Campus Recruiter job description

Job brief

We are seeking a personable, efficient, and driven Campus Recruiter to join our campus team. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to connect with students and graduates alike. The role will counsel and mentor students and graduates and steer them towards new and exciting careers using your recruitment experience and in-depth knowledge of which roles and jobs will suit their skill set.

Responsibilities

• Advertise open vacancies on the student notice boards around campus and on the student portals.
• Invite students for career sessions to ascertain students’ skills abilities and desires for their first roles.
• Effectively match students and graduates with open roles and put them forward for interviews.
• Ensure that all graduates and students are aware of new opportunities available.
• Actively gain referrals from students and graduates for their classmates and others they know who are looking for work in the same industry.
• Spend time running job fairs on campus and actively going out and talking to the student population.
• Mentoring and counseling students and graduates about the next steps and getting into the working public.
• Work with college professors and other educational professionals to identify potential new recruits with excellent skills and knowledge that would satisfy the role.
• Ensure all onboarding and new starter paperwork is done.
• Keep students up to date on the progress of their application.
• Put new hires through for background checks.
• Input potential candidate's information into the database and ensure it is kept up to date.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Human Resources, Business, or other related field, or equivalent work experience and education
• Demonstrated experience working with a student or graduate population to recruit them for open roles
• Experience using recruitment databases and or ATS systems
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Good organizational abilities and able to manage various projects simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to connect and identify with young people in the student and graduate area
• Ability to mentor and advise people on what career paths are best for them
• Excellent influencing abilities
• Proficient with all Microsoft packages including, Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Confident talking to large groups of people and running conferences and workshops as required