Talent Acquisition Specialist - Early Career Recruiting

Cohen & Co • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Specialist – Early Career Recruiting helps build and sustain Cohen & Co’s early talent pipeline by representing the firm on campus and delivering an engaging, people-first recruiting experience. The role brings the campus strategy to life through career fairs, student organization partnerships, branding initiatives, and program coordination, while supporting full-cycle requisitions and the firm-wide internship program alongside the Talent Acquisition team.

The position develops campus relationships and brand presence, coordinates recruiting events, and creates and refreshes campus presentations. It also manages internship-program planning and execution, supports intern engagement and conversion, and collaborates with business and HR partners on evaluations and feedback. Recruiting operations include reviewing applications and on-demand video interviews, leading post-interview debriefs, ensuring a positive candidate experience, and handling related administration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 3 years of recruiting or related experience; internship and campus involvement count.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and work evenings as needed.
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Highly organized, with strong documentation and administrative abilities.
• Self-starter with project management skills and comfort learning new technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with campus recruiting, internship programs, or college outreach is strongly preferred.
• Experience in recruiting or a professional services firm is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Generate interest in Cohen & Co’s internship and entry-level opportunities at accounting and business career fairs.
• Build and maintain relationships with career services professionals, accounting professors, and campus partners.
• Register for and manage logistics for on-campus recruiting events.
• Attend and support networking events, student organization events, information tables, and presentations.
• Create and refresh campus presentations to engage and inform students.
• Suggest and implement ways to strengthen the firm’s campus brand and remain top-of-mind with students and faculty.
• Increase intern conversion in supported geographies through engagement and relationship-building.
• Support a high-caliber intern experience from offer acceptance through program completion and conversion to Staff.
• Lead planning and execution of firm-wide internship program events and touchpoints, including orientation, mid-program experiences, and social and professional development activities.
• Collaborate with business and HR partners to deliver intern evaluations and feedback cycles.
• Improve internship programming using participant feedback and post-program outcomes.
• Review applications and on-demand video interviews.
• Lead debriefs following business interviews.
• Ensure every candidate has a positive, professional interview experience.
• Support recruiting administration tasks as needed.
• Support full-cycle requisitions alongside the Talent Acquisition team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package with benefits employees can tailor to their needs.
• Time off outside of standard PTO to give back to the community and recharge.
• Annual discretionary merit increases and bonuses.
• Talent development resources and growth opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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