Senior Recruiter - Early Careers

Cummins Inc; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Senior Recruiter for Early Careers. You will lead full-cycle recruiting for students and early talent, partnering with Talent Scouts, hiring managers, and stakeholders to align talent strategies with business needs.

You will drive campus sourcing, candidate assessments, and timely hiring outcomes while ensuring compliance with recruiting standards. The role emphasizes building strong early talent pipelines and delivering a high-touch candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Must manage multiple recruiting priorities with stakeholders.
• Strong sourcing and assessment capabilities are essential.
• Experience with campus recruiting and early careers programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for student and early career talent.
• Build partnerships with Talent Scouts, hiring managers, and stakeholders.
• Facilitate candidate assessments and hiring decisions with compliant processes.
• Strengthen early talent pipelines via campus programs, conferences, and referrals.
• Deliver high-touch referral and candidate engagement to boost employer brand.
• Maintain recruiting data, reporting, and ATS activities for decisions.
• Support governance, audit requirements and documentation management.
• Contribute to strategic Early Careers initiatives and workforce planning.

Skills

Candidate assessment

Talent sourcing

Relationship building

Communication skills

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Compliance awareness

Employer branding

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business or related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Recruiting analytics tools

Job description

Senior Recruiter - Early Careers

Job Summary

We are looking for a talented Senior Recruiter - Early Careers to join our Cummins Inc. team in Atlanta, GA.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Drive full-cycle recruiting activities for student and early career talent, ensuring an efficient and positive candidate experience from application through onboarding.
• Build strong partnerships with Talent Scouts, hiring managers, and stakeholders to align talent strategies with business workforce needs.
• Facilitate timely candidate assessments, selection decisions, and hiring outcomes while maintaining compliance with established recruiting standards.
• Strengthen early talent pipelines by engaging candidates from campus programs, conferences, referrals, and other strategic sourcing channels.
• Deliver a high-touch referral and candidate engagement experience that enhances employer brand perception and talent attraction efforts.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, reporting, and applicant tracking activities to enable informed decision-making and operational effectiveness.
• Support compliance, governance, and audit requirements through timely dispositioning, process adherence, and recruiting documentation management.
• Contribute to strategic recruiting initiatives and Early Careers programs that improve talent acquisition outcomes and support long-term workforce planning.

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple recruiting priorities while balancing stakeholder needs, maintaining urgency, and delivering high-quality hiring outcomes.
• Strong candidate assessment, talent sourcing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage diverse talent pools and influence hiring decisions.
• Effective communication, consulting, and interpersonal skills that enable collaboration across hiring managers, candidates, Human Resources, and business partners.
• Proficiency in leveraging recruiting data, analytics, and business insights to drive informed decisions, improve processes, and support operational excellence.
• Commitment to customer focus, compliance, sound judgment, and inclusive hiring practices while adapting to evolving business needs.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field or equivalent experience required.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Key Competencies

• Manages assigned full-cycle recruiting for student requisitions, driving candidates from application through post-offer activities.
• Partners with Functional Talent Scouts throughout the student recruiting process and provides guidance on established student role requirements, eligibility, and recruiting processes.
• Reviews candidate and requisition alignments, raises concerns when requirements are not met, and helps resolve alignment issues between Talent Scouts and hiring managers.
• Manages students engaged through Campus, Conference, Site Teams, and other direct applicant sources, ensuring timely progression and follow-up throughout the recruiting process.
• Delivers a high-touch employee referral experience for the student population by proactively engaging referred candidates, managing communications and follow-up, and ensuring timely progression through the recruiting process.
• Maintains the recruiting orderboard in real time, ensuring candidate, requisition, and hiring activity updates are accurate and current to support operational reporting.
• Supports functional pipeline requisitions and is responsible for timely and accurate applicant dispositioning to support requisition compliance and audit requirements, including the 90-day posting requirement.
• Supports the Early Careers conversion process by partnering with the Conversion Coordinator to drive ongoing candidate mapping and alignment as student roles become available throughout the season.
• Supports special projects and other strategic recruiting initiatives based on business needs.
• Ensures recruiting activities are completed accurately and in accordance with established Talent Acquisition processes, compliance requirements, and governance standards.
• Responsibilities may evolve based on business needs and Early Careers priorities.

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate's qualifications and experience, where appropriate.