Sr. Recruiter, Student Programs

Job description

DESCRIZIONE

At Amazon we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We need a Sr. Recruiter to develop and enhance our program in order to continue to recruit and hire top emerging talent.

The Sr. Recruiter will partner with a team of recruiters and business leaders in the areas of brand awareness, strategy development, candidate search, sourcing, interviewing, and process improvement. They will foster a collaborative team environment and a strong service oriented culture that ensures delivery of efficient, effective, quality driven service to internal customers and meet customer service level agreements.

This Sr. Recruiter role is a multifaceted position that will require engagement with several key stakeholders including senior business leaders, universities, partner organizations and candidates. The candidate must be able to earn trust and influence (written and verbal) autonomously with these key stakeholders. They must be able to plan and prioritize against customer targets, manage candidates against tight timelines, have demonstrated ability to use metrics to drive decisions and show results, remain calm in times of high stress and volume. They must thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, roll up your sleeves, have fun and get the job done. A positive approach to problem solving and excitement and satisfaction from working on large scale challenges is a key trait of successful members of the current team.

Core responsibilities
· Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of return on investment
· Must be able to understand how to recruit passive candidates and possess the mentality to "profile people and gauge chemistry of candidates for fit and understand their motivation" rather than sell a role
· Build and maintain network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management; conducts in-depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high interview to offer ratios
· Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine tuning standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer
· Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process
· Assess candidates within the framework of the position specification. Possess strong ability to screen, interview and prepare a candidate slate within an appropriate and consistent timeline
· Participate in special projects/recruiting initiatives, including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent and identification of top performers for senior-level openings
· Travel will be required for this position, estimated at 10-20%, concentrated during on campus interview seasons
Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers. Join us!

We are open to candidates located in the Arlington, VA / Washington D.C. metro area or Seattle, WA.