Recruiter, Amazon University Talent Acquisition

About This Role

Recruiting for Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) involves attracting and hiring future leaders from student talent at scale. This role requires the ability to earn trust and influence stakeholders, expertly plan and prioritize against targets, manage candidates within tight timelines, and use metrics to drive results in high-volume, ambiguous environments. Thriving in a fast-paced setting and excelling at problem-solving are critical for success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and recruiting teams across Amazon to understand student hiring needs
• Build innovative strategies to attract, source, assess, and hire students for niche roles across Amazon
• Identify opportunities for improving candidate experience and scheduling efficiency
• Manage and track all candidate and campus information, consolidate and analyze results, and make recommendations for improvements
• Develop strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of Amazon
• Implement new processes and develop standard operating procedures that fit within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer
• Partner with full lifecycle recruiters, industry hiring teams, and other stakeholders to build an early career talent strategy
• Manage customer expectations and business goals with bi-weekly business reviews, metrics, and status updates to customers and stakeholders
• Develop a recruiting plan with deliverables, timelines, and a formal tracking process that scales
• Participate in special projects or recruiting initiatives, such as pilots and process improvement projects

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience building candidate sourcing and closing strategies
• 2+ years of technical recruiting in a high volume and high hiring bar environment experience

Nice to have:

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
• Experience managing and/or coordinating projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience effectively managing a substantial and time-sensitive workload
• Experience in problem-solving and delivering results
• Experience in managing multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
• Focus on results, ability to drive the recruiting process and provide responsive follow-up to both candidates and hiring teams
• Corporate and prior university recruiting experience