Campus Recruiter (Early Careers Talent Acquisition)

Title: Campus Recruiter (Early Careers Talent Acquisition)
Location: Chicago, IL – Hybrid Onsite Every Tues, Wed, and Every Other Thursday
Travel: Some local travel to local Chicago-area college campuses up to once per week
Hours: 8am – 5pm CST
Duration & Type: Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension or conversion
Compensation: Competitive W2 hourly rate ($42.50-$44.50 per hour), plus access to healthcare and dental insurance plans of choice (benefit plan details available upon request)

Summary
Our client is seeking an experienced Campus Recruiter to join its Talent Acquisition team on a 3–4-month contract to provide maternity leave coverage. This individual will manage the full lifecycle recruitment process for early career talent while partnering closely with hiring managers, universities, and internal stakeholders to execute a high-volume campus recruiting strategy.

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting collegiate recruiting programs, managing approximately 50–60 active requisitions, coordinating university recruiting events, and ensuring a consistent, equitable candidate experience from sourcing through offer. This role combines strategic relationship management with hands-on recruiting execution and event coordination.

This is a hybrid position based in Chicago, IL (Willis Tower), requiring onsite attendance every Tuesday, Wednesday, and every other Thursday, with occasional travel to local universities. Click Now to Apply!

What You Will Be Accountable For

• Manage the full life cycle recruitment process for campus and early career positions from intake meetings through offer acceptance.
• Handle a high-volume workload of approximately 50–60 concurrent requisitions while maintaining exceptional candidate experience and hiring quality.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, workforce planning, recruiting timelines, and talent requirements.
• Develop sourcing strategies to identify qualified early career candidates through university partnerships, career fairs, referrals, applicant tracking systems, and online recruiting resources.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with university career services offices and student organizations.
• Coordinate and facilitate campus recruiting events including career fairs, networking events, information sessions, and interview days.
• Schedule campus visits, reserve event space, coordinate interview logistics, and market recruiting events to students using collegiate recruiting platforms.
• Utilize platforms such as Handshake, Yello, or similar university recruiting tools to engage student populations.
• Screen resumes, conduct phone interviews, evaluate candidate qualifications, and present qualified candidates to hiring managers.
• Guide hiring managers throughout the recruiting process while ensuring consistent hiring practices and process compliance.
• Coordinate interview schedules with candidates, hiring managers, and recruiting teams.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and requisition activity within the Applicant Tracking System.
• Ensure recruiting activities comply with company policies, federal and state employment laws, and Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines.
• Prepare offer recommendations and support the offer process through acceptance.
• Track recruiting metrics and maintain recruiting reports using Excel and ATS reporting tools.
• Participate in continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance recruiting efficiency and candidate experience.
• Represent the organization professionally at university recruiting events and career fairs.

What Qualifications You Need

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Psychology, or related field preferred.
• 5–8 years of full lifecycle recruiting experience, including experience supporting high-volume recruiting environments.
• Previous experience recruiting for campus, university, internship, or early career hiring programs.
• Experience managing approximately 50–60 active requisitions simultaneously.
• Demonstrated success partnering with hiring managers and influencing recruiting decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and consultative recruiting skills.
• Experience coordinating recruiting events, interview days, and university career fairs.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting aggressive hiring deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation and relationship-building abilities.
• Experience maintaining recruiting documentation and ensuring process consistency.

Preferred Qualifications

• One or more years of dedicated campus recruiting experience.
• Experience using collegiate recruiting platforms such as:
• Handshake
• Yello
• Similar university recruiting software
• Experience supporting internship or rotational leadership development programs.
• Experience coordinating university recruiting events across multiple campuses.

About our Client
With over 90,000 employees across the world, our client is always looking for talented, driven, and passionate individuals to join their team. Devoted to delivering profitability and sustainable long-term value for their customers, communities, shareholders, and co-workers around the world, our client is one of the best in the industry. This organization is dedicated to empowering employees to be innovative and continuously encouraging employees to develop their skills and interests to advance their professional careers.

Why Work with Chamberlain?
Chamberlain Advisors is a veteran-owned business that provides human capital solutions through contract, contract-to-hire, direct-hire, and retained-search opportunities. Chamberlain candidates benefit from our unique hiring and interviewing process which has been designed to increase the likelihood that they will be successful in their job searches. This is achieved through our 5-step recruitment process, ensuring top-of-the-line candidate experience. Find out what makes us different; apply to Chamberlain today.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Chamberlain Advisors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Chamberlain Advisors complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Chamberlain Advisors expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Chamberlain Advisors' employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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