Recruiting Specialist

Accenture • Houston, TX

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Recruiting Specialist partners across recruiting teams throughout the organization, including entry-level, campus, and advanced-degree recruiting. The role manages the full candidate lifecycle, builds and sustains stakeholder and university relationships, and contributes to inclusive recruiting strategies that meet business demands. It is based in Houston, Texas, or Austin, Texas, and requires working in the office and traveling as needed. Travel to assigned campuses may reach 50% during peak periods, and evening and weekend hours may be required, particularly during the fall recruiting season.

The role manages campus relationships for assigned universities and serves as a recruiting point of contact for a metro office. It partners with business stakeholders and on-campus teams to execute events, develop candidate relationships, and maintain the employer brand. The specialist develops recruiting strategies, manages candidates from application through onboarding, builds early-talent pipelines, and plans candidate programming. The role also manages recruiting systems, data, compliance, assessments, and assigned campus budgets.

Accenture describes itself as a global professional services company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. The company states its commitment to diversity, inclusion, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations. Compensation varies by factors including location, role, skills, and experience. The posting provides salary ranges for several states and jurisdictions, but does not list a range for Texas. Accenture offers medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of recruiting or human resources experience.
• Ability and willingness to work in the office and travel as required.
• Applicants for U.S. employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• Experience with candidate tracking or applicant tracking systems for sourcing, tracking, and candidate management.
• Entry-level recruiting or advanced-degree/MBA recruiting experience.
• Prior stakeholder-management experience.
• Experience managing projects of varying sizes and scope.
• Experience implementing end-to-end recruiting strategies, including employer branding and interview-process optimization.
• Experience using AI-powered tools such as HiredScore or Paradox to enhance sourcing and pipeline management, and comfort experimenting with emerging AI capabilities to improve recruiting efficiency and candidate experience.
• Experience contributing to the creation and implementation of high-quality, high-volume recruiting plans.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present visually and orally.
• Creativity and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to make independent decisions and escalate appropriately.
• Ability to negotiate with and influence diverse stakeholders across the organization.
• Passion for campus recruiting and developing early-career talent.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork in a professional setting, military or civilian.

Responsibilities

• Serve as campus relationship manager for assigned universities and as the point of contact for metro office recruiting.
• Partner with on-campus business stakeholders to support event execution, candidate relationship-building, and employer brand presence.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies with business stakeholders to meet business demand.
• Manage the end-to-end candidate journey, including communicating status, answering questions, extending offers, scheduling start dates, and coordinating follow-up.
• Plan and execute sourcing events and interview days.
• Build and maintain early-talent identification pipelines from target universities, monitoring demand and metrics and adjusting pipelines as needed.
• Review resumes and assess candidates against target profiles; provide structured feedback for offer review.
• Manage candidate systems, including Workday and HiredScore, to maintain accurate tracking, reporting, and data integrity.
• Execute the complete candidate Workday flow from application through onboarding, including offer letter creation and compliance steps.
• Review assessment documentation for alignment with EEO guidelines.
• Reconcile and manage recruiting budgets for assigned campuses.
• Plan and execute summer analyst programming and candidate engagement events.
• Coach candidates on available opportunities and serve as a career advisor to prospects from assigned universities.
• Participate in flex assignments, such as experience-hire recruiting and summer internship programming.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed