University Program Recruiter, Technical Support
Cisco Meraki has revolutionized enterprise IT and continues to have ambitious initiatives. Our Technical Support team doubles in size every year, opens new internal opportunities and promotes engineers frequently to departments org-wide. We have a large responsibility to find the best talent out there, those who will lead the future of Meraki’s products and mission.
We are looking for a highly motivated, intelligent, and passionate Recruiter to join our team.
This role is for someone who thrives in a face-paced, growth-focused environment. You will partner closely with with our Network Support Engineers and Leadership team to create and drive forward recruiting processes, ensuring a rich, talented and diverse pipeline to build the future of the Meraki Technical Support strategy.
Key Functions:
- Responsible for execution of an established recruitment talent program strategy for Cisco Meraki, including recruitment events, social recruiting, diversity sourcing.
- Drive innovative campus hiring strategies to access talent..
- Organize tech talks, connect with student groups, attend career fairs, organize on-campus interviews.
- Build a diverse candidate pipeline of new college grads and interns for targeted roles.
- Identify new ways to build awareness of Cisco Meraki on college campuses.
- Organize and facilitate interview debriefs and drive offer approval, extension and negotiation.
- Identify closing strategies for offers and proactively provide candidates with the appropriate information to help make their decision as easy as possible.
- Track pipeline data and provide relevant and consistent updates to hiring managers.
- Maintain high attention to detail when entering data into Greenhouse (ATS) and other recruiting tools.
- Meet and/or exceed hiring quota.
- Partner with College Relations to create and maintain an entry-level talent pipeline for Spring, Summer and Fall Internship Programs.
- Ability to manage a seasonal operational talent programs budget.
- Travel Requirements: Less than 50%
Our ideal candidate:
- 3+ years University Recruiting (technical) experience preferably in a high growth environment supporting Network Engineers.
- Military Recruiting experience desirable.
- Ability to travel to multiple universities during peak University Recruiting season.
- Proven strategic sourcer and closer.
- Ability to handle competing priorities simultaneously.
- Outstanding follow through, self-directed and highly motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and professional demeanor with a high regard for confidentiality.
- Work well in a highly collaborative environment and open to give and receive feedback.
- Strong planning, time management, organization and decision making skills.
- Familiarity with greenhouse or equivalent ATS experience.
- Previous startup experience preferred, and unwavering ability to work in a fast-paced environment.