Early Careers University Recruiter

ASM•Phoenix, AZ

10d

About The Position

ASM is seeking a hands-on Regional University Relations & Early Careers Recruiter to build its future talent pipeline across the United States. The role leads U.S. university recruiting and early careers hiring, partnering with Talent Acquisition teams, hiring managers, universities, professors, research labs, career centers, and student organizations to connect emerging engineering and technology talent with career opportunities at ASM. It owns execution of U.S. university recruiting and early careers programs for internships, co-ops, new college graduates, master’s, PhD, and other graduate-level hiring. The recruiter also provides support to European early careers efforts in partnership with the EU Early Careers Recruiter and regional Talent Acquisition teams, and works with global Early Careers, Talent Acquisition, and Recruitment Marketing teams on program planning, university engagement, talent attraction, and execution. The role develops university relationships and engagement strategies across priority STEM disciplines, maintains a campus presence, and identifies opportunities for university collaboration. It translates U.S. hiring needs into a data-informed recruiting roadmap, leads full-cycle early careers recruiting, builds talent communities, supports intern and co-op conversion, and evaluates recruiting activity and outcomes. It also supports European recruiting as needed and activates university-focused talent attraction plans in alignment with global guidance and MarCom standards. Travel to universities, recruiting events, and other ASM locations may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, or a related discipline.
At least 3 years of hands-on recruiting experience, including full-cycle recruiting for professional and/or early-career talent.
Experience with university or campus recruiting, internships, co-ops, new college graduate hiring, or graduate talent programs.
Demonstrated experience recruiting across multiple roles or hiring programs in a fast-paced environment.
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to develop partnerships with universities, professors, career centers, student organizations, hiring managers, and internal stakeholders.
Understanding of the U.S. university and early-career recruiting landscape, particularly STEM and engineering talent pipelines.
Strong project management and execution skills, including ability to manage multiple universities, recruiting campaigns, events, and hiring priorities simultaneously.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including ability to work across functions, business groups, and geographies.
Data-driven mindset and ability to use recruiting metrics and market insights to evaluate university partnerships and improve hiring outcomes.
Adaptable, self-driven approach and comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving global environment.
Ability to travel to universities, recruiting events, and other ASM locations as needed.

Nice To Haves

Semiconductor, engineering, advanced manufacturing, or technology industry recruiting experience.

Responsibilities

Build and execute ASM’s U.S. university recruiting plan, focusing on hiring outcomes and sustainable engineering talent pipelines.
Develop relationships with universities, engineering schools, professors, research labs, career centers, student organizations, graduate programs, PhD advisors, researchers, postdoctoral communities, and university leadership.
Develop targeted engagement strategies across STEM disciplines including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, and Computer Science.
Identify university collaboration opportunities such as guest lectures, technical talks, capstone projects, research partnerships, scholarships, competitions, and sponsorships.
Maintain campus presence at priority U.S. universities and identify emerging schools and programs that align with future hiring needs.
Translate U.S. business hiring needs into a practical, data-informed early careers recruiting roadmap.
Lead full-cycle recruiting for internships, co-ops, new college graduates, master’s, PhD, and other early-career hiring.
Partner with hiring managers to anticipate capability needs and build talent pipelines ahead of demand.
Develop and maintain student and graduate talent communities for critical and recurring technical roles.
Drive intern and co-op conversion strategies to strengthen the future full-time talent pipeline.
Engage students through campus events, technical talks, networking, employee stories, student organizations, and targeted recruiting campaigns.
Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, university effectiveness, hiring outcomes, and conversion to improve the university recruiting strategy.
Provide interim recruiting support for European early careers hiring with the EU Early Careers Recruiter and regional Talent Acquisition teams.
Support European sourcing, candidate engagement, university recruiting activities, interview coordination, and hiring execution as needed.
Share university recruiting practices, programs, tools, and insights across U.S. and European teams and partner across regions during peak periods and priority initiatives.
Activate U.S. university-focused talent attraction plans in alignment with global Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence guidance and MarCom standards.
Tailor campus messaging for engineering, technical, and STEM audiences using approved employer brand frameworks and content.
Represent ASM at university career fairs, engineering conferences, technical symposiums, student organization events, networking events, and recruiting campaigns.
Partner with Marketing, Communications, Talent Acquisition, and regional stakeholders to increase ASM’s visibility among target university and early-career talent communities.
Identify candidate-relevant stories, campus insights, and recruiting needs, and partner with MarCom and Center of Excellence owners on messaging, creative assets, and employer brand campaigns.