Senior Campus Recruiter

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We strive to attract the most qualified, passionate candidates who specialize in investment banking, investment management, private wealth management, and a variety of other business functions.

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We are looking for an experienced recruiter who has hands-on recruiting experience developing and executing successful strategies, events, and outreach to recruit top talent from key academic partners and early career channels. The Senior Recruiter will partner with key stakeholders across the investment bank and the Campus Recruiting Manager to enhance and execute the early-career recruiting efforts across offices in the U.S.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with campus recruiting team to ensure consistency in messaging and approach to recruiting
• Developing pipelining strategies targeting top talent through engaging experiences that highlight our firm culture and employer brand (e.g. case competitions, early identification programs, school socials, brand raising events, etc.)
• Building relationships with campuses and student groups to develop, manage, and monitor campus outreach programs including post-internship awareness campaigns and off-cycle touch-points with relevant campuses to elevate Blair's recognition and influence with potential candidates
• Coordinating interview days, interview debriefs and offer conversion efforts
• Assisting with the summer internship program experience (e.g. managing intern engagement, placement, feedback, and offer processes)
• Managing, analyzing and leveraging recruiting data to identify trends to continuously improve candidate targeting/conversion, and recruiting processes/timelines

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum 4+ years of previous recruiting experience at a professional services firm required, including campus recruiting experience
• Ability to:
  • Build and maintain relationships with internal and external clients
  • Manage multiple priorities/frequently competing stakeholder requests
  • Challenge status quo/influence to drive change in processes and recruiting execution
  • Operate as a forward thinker who looks for ways to optimize processes for automation and scale
  • Learn new technology quickly. Experience with applicant tracking systems required and survey software a plus
  • Present in small and large settings
• Takes a proactive approach to accomplishing tasks, executes consistent follow-up, and demonstrates the flexibility to meet changing business needs
• Strong interpersonal skills that support interactions and relationship-building with candidates and internal/external partners
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize workload independently; strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle confidential information, while exhibiting good judgement
• Ability to work both independently and as a collaborative team member
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Works effectively under limited supervision
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Some travel may be required

A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range at time of posting is below. Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Actual base salary within the specified range is based on several factors, including but not limited to applicant's skills, prior relevant experience, specific degrees and certifications, job responsibilities, market considerations and, if applicable, the location of the position.

This role is eligible for either a discretionary annual bonus (based on company, business unit and individual performance) and/or commission-based incentives.

Our featured benefit offerings include medical, dental and vision coverage, employer paid short & long-term disability and life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid time off, Maven family & fertility benefit, parental leave (including adoption, surrogacy, and foster placement), as well as other voluntary benefits.

Salary Range

$95,000—$115,000 USD

William Blair is an equal opportunity employer. It complies with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military service or on the basis of a physical or mental disability that is unrelated to the employee's ability to perform the duties of the job applied for. EOE m/f/d/v

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Note to External Recruiters / Search Firms: William Blair does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not pay for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Any unsolicited resumes received will not be considered as a valid submission.

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