Early Career Recruiting Specialist

Lockton Companies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockton Companies is seeking an Early Careers Recruiting Specialist to support recruitment across our Northeast Series. The role focuses on attracting, sourcing, and hiring entry-level and early-career talent, partnering with hiring managers to manage the full lifecycle and ensure an exceptional candidate experience.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, strong sourcing skills, and the ability to manage multiple requisitions while delivering timely results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience recruiting for entry-level or early-career talent.
• Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and networking channels.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions while meeting deadlines.
• Experience working within an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for entry-level and early-career positions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and candidate profiles.
• Develop sourcing strategies to attract diverse talent.
• Screen resumes, conduct phone interviews, coordinate interview processes, and facilitate hiring decisions.
• Present qualified candidate slates and provide market insights to hiring leaders.
• Negotiate offers and support pre-employment and onboarding.
• Maintain pipelines and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Source candidates via LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, networking, and other channels.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ATS

Job description

New York City, New York, United States of America

At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.

About the Position

Lockton is seeking a motivated and relationship-driven Early Careers Recruiting Specialist to support recruitment efforts across our Northeast Series. This role will focus primarily on attracting, sourcing, and hiring entry-level and early-career talent across a variety of business functions. The Recruiter will partner closely with hiring managers to manage the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience while helping Lockton attract top talent. You will help us build a diverse, dynamic pipeline of future leaders in the insurance brokerage industry.

This position is ideal for a recruiting professional with 2+ years of experience who enjoys building relationships, managing multiple requisitions, and serving as a trusted talent advisor. While the role may support occasional early-career outreach efforts, it is primarily focused on recruitment execution rather than campus relations or university partnership management.

Key Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for entry-level and early-career positions across the Northeast Series.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, position requirements, and ideal candidate profiles.
• Develop sourcing strategies to attract qualified and diverse talent.
• Screen resumes, conduct phone interviews, coordinate interview processes, and facilitate hiring decisions.
• Present qualified candidate slates and provide market insights to hiring leaders.
• Negotiate offers and support candidates through the pre-employment and onboarding process.
• Help us build a diverse, dynamic pipeline of future leaders in the insurance brokerage industry
• Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to hiring managers by providing guidance on hiring best practices, interview techniques, and talent market trends.
• Conduct intake meetings and establish recruitment plans for open positions.
• Maintain consistent communication with stakeholders regarding candidate pipelines, search progress, and hiring outcomes.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, employee referrals, networking, and other talent channels.
• Build and maintain pipelines of qualified entry-level and early-career candidates for current and future hiring needs.
• Develop creative strategies to engage passive talent and increase candidate flow.

Candidate Experience

• Deliver a high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Ensure timely communication with candidates and stakeholders.
• Represent Lockton's culture, values, and employer brand in all candidate interactions.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience recruiting for entry-level, professional, or early-career talent.
• Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and networking channels.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple open requisitions while meeting deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working within an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Preferred

• Experience recruiting within professional services, insurance, financial services, consulting, or similar industries.
• Knowledge of behavioral interviewing techniques.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed hiring teams.
• Experience utilizing recruiting metrics to drive hiring decisions.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone anequal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learnsfrom, celebrates and thrives because of ourbreadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

About Lockton

Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 13,100+ Associates doing business in over 155 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.

At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.

How We Will Support You

At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.

We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.

Any Employment Agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting Employment Agency, person or entity. Employment Agencies, who have fee Agreements with Lockton Companies must submit applicants to the designated Lockton Companies Employment Coordinator to be eligible for placement fees.