TA Partner, Early Careers

Volvo Group • Greensboro, NC

4d • $72,600 - $89,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Partner, Early Careers & University Relations owns full-cycle recruiting for interns, co-ops, and selected entry-level roles while building productive relationships with hiring leaders and university partners. The role translates workforce needs into targeted early-career recruiting and engagement plans and uses data to improve hiring outcomes and candidate experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in recruiting and/or university relations, including experience supporting or owning recruiting processes.
• Demonstrated ability to source, assess, and engage candidates and partner effectively with hiring managers.
• Experience coordinating recruiting events or talent programs and managing multiple requisitions or projects.
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems, recruiting metrics, Microsoft 365, and digital sourcing tools.
• Full-cycle recruiting, candidate assessment, university relations, and early-career talent practices.
• Inclusive recruiting, employment compliance, data privacy, and consistent selection practices.
• Recruiting funnels, source effectiveness, candidate experience, and program metrics.
• Consultative stakeholder partnership
• Sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement
• Event and program management
• Data analysis and storytelling
• Recruitment marketing and written communication
• Project management and process improvement
• Influence without formal authority and set clear expectations with stakeholders.
• Balance candidate advocacy, business needs, speed, quality, and compliance.
• Use data and market insight to recommend actions.
• Represent the employer brand professionally in external settings.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting for technical, professional, manufacturing, or corporate early-career roles.
• Experience with SuccessFactors, recruiting CRM, LinkedIn Recruiter, Handshake, reporting tools, or approved generative AI.
• Experience developing university engagement plans or internship programming.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for interns, co-ops, and entry-level talent, including intake, sourcing, screening, selection support, offers, and candidate disposition.
• Partner with hiring managers and HR stakeholders to clarify talent needs, define selection criteria, establish recruiting plans, and provide market-informed recommendations.
• Build and maintain relationships with priority universities, career centers, faculty, student organizations, and other early-talent partners.
• Plan and execute campus, virtual, and community recruiting activities that strengthen awareness, engagement, and qualified talent pipelines.
• Develop targeted sourcing and outreach strategies using talent communities, referrals, events, social channels, CRM capabilities, and approved AI-enabled tools.
• Track funnel health, source effectiveness, candidate experience, offer acceptance, intern conversion, and program activity; translate findings into practical improvements.
• Apply structured, inclusive, and compliant recruiting practices and maintain accurate data in SuccessFactors and related systems.
• Support internship and early-career programming, including communications, events, manager enablement, and conversion activities.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Competitive matching retirement savings plans.
• Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first.
• Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University.
• Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level