated, or incomplete information.
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Operations & Coordination

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- Support day-to-day operational activities related to recruitment assignments.
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- Coordinate candidate interviews, calls, meetings, and follow-ups.
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- Maintain recruitment trackers and ensure timely updates across ongoing mandates.
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- Work closely with recruiters and consultants to ensure smooth execution of assignments.
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- Handle multiple search mandates, candidate conversations, databases, and follow-ups simultaneously.
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- Ensure tasks are completed within agreed timelines and maintain solid follow-through.
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Key Requirements

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- 2–5 years of professional experience in Recruitment, Executive Search, Research, Operations, Consulting, Business Development, or a similar role.
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- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
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- Strong research, talent-mapping, and market-intelligence capabilities.
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- Comfortable with cold calling and high-volume candidate outreach.
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- Confidence in communicating with Partners, senior professionals, and leadership-level candidates.
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- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience handling large datasets.
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- Ability to manage, organize, and continuously update large databases with accuracy.
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- Excellent attention to detail and data-management skills.
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- Strong multitasking and time-management abilities.
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- Ability to manage multiple assignments and priorities simultaneously.
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- Strong coordination, follow-up, and organizational skills.
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- Proactive, responsible, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and execution-driven environment.
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Preferred Profile

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Prior experience in Executive Search or Recruitment would be an advantage, particularly for candidates who have worked on research, candidate mapping, sourcing, calling, or recruitment operations.

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However, candidates from Research, Consulting, Business Development, Operations, or other relevant industries who possess strong communication, research, calling, and data-management skills are also encouraged to apply.

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Apply

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If you enjoy researching markets, connecting with professionals, working with data, and managing multiple priorities, we would be happy to hear from you.

📌 Research & Operations Executive - Executive Search (Mumbai)
🏢 Core Sync
📍 Mumbai