Recruiter

Career Group; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Career Group is seeking a proactive University Recruiting Sourcer for the 2027 internship cycle. The role is remote or hybrid with occasional in-person Palo Alto collaboration, running about 8 weeks from late November to mid-January at roughly 15 hours weekly, paying $40-$45 per hour.

Responsibilities include sourcing via Handshake, assessing candidate fit, crafting outreach, maintaining pipelines, and reporting progress weekly along with a final sourcing insights summary to improve future

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, university recruiting, or similar talent acquisition functions.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify prospective candidates for 2027 internship opportunities using Handshake and other sourcing tools.
• Review students' academic backgrounds, skills, interests, and experience to determine alignment with available internship opportunities.
• Create and send personalized outreach messages to prospective candidates and manage thoughtful follow-up to encourage applications.
• Build and maintain organized candidate prospect lists across multiple internship openings and universities.
• Expand sourcing efforts across a diverse range of colleges, universities, and student communities.
• Monitor and document sourcing activity, outreach efforts, response rates, applications, and overall candidate engagement.
• Test different messaging and outreach strategies and adjust approaches based on results.
• Partner with the Recruiting team to understand current hiring needs and prioritize sourcing efforts accordingly.
• Provide weekly updates on sourcing progress, activity, and results.
• Prepare a final summary of sourcing results, key insights, and recommendations that can be used to improve future internship recruiting efforts.

Skills

Sourcing

University Recruiting

Candidate Outreach

Candidate Pipeline

Tools

Handshake

Job description

Our client is seeking a proactive and organized University Recruiting Sourcer to support outreach and candidate pipeline development for their 2027 internship recruiting cycle. This is a great opportunity for someone with recruiting or sourcing experience to gain hands-on exposure to university recruiting while helping identify and engage prospective interns.

• Duration: Approximately 8 weeks, anticipated November 30, 2026 - January 15, 2027, including the company's holiday closure
• Hours: Approximately 15 hours per week, with flexibility based on recruiting activity
• Location: Remote or hybrid; occasional in-person collaboration in Palo Alto preferred
• Pay Rate: Approximately $40-$45/hr

Responsibilities

• Source and identify prospective candidates for 2027 internship opportunities using Handshake and other sourcing tools.
• Review students' academic backgrounds, skills, interests, and experience to determine alignment with available internship opportunities.
• Create and send personalized outreach messages to prospective candidates and manage thoughtful follow-up to encourage applications.
• Build and maintain organized candidate prospect lists across multiple internship openings and universities.
• Expand sourcing efforts across a diverse range of colleges, universities, and student communities.
• Monitor and document sourcing activity, outreach efforts, response rates, applications, and overall candidate engagement.
• Test different messaging and outreach strategies and adjust approaches based on results.
• Partner with the Recruiting team to understand current hiring needs and prioritize sourcing efforts accordingly.
• Provide weekly updates on sourcing progress, activity, and results.
• Prepare a final summary of sourcing results, key insights, and recommendations that can be used to improve future internship recruiting efforts.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, university recruiting, or a similar talent acquisition function.
• Experience using Handshake for sourcing.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to create engaging and personalized candidate outreach.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable conducting proactive outreach and tracking activity against measurable goals.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and stay organized in a fast-paced recruiting environment.
• Experience with Handshake is strongly preferred; experience with other recruiting or sourcing platforms is also valuable.
• Strong follow-through and the ability to consistently manage outreach and candidate pipelines.
• Comfortable working remotely or in a hybrid environment and collaborating with a recruiting team.
• Availability to work approximately 15 hours per week throughout the assignment.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent and targeted outreach to prospective internship candidates.
• Development of a strong pipeline of qualified applicants across internship opportunities.
• Accurate and organized tracking of outreach activity, response rates, applications, and candidate engagement.
• Identification of effective sourcing and outreach strategies that can be replicated in future recruiting cycles.
• Clear documentation of outreach messaging, sourcing approaches, results, and recommendations.

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