Driver Field Recruiter - High-Volume Hiring & Outreach

Durham School Services; Bristol Township (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Holiday pay

PTO accrual

Retirement plan

Job summary

Summit School Services is seeking a Field Recruiter to manage full-cycle driver hiring across locations, with heavy phone activity and proactive candidate outreach. You will engage applicants, schedule interviews, and guide them through onboarding while maintaining accurate records in our systems.

The role emphasizes high-volume workflow, timely follow-up, and collaboration with local teams to meet staffing goals. A strong customer-service mindset, organization, and discretion are essential.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in recruiting, staffing, talent acquisition, customer service, sales, call center operations, or high-volume administration preferred.
• Experience managing a high-volume workload, customer base, or candidate pipeline in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.
• Comfortable spending a significant portion of the workday conducting inbound and outbound phone activity.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct persistent and professional follow-up through phone, text, and email.

Responsibilities

• Manage a high-volume candidate pipeline from application through hire across assigned locations.
• Conduct frequent outbound calls, texts, and emails to contact applicants, schedule interviews, provide updates, and maintain candidate engagement.
• Respond promptly to inbound candidate calls, messages, questions, and requests for assistance.
• Review and evaluate applicants based on company, customer, state, and position requirements.
• Conduct candidate phone screens and interviews to assess qualifications and hiring readiness.
• Schedule and coordinate interviews with candidates, hiring managers, and operational partners.
• Guide candidates through all stages of the hiring process, including background screening, drug testing, employment verification, licensing requirements, training readiness, and onboarding documentation.
• Prepare and process offers and maintain regular contact with candidates through their confirmed start date.
• Conduct consistent follow-up with applicants, Drivers in Training, and post-offer candidates to improve conversion and reduce candidate fallout.
• Identify missing information, incomplete requirements, delays, and candidate barriers, and take action to resolve them quickly.
• Maintain accurate candidate dispositions, notes, documentation, and activity within all required recruiting and onboarding systems.
• Track candidate progress and ensure information is complete, current, and properly documented.
• Generate and maintain recruiting reports, staffing updates, pipeline activity reports, and hiring metrics.
• Conduct sourcing, candidate re-engagement, referral generation, community outreach, and recruiting event activities to support applicant flow.
• Partner closely with CSC leadership, Safety, Training, and other operational teams to understand staffing needs, hiring priorities, and candidate progress.
• Provide regular updates regarding pipeline health, recruiting activity, hiring progress, candidate barriers, and staffing risks.
• Deliver responsive and professional service to candidates, hiring managers, and operational partners.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive candidate and employee information.
• Follow company policies and ethical standards and report suspicious or inappropriate activity to leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

High-volume recruiting

Phone outreach

Candidate pipeline management

Applicant tracking systems

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Summit School Services is seeking a Field Recruiter to manage full-cycle driver hiring across locations, with heavy phone activity and proactive candidate outreach. You will engage applicants, schedule interviews, and guide them through onboarding while maintaining accurate records in our systems.

The role emphasizes high-volume workflow, timely follow-up, and collaboration with local teams to meet staffing goals. A strong customer-service mindset, organization, and discretion are essential.