Contract Associate Recruiter, University/Campus (Boston, Hybrid)

The Role

Korn Ferry is searching for a hybrid Contract Associate Recruiter for a 6+ month contract to support our Senior Recruiter with University/Campus recruitment. 1 year of recruiting, HR or college admissions talent acquisition experience required along with the ability to go onsite in downtown Boston 4 days weekly and 1 work from home day.  

The Associate Recruiter is responsible for ensuring a strong potential candidate pipeline strategy for all Korn Ferry RPO/Project clients through indirect and direct candidate sourcing, sourcing channel optimization and proactive development of talent pools. To achieve personal targets and contribute to the overall success and positive image of Futurestep through candidate and client interaction, demonstrating the highest level of ethical behavior and personal integrity with a positive and pro-active communication style with peers and colleagues building effective relationships within and across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in planning and executing campus recruiting events, including career fairs, information sessions, and networking events
• Prepare offer letters and assist with onboarding activities for campus hires
• Coordinate and schedule interviews
• Maintain accurate candidate data in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure compliance with recruiting processes
• Track and report on recruiting metrics
• Works closely with Business Partners to align sourcing activities to workforce plans and understands recruitment needs
• Identifies the channels and strategy to source candidates matching client requirements
• Defines, designs and helps implement the sourcing strategy for building talent pools of specific candidate profiles
• Ensures the development and optimization of broad range sourcing channels that will improve the quantity and quality of the client talent pools
• Measures and monitors the effectiveness of the strategic sourcing framework against predefined outcomes
• Assists clients to clearly define and develop a compelling employee value proposition and incorporate this into the sourcing strategy framework
• Sources, secures and leverages relevant media and communication channels
• Ensures effective candidate relationship management strategies are developed and utilized by the sourcing team to build strong relationships with the passive candidate community
• Defines and leads the framework for client sourcing strategies: gathering competitive intelligence, developing targeted sourcing environments, conducting research into competing companies and creates talent maps
• Partners with the recruiters and team members to generate ideas and share information to facilitate effective searches, communication and hiring events
• Provides responsive and proactive customer service via telephone, e-mail, etc

Required Skills:

• 1+ years of full cycle recruitment, sourcing or candidate coordination and onboarding experience
• Ability to go onsite in downtown Boston 4 days weekly plus attend offsite campus hiring events as needed to provide support
• Tech savvy with Microsoft Suite of products
• 1+ years of experience developing and executing sourcing methodologies to include: market mapping, recruitment strategies and Boolean searches
• 1+ years of Applicant Tracking System experience
• 1+ years of client facing experience interacting with Hiring Managers throughout the recruitment process
• 1+ years of experience conducting competency/behavioral based interviews
• High School Diploma; 4-year degree highly preferred