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University Recruiter (contract)

Airtable, San Francisco

Create, your way.

Duration: Contract


Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.

Airtable is seeking our first University Recruiter to drive the strategy and execution of our engineering university recruiting efforts. You’ll play a critical role in cultivating relationships with universities and diverse student communities, as well as shaping early career engineering talent at Airtable. The ideal candidate is a builder at heart and can lead with a programmatic mindset, leveraging data and identifying operational efficiencies to create a program at scale. This will be a 6 month contract position, with the opportunity to expand to help with technical sourcing for full time roles. 

Note: This role will be based in San Francisco, CA. 

What you'll do

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive university recruiting strategy to attract top-tier engineering talent from diverse backgrounds
  • Lead our on-campus event presence and digital/social recruitment strategy
  • Plan and execute university recruiting events, including career fairs, information sessions, and networking events. This will involve some travel (10%) for campus recruiting and events
  • Partner closely with hiring managers on university engagement, evaluating top of funnel, and facilitating the end-to-end recruiting process. You'll also help curate the new grad experience, crafting an onboarding program to set new grads up for success. 
  • Build and maintain relationships with university career centers, student organizations, and faculty to promote Airtable employer brand on campus
  • Lead the full cycle recruitment process for university candidates, from sourcing and screening to offer negotiation and onboarding
  • Analyze recruiting data and metrics to drive insights and inform strategic decisions

Who you are 

  • You have 5+ years of experience in engineering university recruiting and full cycle recruiting, especially in hiring new grads
  • You have experience building an engineering university recruiting program from the ground up 
  • You're adept at managing high volume pipelines and moving with urgency
  • Proven track record of building successful partnerships with universities and student organizations
  • Strong understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruiting practices
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; we’re a distributed team and collaborate across Slack, zoom, and time zones
  • Experience building relationships with and influencing engineering leadership on program strategy
  • Strong attention to detail and data-oriented; not only are you comfortable pulling data and metrics, but you’re also able to tell the story behind the data

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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If you have a medical condition, disability, or religious belief/practice which inhibits your ability to participate in any part of the application or interview process, please complete our Accommodations Request Form and let us know how we may assist you. Airtable is committed to participating in the interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants.

Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills and experience. Our compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive health and ancillary benefits through AllSource.

For all work locations including remote, the hourly rate for this role is:
$65$80 USD

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About Airtable

Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way. Airtable is growing and looking for talented individuals to help us on our mission to give everyone the tools they need to organize their world.

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