Bilingual Early Talent Recruiter (GTM)- Mandarin, English

Chowbus•Chicago, IL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Chowbus is hiring a Bilingual Early Talent Recruiter to build campus recruiting across universities in the United States and Canada, with a focus on early-career sales talent. The role also owns full-cycle recruiting for go-to-market (GTM) positions, including Sales Managers, Sales Associates, and POS Technicians. The recruiter will expand Chowbus’s presence in Chinese student communities, manage its Handshake presence, source candidates through online platforms and community networks, create bilingual recruiting content, and plan campus events and career fairs. The recruiter will screen candidates, coordinate interviews, maintain talent pools, track school and channel performance, and work with hiring managers, Sales leadership, Marketing, and the recruiting team in China. The role encourages experimentation with new recruiting channels and tools. It reports to the Head of NA Recruiting and follows a hybrid arrangement with 2–3 days per week in the Chicago office. Occasional travel to campuses in the U.S. and Canada is expected, as are some evening or weekend events during fall and spring recruiting seasons. Success expectations include learning the sales roles and recruiting process, securing Handshake approvals at priority schools, establishing student organization relationships, building a qualified early-career candidate pipeline, running full-cycle GTM searches, closing five hires through campus and early-career channels, and reviewing channel performance with recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; a major in Human Resources, Marketing, Business, or a related field is preferred.
0–2 years of experience in recruiting, campus ambassador programs, student organization leadership, community building, sales, or a similar area.
Fluency in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese and English.
Strong command of WeChat and Xiaohongshu (RED), including community management and creating engaging content.
Comfort with LinkedIn and Handshake for outreach and job searching.
Familiarity with students’ job-search processes, including work authorization questions faced by international students.
Ability to track pipelines using Google Sheets or Excel.
Recent graduates and early-career professionals are welcome.

Nice To Haves

Existing connections with student organizations at U.S. or Canadian universities.
Experience with Canva or CapCut.
Experience with an ATS such as Greenhouse.
Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter.
Familiarity with virtual event platforms.
Familiarity with AI tools for content creation.

Responsibilities

Build and own campus recruiting across U.S. and Canadian universities, focused on early-career sales talent.
Own full-cycle recruiting for GTM roles across the U.S. and Canada, from sourcing and outreach through interview scheduling and offers.
Grow Chowbus’s presence in Chinese student communities, including CSSAs, Chinese and Asian student associations, alumni networks, WeChat groups, and career centers.
Manage Chowbus’s Handshake presence, including employer profile, school approvals, job postings, virtual fairs, information sessions, and student messaging.
Source candidates through Handshake, LinkedIn, Indeed, WeChat, Xiaohongshu (RED), North American Chinese job and community platforms, and other channels.
Create recruiting content in Chinese and English, including posts, posters, and short videos.
Partner with Marketing on employer branding, recruiting materials, and online campaigns.
Plan and run campus events, information sessions, and career fairs, both in person and online.
Build a campus ambassador network at target schools.
Screen candidates, coordinate interviews, and provide a fast, welcoming candidate experience through the offer stage.
Coordinate across time zones with the recruiting team in China and with hiring managers.
Build and maintain talent pools for ongoing sales hiring.
Track recruiting results by school and channel in ATS and reporting tools, assess performance, and experiment with improvements.
Build relationships with recruiting agencies, test AI tools, and explore ways to make recruiting more efficient.
Partner with hiring managers and Sales leadership to understand hiring needs, refine candidate profiles, and shape talent strategy.
Learn the sales roles, hiring process, and tools; develop target school lists and secure priority-school Handshake approvals.
Establish relationships with student organizations, run campus events, develop candidate pipelines, and launch recurring WeChat and Xiaohongshu content.
Run GTM searches independently, close five hires through campus and early-career channels, launch an employer branding campaign with Marketing, and share channel performance recommendations.

Benefits

Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
401(k).
100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance.
100% employer-paid life insurance, with an option for additional employee-paid life insurance.
100% employer-paid Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, with an option for additional employee-paid AD&D insurance.
Company holidays.
Birthday off.
Paid parental leave.
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Visa sponsorship is available; OPT candidates are welcome.
Fair compensation package.