Early Careers Recruiter

Salary Range: $30 - $35 per hour

This position is a 6 month contract role, with the possibility of becoming permanent

This is a hybrid in-office position based at our Boston HQ, with work from home on Fridays. You'll be in the office Monday through Thursday. 

The Wayfair Campus and Early Careers team is strategic to the company's overall success and continued growth. Our recruiters are true business partners and are charged with finding, attracting, and hiring top talent into entry level roles across all parts of the company against a high bar for performance, potential, and culture.

This is your opportunity to join the new Early Careers Recruiting team under the broader Wayfair Campus & Early Careers department! This role is perfect for the recruiter who is energized by the ever-changing landscape of attracting early career talent and hyper-focused with providing an impeccable candidate-experience. 

This role will focus on acquiring top talent in the early stages of their career (upcoming and recent graduates with up to 3 years of experience) and placing them into high priority roles within the organization. You will play a major role in growing Wayfair’s brand and making this the place to be, to kickstart careers. This role will partner closely with recruiters across our Talent organization to meet the fluctuating entry level needs of our hiring managers based on business priorities, attrition, and campus recruiting seasonality. This person will need to have working knowledge of Gen Z and candidate trends, and be able to translate these into strong recruitment strategies.

You may be a great match for this opportunity if you have an exceptional communication style coupled with an operational mindset that enables you to excel in the high-volume recruiting arena and the want to constantly be looking to learn, grow, and develop in your career. You should be comfortable with remaining agile and thrive in an ever-changing role and environment. 

What You'll Do:

• Full-cycle recruitment from attraction to onboarding, including: job posting, event planning and management, sourcing, interviewing, and closing candidates.

• Proactively build a consistent pipeline of applicants for a variety of roles to meet the real-time hiring needs of the business.

• Ensure an impressive, high-touch candidate experience from initial contact to offer decisions and sell strategy, including providing feedback to candidates throughout the interview process.

• Partner with senior level stakeholders to deliver a best-in-class recruitment, interviewing, and hiring experience.

• Work to improve existing processes and develop innovative approaches for securing future talent.

• Uphold an inclusive recruitment process in alignment with Wayfair’s People Principles and commitment to DEI.

• Manage and facilitate recruiting activities with external partners, including networking events and presentations to attract a high caliber and quantity of applicants.

• Flex to support Wayfair’s Summer Internship Program planning, in addition to various campus events and programs throughout the year, as needed.

What You'll Need:

• 1- 3 years of experience in full cycle recruiting in a high-growth and fast-paced environment is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Ability to manage strategic relationships with senior level stakeholders and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• In-depth direct sourcing expertise utilizing a range of methods and sources and experience promoting a compelling employment brand internally and externally.

• A strong interest in emerging technology and the ability to integrate generative AI tools (e.g. Gemini) into daily recruiting tasks to drive efficiencies.

• Proven organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and work well in an environment with competing demands.

• Experience establishing relationships with external partners such as campus career centers & promoting a compelling employment brand.

• Proven record of finding efficiencies in your work without compromising the business relationship or candidate experience, with a comfortability to flex outside of your job duties to support the broader talent acquisition team.

Why You’ll Love Wayfair:

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical health benefits available after 90 days of employment.

• 401(k) plan with match from Wayfair.

• Wayfair Employee Discount.

• Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.

• Free virtual education and skills programs through online learning platform.

Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:

At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.

Social Impact & Responsibility:

At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading non-profit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.

The above base pay range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Wayfair’s total compensation package for employees. Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commissions and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a comprehensive suite of medical, financial and additional benefits.