Early Careers Recruiter

Sands Investment Group (SIG), one of the nation's top commercial real estate firms, is seeking an experienced Early Careers Recruiter to join our dynamic corporate team in Charleston, SC. The Early Careers Recruiter will lead talent acquisition strategies for new to business candidates and intern candidates across the country. The role oversees full life-cycle recruitment, talent pipeline strategy, and seamless candidate onboarding across our 10 national offices and expansion markets.

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About the Role

We are seeking a proactive, relationship-driven new-to-business Recruiter to lead university and new-to-business recruiting initiatives and build a strong pipeline of early-career talent. In this role, you will develop relationships with universities, career services teams, student organizations, and academic programs to attract, engage, and recruit top students and recent graduates. The ideal candidate is an engaging communicator who enjoys building partnerships, managing multiple priorities, and creating a positive candidate experience from initial outreach through offer acceptance.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruiting Strategy: Develop and execute campus recruiting strategies to attract interns, new graduates, and entry-level talent aligned with business hiring needs.
• University Partnerships: Establish and maintain relationships with universities, career centers, faculty, student organizations, and diversity-focused campus groups.
• Campus Events: Plan and attend career fairs, networking events, information sessions, on-campus interviews, and other early-career recruiting activities.
• Candidate Sourcing: Identify, engage, and build talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, university job boards, referrals, student networks, and other sourcing channels.
• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage candidates throughout the recruitment process, including application review, screening, interview coordination, feedback collection, and offer management.
• Hiring Manager Partnership: Collaborate with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, role requirements, hiring timelines, and candidate profiles.
• Candidate Experience: Provide timely communication, interview preparation, and follow-up to ensure a professional and engaging candidate experience.
• Recruiting Operations: Maintain accurate candidate records, application statuses, and recruiting activity in the applicant tracking system (ATS), including Greenhouse.
• Reporting and Analytics: Track recruiting metrics such as applications, event engagement, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance rates.
• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate campus recruiting results and recommend improvements to sourcing strategies, event effectiveness, and candidate engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of recruiting, talent acquisition, university relations, or related experience preferred. A Commercial Real Estate background is encouraged but not required.
• Experience recruiting students, interns, recent graduates, or other early-career professionals is a plus.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions, events, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and sourcing platforms, such as Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter, preferred.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse candidate populations and university stakeholders. xhyhwjd
• Willingness to travel to campuses and recruiting events as needed.