Campus Recruiter

Black Box•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Campus Recruiter, Data Center Talent attracts, engages, and hires early-career talent for data center operations, engineering, construction, logistics, and critical environment functions. The role builds strategic partnerships with universities, community colleges, technical schools, trade programs, military transition programs, and workforce development organizations to establish sustainable talent pipelines. Serving as a talent ambassador, the Campus Recruiter drives internship, apprenticeship, co-op, and new graduate hiring programs, provides a strong candidate experience, and supports long-term workforce growth. The role develops recruiting strategies and annual plans aligned with workforce demands, partners with business leaders and workforce planning, coordinates early-career hiring and events, and uses recruiting metrics to improve program outcomes. Black Box is a global technology solutions provider with more than 2,500 team members across 24 countries. It designs, deploys, and manages IT infrastructure solutions. The company describes its values as innovation, ownership, transparency, and continuous growth, and states that it is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, Education, or a related field.
At least 2 years of experience in recruiting, campus recruiting, talent acquisition, workforce development, or a related area.
Experience organizing events and building external partnerships.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Ability to manage multiple recruiting programs simultaneously.
Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruiting platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute campus recruiting strategies aligned with data center workforce demands.
Identify target universities, technical colleges, trade schools, and workforce programs, and build annual recruiting plans aligned with hiring forecasts and business growth objectives.
Partner with workforce planning teams and hiring leaders to understand future talent requirements and develop diverse talent pipelines for technical and operational roles.
Build relationships with universities, community colleges, technical schools, trade programs, veteran and military transition organizations, and workforce development agencies.
Serve as the primary recruiting contact for assigned institutions and participate in advisory boards, workforce councils, and educational partnerships.
Support curriculum-alignment discussions to address industry workforce needs.
Manage internship, co-op, apprenticeship, and new graduate recruitment activities, including candidate selection, interview scheduling, and offers.
Partner with business leaders to ensure meaningful internship experiences and support conversion of interns into full-time employees.
Participate in onboarding and early-career development initiatives.
Represent the company at career fairs, technical competitions, industry conferences, campus events, military hiring events, and community workforce programs.
Deliver presentations and information sessions about data center careers and develop employer-branding materials and social engagement strategies.
Partner with hiring managers and business leaders, advise on market trends and campus hiring practices, and consult on interview selection and candidate evaluation.
Collaborate with HR, Learning & Development, and Workforce Planning teams.
Monitor and report recruiting metrics, including internship and new graduate hiring, event attendance, offer acceptance, internship conversion, diversity pipeline metrics, time-to-fill, and candidate satisfaction.
Use data to improve recruiting effectiveness and program outcomes.
Maintain candidate records in the Applicant Tracking System (listed as “Oracel” in the posting), ensure recruiting activities comply with employment regulations and company policies, support audits and reporting, and maintain accurate hiring and program documentation.