Talent Acquisition Specialist

Levata

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • 5 days ago

    Highlights

    This role builds relationships with universities and colleges, runs full-cycle recruitment for entry-level sales positions, and partners closely with Sales leadership to keep the early-career pipeline full, diverse, and ready to convert into future sales hires. The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruitment, with a primary and dedicated focus on campus and early-career sales hiring — including sales development reps, account executive associates, and new-grad sales trainees.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, Illinois

    Description

    Description

    The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruitment, with a primary and dedicated focus on campus and early-career sales hiring — including sales development reps, account executive associates, and new-grad sales trainees. This role builds relationships with universities and colleges, runs full-cycle recruitment for entry-level sales positions, and partners closely with Sales leadership to keep the early-career pipeline full, diverse, and ready to convert into future sales hires. Beyond the campus program, this role also recruits for other open roles across Levata's business — partnering with hiring managers across functions to source, screen, and close qualified candidates.

    Key Responsibilities

    Campus & Early Career Recruitment

    • Follow a campus recruitment strategy to attract early-career sales talent from universities and colleges.
    • Develop and maintain relationships with career services offices, business and sales programs, and student sales organizations to build a sustained talent pipeline.
    • Plan and represent Levata at career fairs, campus information sessions, case competitions, and collegiate sales competitions.
    • Manage full-cycle recruitment for entry-level and early-career sales roles — sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer — from requisition to start date.

    Sourcing & Pipeline Development

    • Source candidates through university partnerships, LinkedIn, job boards, employee referrals, and sales-focused student organizations.
    • Build and maintain a talent community/pipeline for future early-career sales openings, so roles fill quickly against a warm pool of candidates.
    • Track and report on pipeline health — applicant flow, conversion, time-to-fill, and diversity of pipeline.

    Candidate Experience & Assessment

    • Screen, interview, and assess candidates for sales aptitude, communication skills, coachability, and cultural fit.
    • Coordinate interview panels with sales hiring managers and coach them on structured interviewing and consistent evaluation.
    • Deliver a high-touch candidate experience from first outreach through offer and onboarding handoff.

    Employer Branding & Programs

    • Represent and promote Levata's employer brand on campus and within early-career talent communities.
    • Partner with Marketing and HR to develop recruitment materials, social content, and campus event collateral tailored to early-career sales audiences.
    • Support the design and administration of internship and new-grad sales development programs.

    Broader Levata Recruitment

    • Own full-cycle recruitment for other specified open roles across Levata's business, outside of the campus and early-career sales program.
    • Partner with hiring managers across functions to define role requirements, build sourcing strategies, and manage requisitions from intake to offer.
    • Balance recruiting capacity across the campus/early-career program and general hiring needs, flagging capacity constraints to the TA Manager as volume shifts.
    • Maintain accurate requisition and candidate data in the ATS; provide regular pipeline and hiring reports to TA leadership and business stakeholders.

    Qualifications & Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
    • 1+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience, ideally including campus/early-career or sales recruiting.
    • Experience building and managing relationships with university career centers and student organizations.
    • Comfortable recruiting across multiple functions and role types, not just sales, and re-prioritizing as hiring needs shift.
    • Familiarity with sales roles and sales competencies preferred.
    • Proficiency with an ATS (Jobvite preferred) and LinkedIn Recruiter/LinkedIn Hiring Assistant.
    • Comfortable presenting to groups and representing Levata at in-person campus events.
    • Travel requirement 30% including campus engagement.

    Preferred Characteristics

    • Relationship-builder who enjoys campus engagement and represents the brand well in person
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Organized, with the ability to manage multiple requisitions and events at once
    • Comfortable with recruiting metrics and pipeline reporting
    • Genuine interest in sales talent and what makes early-career sales hires succeed
    Compensation: 60k+ quarterly 5% bonus

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